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Date Posted: 16:15:44 08/26/03 Tue
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Score! Music
's message, "PAUL SIMON on Little Kids Rock board of Directors" on 20:45:49 06/23/03 Mon
Little Kids Rock Coast-to-Coast CDs Available in
National Retail Outlets Across the Country
Just in Time for the Holidays
First National Release of LKR CD Makes Great Holiday
Gift and Helps Fund New and Existing Music Education
Programs
San Francisco, CA - Little Kids
Rock (LKR), an innovative non-profit music education
program that provides free instruments and instruction
to disadvantaged children, is pleased to announce a
partnership with Scarlet Shame Records. This
relationship will enable the national distribution of
LKRs CD, Little Kids Rock, Coast-to-Coast, which
features original songs written and performed by
children, in such national retail outlets as, Barnes
and Noble, Tower Records and Virgin Mega Stores, among
others. All proceeds from the sale of the $11.99 CD
will directly benefit current LKR programming in
California, New York, New Jersey, Tennessee and
Massachusetts, and assist the launching of new classes
in across the country. The CD will be distributed by
City Hall Records and will be available in stores
beginning November 2003.
LKR Coast-to-Coast is the organizations fourth
full-length CD. The album features 14 tracks, 12 of
which are original compositions written by children
ages 7 to 14. The CD is the organizations first
national compilation album and features performances
by students in LKR programs across the country.
Little Kids Rock is currently producing another
benefit CD that will feature celebrity supporters
performing songs composed by LKR students.
Dave Wish, founder of Little Kids Rock, adds, This is
a next step that is critical to LKRs ongoing mission
to create awareness and change in the nations current
music education dilemma. Now people across the
country can experience how our quality music education
program has touched the lives of our students.
LKR students learn to perform, compose and record
their own music in a variety of genres including pop,
rock, funk, blues, rap and hip-hop. In addition to
releasing four full-length CDs, Little Kids Rock
participants have also recorded three music videos
featuring student-written original songs. To date,
the Little Kids Rock program has served more than
2,000 students in California, New York, New Jersey and
Tennessee. Supporters of the program include Paul
Simon, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Les Paul, Carlos
Santana, the Grateful Deads Bob Weir, The String
Cheese Incident, Phish, and the late blues legend,
John Lee Hooker.
ABOUT LITTLE KIDS ROCK
Founded in 1996, Little Kids Rock believes that music
is a critical component of a first-rate education.
Ongoing federal and state budget cuts have stripped
countless elementary schools of their funding for
music programs. These cuts have had a
disproportionately large impact on children from
low-income backgrounds. By providing economically
disadvantaged children with free music instruction and
instruments, Little Kids Rock actively works to
restore music to its rightful place: as an integral
part of the academic lives of public school students.
Little Kids Rock currently serves schools throughout
the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, New Jersey and
Memphis, Tennessee. New LKR chapters will be
launching in Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago during
the 2003-2004 school year. More information on Little
Kids Rock is available at www.littlekidsrock.org.
ABOUT SCARLET SHAME RECORDS
Scarlet Shame Records LLC was founded in 1998 by
songwriter/musician Paul Brill. Based in New York
City, the label is committed to promoting innovative,
independent music and has released several full-length
CDs nationwide. Scarlet Shame Records supports
educational programs that address social inequity and
child poverty and is excited to be partnering with
Little Kids Rock on Coast to Coast and other future
projects. The label recently signed an exclusive
distribution deal with City Hall Records, ensuring
national distribution and promotion of all Scarlet
Shame releases. Please contact Paul Brill at
plb@scarletshamerecords.com for more information, or
visit www.scarletshamerecords.com.
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