THE LETTERMEN - LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

A LITTLE HARP AND SOME VOCALS

ANGEL BRINGS THE CHRISTMAS TREE

FENDER MUSIC FOUNDATION SUPPORTS MUSIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

FENDER MUSIC FOUNDATION link here!

Official statement:

"The Fender Music Foundation is a music charity funded by people who want to strengthen the state of music education, people who believe music is an integral part of society and want to make music more accessible to everyone.    

The donations we receive allow us to provide instruments to school music classrooms, after school programs and music therapy programs. We select programs that are in-need, ongoing, sustainable and give more people the opportunity to make music.    

Our overhead expenses are covered by sales revenue, including authentic celebrity music memorabilia.

Our program expenses are covered by donations large and small.    

The Foundation was founded in 2005 by Larry Thomas when he retired as CEO of Guitar Center, now as CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, we continue to give more people of all ages the chance to create, experience, and enjoy everything music has to offer."

MUSICARES : A NONPROFIT FOR MUSICIANS TO TURN TO WHEN THERE'S A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY

GRAMMY ORG - MUSICARES link for information.

 

MUSICARES WAS FOUNDED IN 1989 to address the needs of musicians who need help with medical care, housing, and emergency financial help.

 

(There's an old, not very funny joke, that goes like this, "What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?'  "Homeless.")

 

For every singer, songwriter, guitar player, band, that makes a fortune there are thousands of talented people who've been in the business, who've been true to their art, but who have lost or are now in their senior hood and struggling because back in the 1950's and early 1960's they didn't the get good deals. 

So when I meet someone who once had a Gold Record, or was in a band that got ripped off by a manager or agent, and is now in need, I mention MUSICARES.

 

Now united with Grammy Org, here is their official statement:

 

"MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community."

Christine

 

 

MUSIC CHARITIES : A FOCUS THIS MONTH AS WE END 2013 WITH THE HOLIDAYS

Had this idea a while, but decided it was time...

Music education has been cut in so many schools.  There are a lot of students who would just love to try to play the guitar or the saxophone or the drums who can't afford the instrument.  Dedicated performers who never got a good deal, or who got ripped off, live in poverty in old age.  Others can't afford medical care or are homeless.

These are the realities in our time. 

BUT WE LOVE MUSIC - Don't we?

This holiday season we present to you some MUSIC ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.  We heard about some and researched to find others.  These are national and local.

If you're interested, if you love music, contact them, check them out...

You can donate money, time, old musical instruments... and yes, make a difference!

(While we're at it, we'll be posting Christmas Music from the mid 1960's.)

PETER PAUL AND MARY : LIGHT ONE CANDLE

ELVIS RUMORED TO BE ALIVE? (They said that about James Dean too!) & LISA MARIE PRESLEY

Though James Dean died instantly, the rumors that he was really alive, disfigured, but in a sanitarium were more alive than Jimmy. It was reported in the newspapers as fact for a while.

My friend Elvis Presley is another man who is rumored to still be alive, though I know for a fact that he did pass into the next life 30 years ago. It's true Elvis had become a prisoner of his fame, but he would have never gone into hiding or undercover because Elvis loved his daughter Lisa Marie Presley dearly. He was family oriented - always. He would have wanted to be there to see her grow up and to know his grandchildren.

So the rumors that Elvis is still alive I think deny the man Elvis really was.

L I S A M A R I E P R E S L E Y

Give Lisa a Listen! We're linking to her site above.