Systematic Symposium Of A Down Feather Bellower

A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum...

While sitting in relentless traffic on the 405-S, I imagined how ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC) might have comedically cast a light on the state of the modern world whereby a seminal arena rock band achieves more media coverage about the fact that they've made their long-wished-for reunion tour a "No Press Invited" affair than the actual tour itself and in light of this circumstance, how one might go about pseudo-reviewing a concert under the guise of a vague theoretical supposition.

It is well for one to know more than he says." - Titus Maccius Plautus

I understand the thinking. The band hasn't played together for five years, so go do a select run of shows catered to their fans to satiate the demand and oil up the artillery for the summer of European festivals. Pero nada press? What about loyal fans of the band that happen to be credentialed journalists? What about the band members' roles as Armenian cultural attachés? It would be nice to add a counterpoint to Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and their system of a Kardashian.

The first Armenian arrived in Fresno, CA in 1876. He expected a “paradise,” as it had been represented to him, but he thought the hot, bleak desert was more like Hell and so he moved back to Philadelphia. His name was Mr. Yanikian which coincidentally, spelling-wise, isn't too far removed from the name, Tankian.

Los Angeles is home to singer Serj Tankian and his System band mates and also houses the largest number of Armenian-Americans in the U.S. (nearby Glendale, CA is nearly 1/4 Armenian) and with this being the first local reunion show, it would stand to reason that there would be a strong demand for tickets.

"A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole." Titus Maccius Plautus

The LA show was declared a sell-out fairly quickly and then sixty seconds post-mortem, the secondary market was flooded by brokers whereby a $70 general admission floor ticket was going for $100. Loads and loads of SOADs.

In the week leading up to the show, there was still a plethora of "marked-up" broker tickets available that seemed destined to not sell. Odd for a sold-out show with presumably pent-up demand. Lo-and-behold, a few days before the show, a batch of tickets were "suddenly" released for sale by Ticketmaster and even the day of the show, great lower level tickets were still available (the band even tweeted about it).

Reeeally!!!

Perhaps some further advance hype (aka Press) would have helped sell some more seats, whether at full face value or at an inflated 40 cents on the dollar?

Just sayin'...

B.Y.O.B. Bring. Your. Own. Brain.
(pro bono publico)

In ancient Greece, a symposium was a drinking party where high-minded auteurs such as Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Xenophon gathered amongst their chiton-donning homies to copiously drink and vehemently revel in Socratic dialogue as a means to discuss moral and philosophical issues of the times.

Sounds like the true origins of a rock 'n roll show. Loud discourse amongst a large rowdy inebriated group of compatriots vociferously engaging within a private forum in a concerted effort to beget a systematic shtick of unrepentant bailiwick. I do believe the Original Greeks should be christened the real O.G's!

Further extrapolating the 2000-year old principles of philosophical thought, how might one surmise an analogous entertainment construct that puts the phrase "system of a down" into abstract context?

Imagine if Frank Zappa presided over a 42nd street commune whose wayward troupe featured Mike Patton propagating as a barker and Mike Muir emceeing as a spoken word laureate as they egregiously performed a multi-modal metaphysical journey of socio-psychological virtual reality augmented by sarcastic vignettes of fiction. Musically solidified by members of Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, The Deftones and Korn the whole presumptuous carnival might be categorized as a cacophonous system of a down.



And what of the two-hour, thirty-song symposium held within the great western forum?

It was a tightly wound heat-seeking missile navigated with a zealous determination clearing a path in our collective consciousness to provide a sturdy bed to rest our pre-existing Attention Deficit Disambiguation.

The unified sonic barrage created by the band's viscosity AND the crowd's ferocity felt like a premeditated Incan tribalistic ritual perpetrating an existential psychotherapeutic séance segueing into an Indian War Dance bequeathing a pattern of circular testosterone-fueled Pride Parades.

It was Chop Suey For The Soul offered as an antidote to momentarily assuage the pent up Toxicity of life in modern day Rome. An entrée to a blissful communal state expertly orchestrated by the system of a Down Feather Bellower.

(mi down feather Cigaro es más grande que la tuya)

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
The Forum - Inglewood, CA
May 24, 2011
Set List:
1. Prison Song
2. B.Y.O.B.
3. Know
4. Needles
5. Deer Dance
6. Attack
7. Radio/Video
8. Hypnotize
9. Question!
10. Suggestions
11. Psycho
12. Chop Suey!
13. Lonely Day
14. Soldier Side - Intro
15. Soldier Side
16. Bounce
17. Kill Rock 'N Roll
18. Lost in Hollywood
19. Forest
20. Science
21. Holy Mountains
22. Aerials
23. Tentative
24. Cigaro
25. Suite-Pee
26. War?
27. Toxicity
28. P.L.U.C.K.
29. Sartarabad
30. Sugar

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
Tour Dates 2011:
May 10 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
May 12 Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
May 13 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
May 15 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 18 Denver, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
May 19 Albuquerque, NM - The Pavilion
May 21 San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
May 22 Las Vegas, NV - Pearl Theater @ The Palms
May 24 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
May 25 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 2 Milan, Italy - Fiera Open Air Arena
June 4 Nuremberg, Germany - Rock im Park
June 5 Nürburg, Germany - Rock am Ring
June 6 Paris, France - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 8 Paris, France - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 9 Interlaken, Switzerland - Greenfield Festival
June 11 Donington, England - Download Festival
June 13 Nickelsdorf, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
June 15 Berlin, Germany - Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
June 17 Gothenburg, Sweden - Metaltown Festival
June 19 Seinäjoki, Finland - Provinssirock
June 21 Moscow, Russia - Olympic Stadium
Octo 2 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock in Rio (co-headline w/ Guns 'N Roses)

Scott Miller Keynotes The Mountain Heritage Literary Fest (June 24-26)

Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter SCOTT MILLER has been chosen as the keynote musician for the sixth annual Mountain Heritage Literary Festival (MHLF) taking place June 24-26 at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in Harrogate, TN, just southeast of Cumberland Gap, a historic Appalachian passageway used by Native Americans and later widened by a team of loggers led by Daniel Boone.

Miller’s appearance at the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival marks a return engagement and a seasoned pairing with MHLF Founding Director Silas House (author of the novels Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo, and Eli the Good) whereby Miller and House commence in a live on-the-fly collaborative effort with Scott swapping verses of songs mirrored by ancillary book excerpts read by Silas. It’s a literary form of ping-pong that electrifies those in attendance.

Much like the nom-de-rigueur one-of-a-kind collaborations on Awards’ shows, it’s these exalted pairings that have endeared Miller as a special invited guest on the literary festival circuit for the past six years. In addition to working multiple times with House, Miller has “swapped” with authors Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, William Gay and Michael Knight, Head of University of Tennessee’s Creative Writing Program, at events such as the prestigious Southern Festival of Books, the annual Appalachian Writers Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School and at various literary confabs at renowned Square Books in Oxford, MS.

Raised on a cattle farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Scott Miller has called Knoxville, TN his home since 1990. As one of the founders of the seminal roots rock band The V-Roys, he recorded three albums for Steve Earle and Jack Emerson's label E-Squared Records before embarking on a successful solo career at Sugar Hill Records where he released four critically lauded albums from 2001-2008.

During the past fifteen years, Miller has received high praise for his well-crafted songs delivered with raw emotion and biting wit. Whether his compositions tell the tales of fictional characters or are colored with historical archeology, Knoxville’s Metropulse sums it up best when they surmised “His songs are full of rural imagery; his trademark is the mule. And he has a degree in Russian lit from William & Mary. He is not much like anybody else we know of.”

In 2009, Miller launched his own F.A.Y. Recordings with the release of his most recent full-length album For Crying Out Loud, and will soon issue his seventh as-yet-untitled studio album. The forthcoming collection features the song “Lo Siento, Spanishburg, West Virginia," a tale of transformation in small town America, and a frequent staple of his recent performances.



In addition to showcasing Scott’s keynote session on Friday June 24th, the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival will celebrate the unique curricular environment that has nurtured writers such as James Still, Jesse Stewart, Don West and Emma Bell Miles.

Other notable festival participants include Kathryn Stripling Byer, former NC Poet Laureate and author of Wildwood Flower, Catching Light, and Coming to Rest, Dr. Grace Toney Edwards, Professor of Appalachian Studies and former Director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University and Jason Howard, co-author of Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal and the editor of We All Live Downstream: Writings About Mountaintop Removal.

SCOTT MILLER
PRESS
“You realize how spoiled you are when the songwriters in the round features Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Scott Miller, Allison Moorer and Dar Williams. With each performer getting just three songs each, it was Scott Miller who surprisingly made the biggest impact on me.” Josh Jackson, Paste Magazine

“Red Ball Express" was particularly stirring, recounting the story of a little-discussed aspect of World War II, and exposing him as one of the finest under-appreciated songwriters on the boat.” Kim Reuhl, No Depression

“Miller's songs are infused with heartrending pathos, particularly "Lo Siento, Spanishburg, West Virginia," a tale of transformation in small town America, and "Freedom's A Stranger," an affirmative anthem even The Boss would likely love to call his own. Lee Zimmerman, Blurt! Online

SCOTT MILLER
TOUR DATES
May 29 - Festival at Hippie Jack's, Shiloh, TN
June 04 - Ashland Tea & Coffee, Ashland VA
June 24-26 - Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, Harrogate, TN
July 07 - Kingsport Twilight Series, Kingsport TN
July 19 - Skippers Smokehouse (w/ Hayes Carll), Tampa, FL
July 20 - The Earl (w/ Hayes Carll), Atlanta, GA
July 22 - Brooklyn Arts Center, Wilmington, NC
July 23 - Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington DC

For more info: lmunet.edu/MHLF + thescottmiller.com

AVRIL LAVIGNE Steps In A Heaping Pile of SMILE

SMILE, the second single from AVRIL LAVIGNE's new album Goodbye Lullaby, debuted today with a playful video directed by Shane Drake (Paramore's "Decode" "Pressure" "crushcrushcrush" & "Misery Business"; New Years Day "I Was Right", Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", Shwayze "Corona & Lime" The Rocket Summer "So Much Love").

In the video, Av Lav spray-paints her set florescent pink and green (a visual accouterment to the streaks in her hair) before she navs a symbolic quest in black and white for the red chards of a broken heart...

Wade a while in a pile of Behind-The-Smile:

An acoustic SMILE recorded for T4, a daytime TV show in the UK:

AVRIL LAVIGNE
SMILE
You know that I'm a crazy bitch,
I do what I want when I feel like it,
All I wanna do is loose control,
But you don't really give a shit,
You go with go with go with it,
Cause you're fucking crazy rock-n-roll

You said hey,
What's your name,
It took one look,
And now I'm not the same,
Yeah you said hey,
And since that day,
You stole my heart and you're the one to blame,
Yeah.

And that's why... I smile,
It's been a while,
Since everyday and everything has felt this right...
And now,
You turn it all around,
And suddenly you're all I need,
The reason why-I-I-I,
I smi-I-ile.

Last night I blacked out I think,
What did you what did you put in my drink?
I remember making out and then,
I woke up with a new tattoo,
Your name was on me and my name was on you,
I would do it all over again.

You said hey,
What's your name,
It took one look,
And now i'm not the same,
You said hey,
And since that day,
You stole my heart and you're the one to blame,
Yeah.

And that's why... I smile,
It's been a while,
Since everyday and everything has felt this right...
And now,
You turn it all around,
And suddenly you're all I need,
The reason why-I-I-I,
I smi-I-ile.

You know that I'm a crazy bitch,
I do what I want , when I feel like it
All I wanna do is loose control,
You know that I'm a crazy bitch,
I do what I want , when I feel like it
All I wanna do is loose control-o-ol.

And that's why... I smile,
It's been a while,
Since everyday and everything has felt this right...
And now,
You turn it all around,
And suddenly you're all I need,
The reason why-I-I-I,
I smi-I-ile,
The reason,
The reason why-I-I-I,
I smi-I-ile,
The reason why-I-I-I,
I smi-I-ile

CHRISTINA PERRI Lovestrong Like A Leviathan

To Thine Own Self Be True.

Armed with a piano, a bevy of tattoos and an arsenal of jarring heart-on-her-sleeve observations centered on a sweet spot bruised by the treachery of love, 24-year old CHRISTINA PERRI flies headstrong into a heart-wrenching horizon previously illuminated by Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Anna Nalick, Alison Sudol, Marié Digby & Sara Bareilles.

How the hell does a broken heart
Get back together when it's torn apart
Teach itself to start
Beating again

As a struggling singer-songwriter trying to make ends meet as a waitress at the Melrose Cafe last July, Ms. Perri had a life-changing moment when she was asked to perform a song she had written, a defiant break-up anthem called “Jar of Hearts,” on the FOX show So You Think You Can Dance.

The clouds parted that night. "Jar of Hearts" went on to sell a million downloads. Fast forward to today as her debut album lovestrong. stormed on to the Billboard Top 200 at #4.

Perri lays herself bare on lovestrong., using her soaring, bittersweet voice and expressive piano playing to sketch out her stories. Some, like “Penguin” and “Arms,” are happy and hopeful, some, like “Bang Bang Bang” and “Mine,” are fun and playful, and others, like “The Lonely” and “Jar of Hearts,” are downright wrenching.

The common thread?

“They’re all songs I felt I needed to give away,” she says. “I have been writing songs since I was 15, so I reached into my arsenal and picked the ones I felt others should hear. My intention for my music is pretty simple: I want to make people feel less broken and alone.”

Perri sets lovestrong.’s hopeful tone with the second single “Arms,” a towering acoustic-guitar driven tune that builds to an urgent crescendo as its tale of the fight between the heart and the mind unfolds. “Your heart wants to be loved, but your head is telling you that you shouldn’t be with that person,” Perri says. “The song is about that struggle and finally giving in and letting love win.”



Produced by Joe Chiccareli (White Stripes, Tori Amos) and mixed by Michael Brauer (Coldplay, Regina Spektor), it didn’t really register how emotionally raw the album was going to be until Christina's 20th day in the recording studio.

“In the vocal booth, I had to go back to the place and time that made me feel so vulnerable and rip open old wounds to sing each song, sometimes two songs in a day,” she says. “Emotionally, it was the hardest 33 days of my life, but it was worth it because the result is that this album is 100 percent me. It’s heartfelt, real, bold, honest, vulnerable, hopeful, strong, poetic, bluesy, gritty, pretty, and simple.”



Her journey is a sublime elegy cloaking emotional emancipation...

Leaving One Lovestrong Like a Leviathan

CHRISTINA PERRI
LOVESTRONG.
1. Bluebird
2. Arms
3. Bang Bang Bang
4. Distance
5. Jar of Hearts
6. Mine
7. (Interlude)
8. Penguin
9. Miles
10. The Lonely
11. Sad Song
12. Tragedy
13. Backwards (bonus track)
14. Black + Blue (bonus track)
15. My Eyes (bonus track)



CHRISTINA PERRI
TOUR DATES
Jul 16 Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Jul 17 Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch
Jul 18 Tucson, AZ - Hotel Congress
Jul 20 Austin, TX - Antone's Nightclub
Jul 21 Dallas, TX - House of Blues (Cambridge Room)
Jul 22 Houston, TX - House of Blues (Bronze Peacock)
Jul 24 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
Jul 25 Atlanta, GA - The Loft @ Center Stage Atlanta
Jul 27 Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Jul 28 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun - Wolf Den
Jul 29 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
Jul 30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Aug 02 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
Aug 04 Toronto, ON - Opera House
Aug 07 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
Aug 09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
Aug 11 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
Aug 13 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival

DEADMAU5 Meowingtons Hax Tour (Aug 5-Nov 5)

DEADMAU5 has announced an upcoming North American tour entitled MEOWINGTONS HAX that will showcase a brand new live production.

Launching August 5th at Lollapalooza in Chicago, the tour will run throughout the U.S. and Canada, including shows at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Phoenix Convention Ctr, Houston’s Verizon Wireless Theatre and a special appearance at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Fest on Sunday, August 14th.

Additionally, the MEOWINGTONS HAX tour will also have Mr. MAU5 returning to the Hollywood Palladium in LA and New York’s Roseland Ballroom before eventually descending upon his hometown of Toronto at the Rogers Centre on November 5th.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now. Click here to buy yours.

DEADMAU5
Tour Dates
May 29 : XS Nightclub at The Wynn, Las Vegas
Jun 18 : ElectroVenice 2011, Milan, Italy
Jun 25 : Touch The Air Festival, Wohlen, Switzerland
Aug 05 : Lollapalooza, Grant Park, Chicago
Aug 11 : PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC
Aug 12 : PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC
Aug 14 : Outside Lands Fest, San Francisco, CA
Aug 18 : Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Aug 25 : Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 26 : Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 27 : Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 28 : Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 30 : Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
Sep 01 : Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ
Sep 02 : The Chelsea @ The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
Sep 03 : The Chelsea @ The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
Sep 07 : Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Sep 08 : Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Sep 10 : Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Merriweather Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Sep 13 : Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
Sep 14 : Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
Sep 16 : Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, TX
Sep 17 : Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
Sep 18 : Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
Sep 20 : Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ
Sep 23 : Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA
Sep 29 : Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Sep 30 : Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Oct 01 : Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Oct 05 : Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 06 : Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 07 : Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 08 : Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 11 : House of Blues, Boston, MA
Oct 12 : House of Blues, Boston, MA
Oct 13 : House of Blues, Boston, MA
Oct 14 : House of Blues, Boston, MA
Oct 20 : The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
Oct 26 : SOMA, San Diego, CA
Nov 05 : Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON

(Crowd shots from Deadmau5 show at SCAPE in Singapore)

JANE'S ADDICTION - An End To The Lies OF The Great Escape Artist

Only 4 studio albums in 23 years? A very l e i s u r e l y pace though The Great 'Record Making' Escape Artist is finally putting an end to the lies that important music was only made in the last half of the the 20th century.

THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST, releasing October 18 on Capitol Records, will mark JANE'S ADDICTION's first new studio album in eight years and finds singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins working with producer Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol).

TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek is also on board for the new recording. Sitek, best known for his production work on TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Foals, is writing, programming, and playing bass on the album.

While the finishing touches are being done, the band recently introduced The Great Escape Artist by offering a free MP3 of "End To The Lies" at janesaddiction.com. It's now available for purchase at iTunes.

Further whetting the public's kettle whistle, Jane's Addiction has released two, in a series, of "behind-the-scenes" clips from the making of the The Great Escape Artist.

The first clip features brand new studio footage (the band is using the same soundboard that was used on "Nothing's Shocking" and "Ritual de lo Habitual") while the second video features footage of the band performing at Lollapalooza Chile on April 3, 2011.




The band, with Chris Chaney on bass, just delivered a fiery performance this past Friday night (May 6th) at the 7th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit honoring Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan and Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.

Tonight, they are set to perform during the Google I/O Developer Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, which will be livestreamed in state-of-the-art HD. Fans can watch the live Jane's Addiction concert stream from Google I/O Live at google.com/io (from 7:30 - 9:30 P.M. PST).

JANE'S ADDICTION
TOUR DATES
05/06 Los Angeles, CA MusiCares benefit, Club Nokia
05/10 San Francisco, CA Google I/O Conf, Moscone Center
07/23 Bridgeport, CT, Gathering of the Vibes Music Fest
07/29 Queensland, Australia Splendour In The Grass
08/27 Reading, UK Reading Festival
08/28 Leeds, UK Leeds Festival
09/01 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv Fairgrounds

In addition to laying down guitar parts for TGEA, Navarro also took some time to portray himself (as Rock 'N Roll Fantasy Band Camp Director) in a Citibank commercial with drummer David Banks. The advert was directed by Jake Scott (Soundgarden, Blind Melon, REM, U2, Oasis, Radiohead):

MusiCares Honoring Dave Gahan & Kevin Lyman (Ft. Jane's Addiction, Paramore, Steven Tyler & More)

WHEN: Friday, May 6, 2011

WHERE: Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

HONOREES: Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan and Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.

Steven Tyler will present the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Gahan for his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP FundSM, and for his commitment to helping other addicts with the addiction and recovery process. Concert promoter Gary Tovar will present Lyman will be the recipient of MusiCares®'From the Heart Award for his unconditional friendship and dedication to the mission and goals of the organization.

PERFORMERS:
Chester Bennington, Curt Bisquera, Dave Gahan, Jane's Addiction (ft. Perry Farrell & Dave Navarro), Vincent Jones, Martyn LeNoble, Jason Orme, Ozomatli, Paramore (ft. Hayley Williams) and Joel Shearer. Comedian Greg Behrendt will host, and Adam Bravin and Justin Warfield from She Wants Revenge will DJ during dinner.

ATTENDEES:
Actress Christina Applegate; MusiCares Board Chair Emeritus John Branca; Daniel Davies (Year Long Disaster); Bob Forrest ("Celebrity Rehab"); Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy, ex-the Cult,); President/CEO of The Recording Academy® and MusiCares Foundation® Neil Portnow; and Matt Sorum (Camp Freddy, ex-Guns N' Roses) and more.

MUSICIANS' ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFIT CONCERT:
The 7th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert- a dinner and concert to benefit the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment. MusiCares offers programs and services to members of the music community including emergency financial assistance for basic living expenses, including rent, utilities and car payments; medical expenses including doctor, dentist and hospital bills; psychotherapy; and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, hepatitis C, and other critical illnesses.

MusiCares offers nationwide educational workshops covering a variety of subjects, including financial, legal, medical, and substance abuse issues, and programs in collaboration with healthcare professionals that provide services such as flu shots, hearing tests and medical/dental screenings. Staffed by qualified chemical dependency and intervention specialists, MusiCares Safe Harbor Rooms offer a support network to those in recovery while they are participating in the production of televised music shows and other major music events.

MusiCares holds weekly addiction support groups for people to discuss how to best cope with the issues surrounding the recovery process. The MusiCares Sober Touring Network is a database of individuals across the United States who can take music people to recovery support meetings while on the road.

TICKETS:
This special dinner and concert offers Living Room Sets that seat 10 for $12,500, Individual Floor Seatsfor $1,250 per person, and General Admission Floor - Standing Room Only (limited availability) for $500. VIP Balcony Seats for $250 per person and General Admission Balcony Seats for $125 per person are available only through Ticketmaster.

Out of respect for the clients the MusiCares MAP Fund serves, the event will be alcohol-free. This event is made possible with the generous support of Caravents, Goldenvoice, Jackson Limousine Service, Swing House and Ticketmaster.

MUSICARES: Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy, MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality.

MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. For more information, please visit MusiCares.org.

BE A PART OF THE HEART: MusiCares recently announced the launch of an innovative fundraising campaign aimed at the public to create the world's largest photo mosaic comprised of one million photo tiles. "Be A Part Of The Heart" encourages fans, recording artists, and corporate and media partners to come together to raise awareness and generate resources to help MusiCares continue to provide a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.

Participants can visit BeAPartOfTheHeart.com and make a contribution of $1 to receive an online tile, where they can upload a photo and include their stories and links to websites and social media platforms. There is no limit to the donation amount and the tiles that go with it. Tiles can be created in honor of loved ones, to commemorate important milestones or holidays, and to engage other members of the public.

There also is a place to include text about key musical influences. In addition, the initiative offers a chance to win two tickets to the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards.The "Be A Part Of The Heart" program will continue throughout 2011 with a special unveiling event and concert to be announced in December.