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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GUITAR CENTER CONTINUES TO HELP EMPLOYEES PURSUE
THEIR DREAMS WITH FRESH CUTS VOLUME 4 COMPILATION CD
— Fourth CD release from the GAIN Program’s Fresh Cuts
series, available for FREE from Guitar Center, features GC employees’
songs hand-selected by Weezer, plus an exclusive unreleased Weezer track
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, July 21, 2009 – Guitar
Center, the world’s largest musical instrument and professional
audio retailer, announces the new compilation CD Fresh Cuts Volume
4. The release, the fourth in an ongoing series, is part of Guitar
Center’s GAIN Program, designed to give GC Employees an outlet
for pursuing their music industry dreams. As such, the disc features
recordings by members of the GC family, hand-selected by none other
than legendary alternative rock band Weezer from a pool of GC employee
submissions. Weezer are also included on the CD themselves, via “Everybody
Go Away” – an exclusive track only available on this compilation.
50,000 CDs will be available for free while supplies last at over 200
GC locations starting July 21, 2009.
The GAIN Program was launched in March 2007 to help Guitar
Center team members achieve their musical aspirations. At the heart
of GAIN is an extensive private social network where Guitar Center,
Inc. employees can post music, pictures, blogs and online discussions,
in order to share with and learn from each other. In addition, GAIN
presents a number of other benefits, deals, offers and opportunities
to its participants, including partnerships with a number of vendors,
services and institutions (music-related and non-music related alike).
The GAIN program continues to build relationships with companies, organizations
and individuals who can provide exposure, insight, tools and opportunity
to the musicians who work for Guitar Center.
Weezer’s involvement continues with an exciting
trend for the GAIN Program and the Fresh Cuts CD series. Fresh Cuts
Volumes 2 and 3, available at Guitar Center stores in
2008, both featured participation from key members of the music community,
with the material on Volume 2 being selected by GRAMMY®
winners Smashing Pumpkins and Volume 3 placed in the hands
of hip-hop luminaries Just Blaze, Jay Electronica and Mike Chav. Both
the Pumpkins and Jay Electronica also contributed tracks for those compilations.
According to Weezer’s official site, “Everybody
Go Away” was recorded in 2000 during preproduction stages for
their 2001 self-titled release, the so-called “Green Album.”
The site also points out that Fresh Cuts Volume 4 features a track from
Jason Cropper, former Weezer member and current Guitar Center Professional
Account Manager.
Weezer founding member Pat Wilson stated, “It’s
fun to be on this compilation and to draw attention to the bands on
it. Hopefully it will encourage people to grow musically and to enjoy
the experience of playing together.”
Jeremy Cole, Guitar Center GAIN Program Manager, reflected
on the Fresh Cuts Volume 4 CD and Weezer’s involvement: “Partnering
with Weezer made perfect sense. Guitar Center and Weezer both focus
on inspiring the next generation of musicians. We are fortunate to be
able to team up with groundbreaking bands like Weezer to offer exposure
and opportunity to all Guitar Center employees on a national level.”
For more information on the Fresh Cuts Volume 4
CD, please visit www.guitarcenter.com.
For more information on Weezer, as well as news regarding their upcoming
North American tour dates, please visit www.weezer.com.
Fresh Cuts Volume 4 Track List:
1. “Everybody Go Away” – Weezer
2. “She’d Be Good For Me” – Jason Cropper (GC
Pro Account Manager, Guitar Center West L.A., CA)
3. “Ghost” – SkinGod (Featuring Tom Binasco, Guitar
Center Manhattan, NY)
4. “The Diamond Studded King” – The Substance (Featuring
Stephen Savona, Assistant Manager, Guitar Center Totowa, NJ)
5. “Back to the Past” – William Wiegand (Guitar Center
Kendall, FL)
6. “The War” – Brett Pearson (Assistant Manager, Guitar
Center El Toro, CA)
7. “No Second Guessin’” – Trunk Bound Regime
ft. DJ Spare Change (Featuring Michael Cooley and Kenny Pyles of Guitar
Center Dayton, OH, and Chelsea Johnson, Operations Manager of Guitar
Center Lexington, KY)
8. “Way Down” – Googutz (Featuring Jason Pellegrino,
Inventory Control, and Chris Roberts, A/P Trade Manager of Guitar Center
Management, Westlake Village, CA)
9. “Country Song” – The Union City All Stars (Featuring
Keith Anderson of Guitar Center Warwick, RI)
10. “Bill Collector” – Natives of the New Dawn (Featuring
Joe Fikany of Guitar Center Pasadena, CA)
11. “On The Edge” – Law of Destruction (Featuring
Kyle Knicely, Department Manager, and John Comprix, Department Manager,
Guitar Center Cleveland, OH)
12. “Rafters and Roofbeams” – Size (Featuring Robert
Bell III, Assistant Manager, Guitar Center Allentown, PA)
13. “Purity” – Benjamin Strange (Assistant Manager,
Guitar Center San Francisco, CA)
14. “Romeo and Juliet” – The Lifeline (Featuring Ryan
T. Hope, Assistant Manager, Guitar Center Central Chicago, IL)
15. “Wasted Daylight” – Brace The Fall (Featuring
Brian Schmidt, Department Manager, Guitar Center Beaverton, OR)
16. “The New American Standard” – Collin Kravis (Guitar
Center Southfield, MI)
17. “Game Has Changed” – Flamer (Featuring Kenneth
Flamer, Field HR Manager, Guitar Center Management, Westlake Village,
CA)
18. “In Search Of…” – Tension Head (Featuring
Anthony Garcia, Operations Assistant, Guitar Center Saginaw, MI)
Photo File: GC_FreshCutsVol4.JPG
Photo Caption: Fresh Cuts Volume 4 cover art
Photo File: Weezer.JPG
Photo Caption: Alternative rock legends Weezer, who contributed an exclusive
track to Guitar Center’s GAIN Program compilation Fresh Cuts Volume
4 as well as selected the songs for the CD.
About Guitar Center
Guitar Center is the leading United States retailer of guitars, amplifiers,
percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and recording equipment.
Our retail store subsidiary presently operates more than 200 Guitar
Center stores across the U.S. In addition, our Music & Arts division
operates more than 100 stores specializing in band instruments for sale
and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and
students. We are also the largest direct response retailer of musical
instruments in the United States through our wholly owned subsidiary,
Musician's Friend, Inc., and its catalog and Web site, www.musiciansfriend.com.
More information on Guitar Center can be found by visiting the Company's
Web site at www.guitarcenter.com.
The Guitar Center logo is a registered
trademark of Guitar Center, Inc. Other brand or product names may be
trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.