Thanks fr that info EBarnacle.

I used skype this evening to book a musician who i have been trying to get in touch with. He popped up on skype and we talked for about 30 minutes. I gave him three gigs for June. In interesting fact is that I am in Canada and I just found out he was in China vacationing.
Truly amazing. I'm not sure how long skype has been operating but for conversation sake, five years ago I would have booked someone else.
ad.