The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a premier non-profit mobile recording studio and HD production facility, will kick off its 15th year of bringing music education to students nationwide with a special birthday party at the 2012 NAMM Show, to be held at the “Wanna Play?” Stage (Arena Plaza) on Friday, January 20, beginning at 6 pm.
The bus will be unveiling a new slate of equipment for the 2012 year, including Avid Pro Tools|HDX, and live streaming capabilities made possible by NewTek and TodoCast, that will allow the whole party to be seen live via www.lennonbus.org.
Hosted by principal sponsor Avid, along with Neutrik USA, DR Strings, Fishman, Ampeg and Mix magazine, the event will feature a performance by music legend Bootsy Collins joined by an array of special guests including Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White, fellow band mate from the Parliament-Funkadelic and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bernie Worrell.
Collins has a rich history of supporting music and arts education through his own Bootsy Collins Foundation, and teamed up with the Lennon Bus in 2011 to produce an original song and music video with students from Austin, TX. Collins loved the track so much that he is now using the song to open all of his live shows. Check out the video here.
In addition to live music, the celebration will include remarks from John Lennon Educational Tour Bus co-founder and executive director Brian Rothschild, NAMM CEO Joe Lamond, Avid senior vice president of worldwide marketing Ron Greenberg and Neutrik USA president Pete Milbery.
“The Lennon Bus has celebrated many milestones at the NAMM Show, so it is very exciting to be kicking off our 15th year with this incredible line-up of performers and speakers, who all share the common goal of keeping music education alive,” says Rothschild.
“We are so proud to a principal sponsor of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and congratulate the organization on 15 years of making a real difference in music education,” adds Greenberg. “Avid, with the John Lennon Bus team, is proud to be able to bring to thousands of students the chance to work in a first class mobile audio and video production studio, and use the same state-of-the-art technology that professionals around the world use.”
