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Participate in the "One Guitar" initiative and you will be helping a worthy charity cause, be part of breaking a Guinness Book World Record, and be entered to win a spot on either the Warped, Mayhem or Country Throwdown Touring Festivals! Concrete Marketing is inviting bands and artists to either cover or do a remix of the song "One Guitar" by Willie Nile. To listen to the song, you could also check out www.reverbnation.com/willienile We are all familiar with the artist driven charity efforts behind songs like "We Are The World" and "That's What Friends Are For", where high profile musicians come together to record a single song and lend their talent and names to drive sales of that song, with proceeds going to one designated charitable cause. The "One Guitar" campaign takes almost the opposite path. Instead of a select group of artists coming together to record one song that results in one recorded master, individual artists and bands will individually record different versions of Willie Nile's song, "One Guitar". Also, instead of one beneficiary, half of the proceeds will go to the TJ Martell Foundation and half of the proceeds will go to a charity chosen by each artist that participates in the project. The goal is to have hundreds of versions of the song, recorded in all genres of music. Willie Nile is also donating all the publishing royalties generated by these charitable versions of the song. In addition to raising money for a worthy cause, the "One Guitar" initiative should break the Guinness Book World Record for the most "recorded" song in history. The present record sits at about 1500 versions and we aim to break that number. Don't you want to be part of that? As a bonus incentive, by entering your version of the song through ReverbNation, you can win a spot on either the Warped, Mayhem or Country Throwdown Touring Festivals! Willie Nile is a songwriters' songwriter and his live performances are legendary. He has toured across the U.S. opening for The Who at the personal request of the band and was Bruce Springsteen's only guest artist at Giant Stadium in '09. Bruce recently joined Willie on stage in Asbury Park for Willie's song "Heaven Help The Lonely." "Willie Nile is a great artist. If there was any justice in this world, I'd be opening up for him instead of him for me." –Lucinda Williams "Willie's so good I can't believe he's not from New Jersey." –Little Steven "The impassioned voice, the sharp and soulful lyrics, the interesting shoes and large, Kramer-like hair which seems to grow thicker every year – Willie Nile brings it all into focus. Listen to this record." –Graham Parker The New York Times called him "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years." His album "Streets Of New York" was hailed as "a platter for the ages" by UNCUT magazine. He has been called everything from "a one-man Clash" (UNCUT) to "the next Bob Dylan" and his critically acclaimed solo albums have gotten rave reviews around the world. Bono, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Jim Jarmusch, Adam Duritz and Little Steven are among those who have sung his praises. Log In to register, download the stems and start remixing if you want to do a remix of the song OR just submit your own cover of the song without using the stems! Check out a PSA Video from Kevin Lyman (founder of Warped, Mayhem or Country Throwdown Touring Festivals) by clicking LEARN MORE below!
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