Benefit Album: Band Together 2
The most recent Band Together project involved artists from three continents to support the Fender Music Foundation. The next album will debut in fall 2010, featuring music chosen by a celebrity music panel including the VP of Def Jam Records and the manager of Green Day.
LOS ANGELES, April 1, 2009 – Today The Fender Music Foundation and music discovery website thesixtyone.com announce the release of the benefit album Band Together 2. All proceeds from sale of the album, which is available through top electronic stores like iTunes and Amazon.com, will support music education programs through the Foundation.
“We are excited these artists have chosen to use their music to make a difference,” shares Moriah Harris-Rodger, the Executive Director of the The Fender Music Foundation. “Each five albums sold will put a guitar in a classroom; for every 50 sold, we will be able to outfit a program with an entire keyboard lab.”
The final product is the result of a month-long contest through thesixtyone.com, which offered its online platform for free. After members of the site voted and narrowed the field to fifty finalists, a judging panel chose the final tracklist. That panel was composed of Kina Grannis, a singer/songwriter signed to Interscope Records and a 2007 Band Together contributor; Terra Naomi, a singer/songwriter that won the inaugural YouTube Music Award for her video “Say It’s Possible;” and Dave Appelbaum and Nick Block, co-founders of the music service SponsorSync.
“This was a natural fit for our website,” explains James Miao, co-founder of thesixtyone.com. “thesixtyone is a great place to listen to, rate and discover new musicians within a fun and interactive system. This album demonstrates the quality and variety of the artists that our community members discover each day.”
To listen to and purchase the album, visit iTunes, Amazon.com or other top online music retailers and search for “Band Together 2.”
Note that this album was available for one year after its launch.
