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PRoGUiTARSHoP.coM i PARTNERSHiP<br />
ProGuitarShop.com’s Sonic Collaboration<br />
recent collaboration between<br />
A ProGuitarShop.com and TC<br />
Electronic resulted in five Tone-<br />
Prints created by ProGuitarShop.<br />
com gear reviewer Andy Martin.<br />
The new TonePrints — a series<br />
of custom settings by renowned<br />
guitarists that can be uploaded<br />
to TC Electronic effects pedals<br />
— give consumers access to<br />
Martin’s knowledge of tone. He<br />
created TonePrints for all five<br />
compatible TC pedals: Flashback<br />
Delay, Vortex Flanger, Hall of<br />
Fame Reverb, Shaker Vibrato<br />
and Corona Chorus.<br />
“I totally got the amazing level<br />
of customization [TonePrints]<br />
brings to our customers and how<br />
it truly connects them with the<br />
guitarists that inspire them,”<br />
said Aaron Miller, owner and<br />
founder of ProGuitarShop.com.<br />
Attendees at<br />
Parrish <strong>Music</strong>’s<br />
Hawaiian Festival<br />
PARRiSH MUSic i EVENTS<br />
Island <strong>Music</strong><br />
Parrish <strong>Music</strong> of Viroqua, Wis., hosted<br />
its second annual Hawaiian Festival<br />
on March 5. The event featured<br />
ukulele and hula kahiko (ancient hula)<br />
workshops, taught by Kumu Hula Lanialoha<br />
Lee, executive director of Kof<br />
Kupa`a-Pacific Island Resources in Chicago.<br />
The workshops were followed by<br />
a traditional Hawaiian music and dance<br />
concert by Lee and her group, Kupono.<br />
“This is our second event with Lani,<br />
and it was even better than last year<br />
with more people interested and great<br />
turnout for the concert,” said Parrish<br />
<strong>Music</strong> owner Ted Parrish.<br />
Parrish <strong>Music</strong> hosts a ukulele<br />
class every Saturday morning.<br />
“Added to that, Andy’s immense<br />
love for tone and knowledge of<br />
great sounds makes for a perfect<br />
fit with TonePrint.”<br />
“I’ve always loved TC Electronic<br />
gear,” Martin said. “So<br />
when I first got my hands on<br />
the TonePrint pedals, I immediately<br />
understood how great the<br />
TonePrint concept could be. And<br />
after I got to play around with<br />
the different artist settings, the<br />
feeling of ‘this is going to be big’<br />
only grew.”<br />
TC Electronics Business<br />
Manager for Guitar Tore Morgensen<br />
said he’s excited about<br />
the collaboration and can’t wait<br />
for the release of Martin’s products.<br />
“The TonePrint program is<br />
expanding at a rocking rate, and<br />
to be able to add someone like<br />
Andy, who is very respected in<br />
From left: TC’s Tore Morgensen with ProGuitar-<br />
Shop.com’s Andy Martin and Aaron Miller<br />
the guitar community, is huge<br />
for us,” Morgensen said. “When<br />
they contacted us, we jumped at<br />
the opportunity.”<br />
DADDY’S JUNKY MUSic i VENUES<br />
Martin’s TonePrints, as well<br />
as all other artists on the Tone-<br />
Print roster, are available at tcelectronic.com/toneprints.<br />
dAddy’S dEdHAM GROWS<br />
Daddy’s Junky <strong>Music</strong> in Dedham,<br />
Mass., recently moved to<br />
Daddy’s grand-reopening celebration in Dedham, Mass.<br />
a 7,500-square-foot location.<br />
The former 4,000-square-foot<br />
Dedham space had been the store’s<br />
home for the past 19 years.<br />
The new location, which boasts<br />
Daddy’s first-ever performance<br />
area complete with staging and<br />
seating, was the main site of<br />
Daddy’s grand-opening weekend.<br />
Events included meet-andgreets<br />
with Godsmack frontman<br />
Sully Erna and The Ramones’<br />
drummer Marky Ramone. Hundreds<br />
turned out to get their photo<br />
taken with Erna and his solo band. He also signed copies of his debut solo release, Avalon.<br />
“Sully and I have been friends for over 20 years,” said Candi Bramante, Daddy’s promotions<br />
director. “So, when we decided we wanted to do some meet-and-greets during our grand opening<br />
weekend, it was a no-brainer. We were very fortunate that he took the time to celebrate with us.”<br />
Ramone also partook in a fundraising dinner in conjunction with Daddy’s to benefit Autism<br />
Speaks, an organization dedicated to funding research for autism. Attendees were served<br />
a dinner that featured Ramone’s new pasta sauce, “Brooklyn’s Own.” Hundreds returned the<br />
following night for an in-store “Eat & Greet” with Ramone, who signed jars of sauce.<br />
“As luck would have it, Marky came to us immediately after receiving a Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award at this year’s Grammys,” said Daddy’s owner Fred Bramante. “He<br />
brought the award with him, which was very special to our customers and his fans,<br />
as he very graciously let everyone hold it and get their picture taken with it.”<br />
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