Happenings
Scion Tours
Armed with T-shirts, stickers and other promotional items the Ernie Ball team hits the road June 7 with a customized Toyota Scion, visiting music dealers across the U.S. for a one-of-a-kind summer visitation tour. Besides visiting dealers and exhibiting some Music Man instruments, the tour is in search of the world's largest sewing machine, aliens, and any off-beat tourist attractions that can be found."This tour gives us the opportunity to meet our dealers face to face, see their stores and have some fun along the way," said Evan Ball, Scion Tour Coordinator for Ernie Ball.
The Scion was picked for its unique appearance and is outfitted with
custom graphics from Ernie Ball's award winning art department. The Ernie
Ball website, www.ernieball.com, will be updated daily on the latest Scion
adventures.
Battle of the Bands 10
The Ernie Ball Company is providing the best local bands from North America the opportunity to perform at the most prominent live music festival of the last decade. Beginning June 16th and culminating August 14th, our Battle of the Bands will take place at the 11th annual Vans Warped Tour. Four bands from each venue will be selected to play live on the Ernie Ball Local Heroes Mobile Stage. Equipped with a 24,000 watt sound system, Ernie Ball's Local Heroes stage has featured over 5,000 unsigned bands including national acts Bowling For Soup, Nonpoint, and Story of The Year.At the conclusion of the Vans Warped Tour, four bands from the Battle of the Bands will be selected to showcase your talents in front of industry and label executives at a major Hollywood venue. The four bands will be selected based on their Warped Tour performance on the Local Heroes Mobile Stage. Crowd support, musicianship, and overall performance will be indicators in deciding the bands who are selected to play in Hollywood. Last year's showcase was held at the historic Key Club location in Hollywood. The opportunities are limitless through The Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. Earn a record label contract, endorsements, and a spot on next year's Vans Warped Tour!
For more information, check out the Battle of the Bands website.
Casey Lee Ball Foundation
The Casey Lee Ball Foundation is a nonprofit organization where 100% of every dollar donated goes directly to pediatric kidney research. Casey Lee Ball, third son of Sterling Ball, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age two. At age five, while Casey and Sterling were recuperating from kidney transplant surgery, they decided to create the Casey Lee Ball Foundation. As a result of their tireless efforts over the last six years, several new medicines have made it to market in record time and are helping to reduce the side effects of kidney transplant medications.For more information, check out the Casey
Lee Ball Foundation website.
Emergenza
Emergenza is the largest European live festival and competition for unsigned bands. Ernie Ball has been the primary sponsor of Emergenza for 6 years, giving bands the opportunity to gain notoriety and live experience in the European and now the North American music scene.The band that wins Emergenza's 2005 competition will receive a fully sponsored and promoted concert showcase in the U.S., courtesy of Ernie Ball. Each of the 20 best bass players and 20 best guitar players will receive a customized Ernie Ball Music Man instrument.
For more information, check out the Emergenza
website.
Local Heros Mobile Stage
Ernie Ball's Local Heroes Mobile Stage travels the country bringing local bands a place to play. The 24©ˆ X 16©ˆ traveling stage was designed, engineered, and manufactured by Ernie Ball's in-house staff. Mounted on a 12-meter, six-wheel freightliner truck, the stage's lights, amps, and a 17,000-watt EV sound system are powered by a 12 KW diesel generator. The mobile stage equipment is all state of the art, with Line 6 amplifiers, DW drums, Hartke bass amps, Zildjian cymbals and drumsticks, Remo drumheads, and Ernie Ball Music Man bass amps.For more information, check out the Local Heros Mobile Stage website.