FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2010,
MUSIC SAVES LIVES SELECTED AS THE OFFICIAL
NONPROFIT
FOR THE 2010 GUITAR CENTER DRUM OFF GRAND
FINALS;
Music Saves Lives® is the bridge between music,
entertainment and important life-saving causes and this year Guitar Center has
selected Music Saves Lives to be part of the Drum Off Grand Finals, January 8th
2010 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California. By being part of the Guitar Center Drum Off,
Music Saves Lives will continue to spead its life saving message and reach out
to other local dummers to support.
Guitar
Center announced that Max Weinberg will join a star-studded list of drummers
including his son, Jay Weinberg to perform in “Bezerk” – an exclusive project
commissioned by Guitar Center and presented by Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe) and the
Street Drum Corps’ Frank Zummo – as part of the upcoming Drum-Off Grand Finals,
taking place January 8, 2010 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Artists
performing in “Bezerk” include Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Matt Sorum
(Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), José Pasillas (Incubus), Abe Cunningham
(Deftones), DJ Aero, Sully Erna (Godsmack), Jay Weinberg and BANG!. Hosted by
Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), this historic evening will also include a
very special tribute to the legendary John Bonham by Jason Bonham, along with
an exclusive collaborative performance by Danny Carey (Tool) and Brann Dailor
(Mastodon®).
These
all-star drummers will unite onstage to celebrate the night’s main event:
a final
performance by the top five undiscovered drummers in the nation, who will
compete for the title of “Guitar Center Drum-Off Champion 2009”, winning a
prize package worth more than $40,000 and becoming the nation’s top
undiscovered drummer of the year.
Music
Saves Lives bring a simple concept; connect the music and entertainment, we all
love, to a life saving community action.
MSL has focused efforts on blood donation and the bone marrow registry,
reaching out by sharing facts, educating and empowering. As a recognized
501(c)3 organization we has grown from our home base in Southern California to
having a worldwide presents. The MSL motto,
Saving Lives Has Never Sounded So Good™,
echos our life saving mission.
Music Saves Lives has encouraged over 1 million young people
to donate blood during the last 4 years. MSL has been honored, four years in a
row, by the American Red Cross for donor promotion of the year.
