Long recently completed a series of showcase tastemaker appearances in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville, playing to SRO crowds who had discovered his music via the film, YouTube and his ever-changing MySpace page (www.myspace.com/musicbobbylong).

Long has independently released a 10-song recording of original material called Dirty Pond Songs that he recorded in his bedroom to make available at his shows and via the internet.

He refers to it as "a big EP" or his "bootleg album" rather than a proper CD ("You can even hear traffic sounds from outside my bedroom window on some of the tracks"), which he has plans to make at the end of the year. The single from DIRTY POND SONGS, "Let Me Lie," is downloadable from iTunes, where it reached #1 on their "Unsigned" chart and #8 on the Folk chart.

The soundtrack from "Twilight," which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and has remained on the chart for over six months, is also available from iTunes. Bobby Long's second single, "The Bounty of Mary Jane," Mockingbird," is now available via digital outlets and "Who Have You Been Loving" has been serviced to Triple A radio stations nationwide.

Long, who was born in northern England and grew up in the Southwestern area known as Wessex, has been living and performing in London for the past three years while attending London Metropolitan University. He will receive his diploma next month-after turning in his thesis on the social impact of American folk music-just as he embarks full time on a music career. His friendship with "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson, who he met while both did the rounds of music open mic nights in London, led to "Let Me Sign," co-written with friend Marcus Foster and sung by Pattinson in the film, being included in a crucial dramatic scene.