ROCK & LOAD U

Our first University and Show was a huge success and we wanted to take a moment to thank all those who helped make it such a great event:

To all the Participants, Instructors and Sponsors....

Kent Wells, Guitar & Instructor
Chuck Tilley, Drums & Instructor
Abe White, Bass & Instrucuctor
Carmine Appice, Drums & Instructor
Mike Pinera, Guitar & Instructor
Jay Frank, Marketing Instructor, CMT
Dave Webb, Bass & Instructor
Chas Sandford, Songwriter
Stan Webb, Songwriter
Jason Spence, Sound & Instructor
Melanie Hansel, Crew 1 - Instructor
Wayne Linder, Pioneer Coach - Instructor
Tyrone Jackson, Instructor - Ganesha School of Entrepreneurship (sponsor for Lunch - Green Umbrella)
Greg Barnhill, Songwriter
Tommy Barnes, Songwriter
Howard Jones, Lighting
Kenny Olsen, Guitar
Billy Swayze, Artist
Aaron Mason, Artist
Holly Curtis with Buca Di' Bepo, Cool Springs - Dinner sponsor
Fender
Sabian
Boca Car Service
American Towel
Will Carter, Music Starts Here
Savannah Carter
Bronson Bush
Alliance Rubber
Tangent Alliance
The Swayze Family
The Miller Family
The Shafer Family
The Potvin Family
Joe Donnelly, The Hilton Garden Inn
Norene, Camera Crew
Krys Mydgett, Strumm Magazine
Jan, Sound Check
Tim Fagan, Camera Crew
Joyce, Camera Crew

It was an honor to spend a day of music with all of you and we appreciate your support and participation.

See ya at the next Rock & Load!

Chas Sandford joins Rock and Load University for Sept 18, 2010
Rock & Load University welcomes Chas Sandford to the line up for their Sept 18, 2010 University in Nashville Tn.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 19, 2010 – As a hit songwriter and publisher, Sandford is the recipient of twelve ASCAP Most Performed Songs awards, including John Waite, 'Missing You', Chicago's, 'What Kind of Man Would I Be' and Stevie Nicks, 'Talk To Me'. His songs have also been recorded by Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Melanie, Roger Daltrey, Berlin, Millie Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Alison Krauss, Rick Springfield, Sammy Hagar, Jimmy Barnes, Don Johnson, David Wilcox, Tyler Hilton, Sheila B. Devotion and others.

As a producer, Chas has worked with Chicago, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Berlin, Willie Nelson, Ron Wood, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gene Loves Jezebel, Jimmy Barnes, Dan Hill, Gina Schock, Don Johnson and others.

Live highlights include opening for The Eagles on their Hotel California European tour, appearing in and recording live in the Robert Altman film, A Perfect Couple (including a show at the Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic); two months on Broadway in Divine Madness with Bette Midler (appearing in the film of the same name); and playing with the late, great James Brown for a charity show in Augusta, Georgia.


For more information please visit www.rockandloadmusic.com.

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Rock and Load was born from the need to educate and mentor emerging artists, musicians, engineers, producers and songwriters and to help facilitate and motivate them toward their success in the highly competitive, complicated world.

The workshops and seminars presenters will include Producer/Guitarist, Kent Wells (who also produces Dolly Parton, Reba and Kenny Rogers), songwriters Duane Hitchings (“Do you Think I’m Sexy” — Rod Stewart. Duane also played with Rod, Cactus, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, among others), Stan Webb (George Jones), Dan Shafer, (Transformers, Revlon, Pizza Hut, Coors),
Chas Sandford (“Missing you”for John Waite,”You Can Talk To Me” for Stevie Nicks, and producer of Chicago, Roger Daltry), drummer Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Cactus), guitarist Charlie Crowe (Brooks & Dunn), bassist Abe White (has performed and/or recorded with, to name a few, Hal Ketchum, Amanda Williams, Keith Anderson, Acoustic Alchemy, The Neville Brothers, David Ball), Jay Frank, (Sr VP of Music Strategy for CMT), as well as several other presenters/educators/musicians.



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