City Music’s New Violin Instructor
Category: City Music Annoucement
Summer Rock ‘n’ Roll Fun at City Music
City Music Leominster’s
Rock ‘n’ Roll School
with John Nickerson
Musicians 18 years or younger,
this is your chance to
play, sing and jam in a band.
We’re putting young musicians together to experience the fun of playing in a group and working towards a live performance. You can do it!
Groups will be assembled by age, interest and instrument suitability. City Music staffer and professional musician John Nickerson will oversee each session assisting in repertoire choices and arrangements while supervising rehearsal technique. Players should be able to play basic chords and rhythms on their instruments as the sessions will focus on working together towards a future performance.
8 Weekly 90 minute Sessions held Sundays 4 – 5:30 or 5 – 7:30 pm, in Leominster only.
Sessions Dates run June 29th through August 24th. (no rehearsals July 6th)
Summer Rock ‘n’ Roll School fee is $260.
Hurry! Sign up now! The fun starts June 29th. Only two groups will be formed, so space is limited. Click here for the application.
Effects Pedals Galore
At City Music
Check out our expanded Effects Pedal Department!
We’ve got the latest from:
- Electro Harmonix
- Mooer
- Tech21
- BBE
- Budda
- MXR
- Boss
- Behringer
- Plus – TREX Power supplies
Just in and HOT from Electro-Harmonix:
- Satisfaction Fuzz – for that 60’s fuzz sound of it’s name-sake song, updated with true bypass circuitry.
- OD Glove – with the thick, rich sound of versatile MOSFET overdrive/distortion.
- Soul Food distortion/fuzz/overdrive – tone enhancement and transparent over-drive. Our hottest OD, get one while they last!
- East River Drive for the *perfectly* tweaked NYC tube-screamer sound.
- Ravish Sitar offers the exotic sounds of the sitar from your guitar.
- AND MANY MORE EHX EFFECTS!
New to the US in 2014: Mooer Micro Series:
Compact pedals, as endorsed by David Escobar of S.T.E. Lots of WOW in these colorful little boxes – listening is believing!
Made in the USA Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series:
Tube amp emulation with the highest quality products and touring-tough construction. As pre-amp and direct box units, get the 50’s Fender amp sound with the Blonde or the sound of the classic Vox with the Liverpool. Amazing characteristic amp sounds packed into a small pedal. Plenty of tone shaping tools for the bass player, too!
ALL New! Guitar effects pedals from Budda Amplification!
Built to last, with smart features like true-bypass for completely transparent signal output when the pedal is not engaged, and in and out jacks placed in the back of each pedal.
The venerable MXR brand:
All the classics, such as the Phase 90 phase shifter and Dyna Comp compressor, and others destined to become classics, like the Carbon Copy delay and the Zakk Wylde Black Label chorus.
Dunlop’s Cry Baby – wahs for every taste, including Slash’s Cry Baby with built in distortion!
BBE Stomp Boxes offers sound enhancement for the more discerning players.
Tons of legendary BOSS pedals:
Blues Driver, Chorus, Metal Zone, Tuner and most notably, the RC-3 & RC-30 loop stations, with USB connectivity and recording capacity…there’s no limit to your creative canvas!
And then…
Power your pedal board with rugged T-Rex Fuel Tank power supplies – Junior, Classic, Chameleon – all built to last.
Stop in today to try the latest in effects technology!
Yamaha Guitar Raffle
This beautiful guitar will be raffled to benefit the Gardner Music Boosters. It is a Yamaha FGX700SC acoustic/electric cut-away featuring:
- Solid Sitka spruce top
- Nato (Eastern Mahogony) back, sides, and neck
- Rosewood fret board and bridge
- Built in tuner and 1-way piezo/pre-amp
Quality construction and materials ensure an outstanding sound acoustically or plugged in. A $300 value, it is a guitar that will please any player.
Tickets are $1 each/ 6 for $5, and are available at City Music in Gardner and Leominster.
The winner will be drawn at the FutureStars 2014 Showcase on March 30th at the Bull Restaurant.
The Showcase is also a fundraiser for the Gardner Music Boosters, and will feature local teen musicians and bands. (Read more…)
The guitar has been donated by Yamaha Corporation and City Music in an effort to support the music programs of our local schools. The Gardner Music Booster Association assists the school music programs in a variety of ways including financial support of music events and equipment needs throughout the Gardner Public Schools.
City Music Presents….
4-8 PM Sunday, March 30th at the Bull Run Restaurant
Performing On Stage:
Alright
Ameriah Schober
Bradley Bartlett-Roche
Chloe Courtney
Divided Paths
Opal Facet
Slow Motion Underground
Unforeseen Tragedy
Its an impressive line-up of bands and soloists playing both cover and original material in a variety of genres. Come see what these young people – all 18 and younger – have accomplished on their own and with friends. It is very likely that you will witness the early performance of true Future Stars.
Tickets are on sale from the performers and at City Music for $15 ($20 at the door). Be sure to support your favorite performer as the band and soloist that sells the most tickets will win recording time courtesy of The Root Cellar
AND – you will support music in our schools: proceeds will benefit the Gardner Schools Music Boosters.
Since 2005, City Music has donated more than $11000 from FutureStars events to support music in our public schools through the Leominster and Gardner Music Boosters. Learning a musical instrument offers a lifetime of benefits.
October 2, 2013: Marc Rines and Nancy Karuzis presented Major Mark Hager (right) of the Salvation Army the numerous school supplies collected during our 10th Anniversary & Back-to-School Bash.Thank you all the many generous donations! It will help get children-in-need get a great start at school.
10th Anniversary & Back-toSchool Bash
10th Anniversary & Back-to-School Bash
Saturday, September 14th, 11 -5pm
City Music Celebrates 10 Years with a
FREE CONCERT & Tailgate Party
at 17 Sack Blvd Leominster
Hourly GIVEAWAYS,
Grand PRIZE Drawings
Free burgers, hot dogs and CAKE!
Back to School deals store-wide
Meet n Greet City Music Instructors
Test Drive Fender’s new USB Guitar
Concert line-up will include performances by:
- Ken Macy (WMA winner)
- Andy Cummings (WMA winner)
- Johnny Romance & the City Boys
- Mark Frederick Fisher (WMA winner)
- Captain Chris Coombs
- City Music’s Catching Rhythm
- and more TBA
Enter City Music’s Drawing to win great prizes:
- A Fender acoustic guitar ($199 value)
- A FREE month of music lessons ($88 value)
- A Bull Run Restaurant gift certificate ($50 value)
- And other brand name instruments TBA
~ PLUS ~
If you bring back-to-school supply items for the City Music School Supply Drive for the Salvation Army you’ll get a free City Music folder and an additional entry to City Music’s Drawing!
Discounts and Back to School deals will be available at either location.
Concert, party, giveaways and drawings to be held at the Leominster location only.
Rain Date: Sunday September 15th
Leominster Music Booster Raffle Winner
and winner Sherry Cutler
Congratulations to the Leominster Music Booster guitar raffle winner, Sherry Cutler!
Sherry won a beautiful Fender CD60CE acoustic-electric guitar with a hard shell case, donated by Fender Guitars and City Music (a $429.99 value). The raffle was drawn at City Music’s FutureStars Showcase on April 7th, where several local teen musicians played for family and friends at the Bull Run Restaurant. Proceeds from the Showcase and guitar raffle will benefit the Leominster public school music programs through the Leominster Music Boosters.
Since 2005, City Music has donated for than $10,000 to the public school music programs in Gardner and Leominster. The benefits of music education has been scientifically proven through numerous studies; children who study music perform better scholastically. City Music is proud to support our local schools in providing music education.
Stay tuned for the the unveiling of the FutureStars’ proceeds, TBA.
City Music Staff at the WMA
Congratulations to Our
2013 Worcester Music Awards Nominees
Ken Macy
and
Andy Cummings
Ken Macy‘s newest CD “Outlines” has been nominated for Best CD. Metronome Magazine’s review says “Over his last five albums, Ken Macy has proven himself to be a diverse and creative songwriter. His newest offering, Outlines is just more proof of his burgeoning talents. Good Stuff! ” We certainly think so!
Andy Cummings‘ has two nominations: Best CD for his newest collection of work “Backyard Superhero” and one for Best Solo Acoustic Act. Andy has been called a ‘human jukebox’. He is known for a repertoire that spans many generations and genres of music, all done with style. When he is not teaching guitar lessons at his City Music Studio, he is sure to be performing nearby.
Ken and Andy have received several WMA awards in the past. Good Luck in 2013!
YOU can get private guitar instruction from either of these great musicians at the City Music Studios. Call to find out more about their schedules.
Peavey’s AT-200 Guitar Tunes Itself!
This AT200 Guitar tunes itself!
Just in at City Music:
The Peavey AT-200
Perfect Tuning. Perfect Intonation. Instantly. With the simple push of a button on the new Peavey® AT-200™, guitar players can now create music in perfect tune and pitch. The Peavey AT-200 features Antares® Auto-Tune® for Guitar with String Tune and the Solid-Tune™ intonation system, two technologies that work together to bring the clarity of perfect pitch to this high-quality instrument.
With the Peavey AT-200, you can even switch into alternate tunings like Drop D, Open G, Baritone and more instantly by adjusting your finger positions when engaging the Auto-Tune for Guitar feature. And no bulky, unattractive hardware weighs down the playing experience – the Peavey AT-200 looks, plays and sounds just like a conventional guitar. Exactly the way it should.