Friday, 25 November 2011

Eli Clarke, a 12-Year-Old New Jersey Musician, Writes/Performs "Good Song" To Raise Funds For Joplin, MO

Montclair, NJ (PRWEB) August 10, 2011

Eli Clarke, a 12-year old bassist and guitarist from Montclair, NJ, has written and performed an instrumental rock music track entitled Good Song in an effort to raise money for victims of the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, MO in May 2011.


Good Song is available as a download for 99 cents at GoodSongForJoplin.com, and will soon be available on iTunes and other online music stores. 100% of the revenue thats generated by the online sales of Good Song will be donated to Music For Relief, a non-profit organization dedicated to disaster relief and mitigation that was created by the band Linkin Park. All proceeds will be earmarked specifically to benefit Music For Reliefs efforts in Joplin.


Music for Relief is grateful for Elis support in raising funds for families impacted by the tornadoes in Joplin, MO, says Whitney Showler, Chief Operating Officer for Music For Relief. Its inspiring to see young, talented artists using their music to help others.


Good Song was produced, mixed, and engineered by John Ginty, a Grammy-winning musician who has toured and recorded with Warren Haynes, Sheryl Crow, Santana, Citizen Cope, Jewel, and The Allman Brothers.


I began working with Eli in June 10 when I was Music Director at School of Rock Montclair, and he was one of my first students, says Ginty, who also played drums and keyboards on Good Song. When he came to me with Good Song, I thought that his idea of using a crunched-up ukulele over a big fuzzy bass was cool and very unique. We recorded it in one day, with just a couple of takes. The track totally rocks, and this is the first of many good songs to come from this talented guy.


Clarke, who is an 8th grader at Mt. Hebron Middle School in Montclair, brought the influences of some of his favorite artists to Good Song, including the sound and feel of The Deftones, The Meters, Return To Forever, Mastodon, and Mars Volta with a touch of Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.


I wanted to create a song that was powerful and energetic to reflect the strength of the people of Joplin, says Clarke. Theyve been through a horrible experience and theyve lost a lot, but theyll survive and revive and Good Song is a tribute to their tough spirit.


Along with the performances of Eli and John Ginty, Good Song also features guitar work by Mark Dollar, who is Clarkes guitar and bass teacher at School of Rock Montclair. Dollar has recorded and performed with Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Akon, and Justin Bieber.


Eli is grateful for the generous contributions of the following corporate sponsors that are helping to create awareness of Good Song and revenue for Joplin, MO via Music For Relief:


DOMAIN.com Domain registration (GoodSongForJoplin.com, GoodSongForJoplin.org) and URL forwarding

REVERBNATION.com Digital distribution subscription to sell Good Song online

PRWEB.com Premium distribution subscription, to build awareness of Good Song among print, television, web, and radio media outlets


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