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Guitar Center Music Foundation Appoints Herb Trawick To Board Of Directors

Long-time music industry professional and creator/co-host of "Pensado’s Place" takes new role with non-profit organization focused on granting instruments to music education and more.
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Herb Trawick has been named to the board of directors of The Guitar Center Music Foundation. (Photo Credit: Brian A. Petersen)

The Guitar Center Music Foundation (GCMF), a non-profit organization focused on granting instruments to music education and music therapy organizations, announces the expansion of its board of directors with the appointment of Herb Trawick, a long-time music industry professional and creator/co-host of the popular weekly web series Pensado’s Place.

Trawick’s tenure in the music industry includes time spent as an artist manager and label executive working for firms such as Interscope, RCA, Mercury, Capitol, Motown, Island and Def Jam. As a manager, he helped launch the career of R&B star Brian McKnight and also collaborated closely with Maurice White, the creator of Earth, Wind & Fire, while as a producer, took the EWF catalog to Broadway for the play Hot Feet.

Aside from GCMF, Trawick is part of the boards of the GRAMMYs Black Music Coalition, California Dept of Education Arts, Media and Entertainment coalition, Girls Make Beats, TuneGo, The Fab Factory, Abbey Road Institute Miami, 1500 Sound Academy, The Blackbird Academy and The Trinity Project. In 2010, Trawick began Pensado’s Place alongside producer/engineer Dave Pensado.

Additionally, along with Dave Pensado, Trawick was presented with 2020 TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Hall of Fame award and was inducted into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame at the 35th Annual NAMM TEC Awards.

David Helfant, chairman of the board of directors at The Guitar Center Music Foundation, states, “Herb is one of the music industry’s true advocates for music education, disseminating vital information through Pensado’s Place and sharing his expertise with top brands, while serving on a number of boards and think tanks. He is among the most knowledgeable and well-connected music industry figures out there today, and we are honored to have him join our organization.”

The Guitar Center Music Foundation

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