Concert for a Cause 8

Anti Rust Records is a proud sponsor of this year's iteration of a Northeast PA staple charity event: Concert for a Cause 8 (http://www.concertforacausenepa.com/). Each year, a ton of bands, fans, bouncers, bartenders, etc. donate their time, money, and effort toward a different charity. This year's recipient will be The United Way, focused on their US Veteran programs.

Here are a few stories on the event:
http://www.theweekender.com/music/Concert_For_A_Cause_8__The_Album_music_on_the_menu_02-02-2010.html

http://www.timesleader.com/features/Concert_for_a_Cause_benefits_veterans_02-05-2010.html

The CD compliation that gets released every year helps promote the event. Bands from the area donate a song to it to help raise interest and awareness of the event.

This year's bands include: Days Before Tomorrow, Underground Saints, The SilenTreatment, Lemongelli, Panacea, Fighting Zero, OurAfter, Bret Alexander of The Badless, Nowhere Slow, MiZ, Shawn Z., George Wesley, The Five Percent, Jeanne Zano Band, Plus 3, Charles Havira, K8, Brian Langan of the The Sw!ms, The Nonrefundables, 40-Lb. Head, Nicole Erin Carey, Lessen One, Graces Downfall, Ashfall, Destination West, Absolution, Tribes, Bliss, Flaxy Morgan, Bad Hair Day, G0-Go Gadget, Farmer's Daughter, Iron Cowboy, and M-80.

Corporate Sponsors include: 97.9X, WYOU, The Weekender, Bedwick & Jones, 97BHT, Coors Light, Saturation Acres, Fleet Decals & Graphics, Gallery of Sound, Anti Rust Records, WNEP, The Woodlands, Rock Street Music, WBRE, and The United Way of Wyoming Valley.

Anti Rust records has proudly underwritten the majority of the cost for the compliation this year and is honored to be a part of it.

Who What Where When?

CD Release: 2/4/2010, $5 available at any Gallery of Sound location (http://www.galleryofsound.com/), or (if avail) day of the concert. This was a limited pressing and once they're gone, they're gone.

Concert Information: 4/22/2010, at The Woodlands Inn & Resort, Rt. 315 Wilkes-Barre, PA. Doors @ 6pm and 34 bands will be playing on 4 stages. This is a great time and have HUGE turnouts every year. Don't miss out on the fun and helping a great cause.

For more information: http://www.concertforacausenepa.com/ or call (570)829-7131.

TC Electronic: PolyTune

TC Electronic/Helicon has been batting 1000 for as long as I can remember. They have a slew of guitar pedals that are analog with digital control, the infamous G-Major processor, Finalizer, and newer vocal pedals such as the Harmony-G XT. The list goes on...

They've broken new technological ground with their latest pedal: PolyTune.

Guitarists everywhere can now just strum their open strings and the LED display shows the tune status of each string independently of each other! Find the bad ones, tune, and you're rocking! It'll save some time no doubt. Instead of tuning one string at a time, you'll instantly see the out of tune strings.

BLAM.

(...that was TC blowing my mind again)

I can't wait to get my hands on one and give it a proper go-round. You can get more information on TC Electronic and the PolyTune here: http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune.asp

(Image courtesy of www.tcelectronic.com)

Akai utilizes iPhone/iPod Touch technology

(Screenshot courtesy of emusician.com)

The wizards at Akai (famous for their sampler lines world-wide) have come up with an ingenious way to integrate the iPod Touch/iPhone technologies with their sampler/controller line. Enter the iPk25.
It's a 25-key controller which hosts the i-gadget. Load up the Akai app (avail via iTunes) and you're making tunes. Want people to hear them? Dude, just plug in the audio outs to your PA system. When you get back from the streets, plug the controller into your computer via USB and it becomes a standard MIDI controller for your workstation.

I want one.

BRILLIANT.
Peep the video from this year's NAMM on E-Musician: Akai iPk25 Controller

Contratulations: Ramon Sampson

On January 11th, 2010, Guitar Center Announced the winner of the Guitar Center Annual Drum-Off competition. Drummers from all over the US compete through tough rounds of competition ranging from store finals, regional finals, semi, etc. Lots of heavyweights in the audience as well, like Tool's Danny Carey. Ramon Sampson prevailed. Nice tip 'o the hat to Michael, btw.
Check out the performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfiXJnjeZz0

Happy New Year, all!

We here at Anti Rust would like to wish all of you a very prosperous 2010! Don't be a stranger! Send us your tips, comments, ideas, and your mom's cake recipes. She makes killer cakes.

As we boot 2009's ass to the curb, make the resolution this year to work harder and smarter; people will notice.

All the best and Cheers!

-Anti Rust Records