First Annual Benefit Concert

Benefiting Notes for Notes

July 19th, 2011

Evening Program

V I P Pre-Par t y Recept ion(In the courtyard located behind the Lobero Theatre)

S i lent Auct ion( All proceeds from the auction go directly to Notes for Notes.)

Notes for Notes Student Bands

Flat Foot Joe Featur ing Seymour W. Duncan

8:30PM Si lent Auct ion Concludes

Steve Mi l ler Band

After-Show Par t y - A l l Inv i ted(In the courtyard located behind the Lobero Theatre)

WELCOMESeymour Duncan Company First Annual Benefit Concert

and 35th Anniversary!

When you think about the greatest rock ‘n roll guitarists, a lot of images go through your mind. A low-slung guitar. Lots of attitude. Maybe even a little danger. When you think about the sounds that emanate from that guitar, most likely you’re thinking about a tone that was generated by a Seymour Duncan pickup, hand built right here in Santa Barbara.

Tonight is a celebration of the Seymour Duncan company’s 35th anniversary: 35 years of giving guitarists tone that sets them apart. It’s also a celebration of the beginnings of Notes for Notes, a local grassroots organization that provide kids with a safe place to make music after school. And it’s a celebration of the classic rock ‘n roll of the great Steve Miller Band.

In the early ’70s , New Jersey-born Seymour W. Dun-can relocated to London, playing sessions by night and work-ing days at the Fender Sound House doing guitar repair. There, he serviced guitars and wound pickups for Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, the Who, Jeff Beck, and other leading lights of British rock.

In 1975, Seymour returned to the USA and connected with the vibrant music scene in Topanga Canyon, where Jamie Shane of Canned Heat fame introduced him to Cathy Carter. Just like in London, musicians at the time were on a quest to capture the best guitar tones, yet colored with more output and new sounds.

In 1976, after moving to Santa Barbara and borrowing the grand sum of $500 from a friend, Seymour and Cathy went into the business of offering authentic vintage and Seymour-designed single coil pickups.

Their mission was clear from Day 1. “We weren’t thinking about making a lot of money,” says Cathy. “We just wanted to provide what working musicians wanted and needed: great-sounding, reliable products at prices they could afford.”

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’70s

Cathy and Seymour 1978

Seymour with Jimi Hendrix

Seymour, Albert Lee and

Eric Clapton

Notes for Notes Student BandsWhat Now?performing “Rhiannon” and “Crossroads.”The band members are Emily Lash (lead vocals), Parker Oswald (guitar), Ian Bankhead (guitar), Chloe Stevens (keyboard), Chimaway Lopez (bass) and Casmali Lopez (drums). They formed in the late winter of 2011 at the Eastside Musicbox location, after learning blues and rock songs. Hip Hop Group performing “Notes for Notes Theme Song.”The hip hop performers are Caesar Valenzuela, Christian Pearson, and Joey Roberson. They have each performed numerous gigs in Santa Barbara over recent years, including at Velvet Jones, SOHO, the Eastside Boys and Girls Club, and various schools.

Emily Lash, Parker Oswald, Casmali Lopez, and

Chimaway Lopez

Joey Roberson and Caesar Valenzuela at

the eastside Musicbox. Christian Pearson

Flat Foot Joe is a local band comprised mostly of Seymour Duncan employees serving a mix of original music and classic rock and roll, with a “touch of torch and twang”. Tonight you’ll hear a special set of early rock and roll of legendary artists like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly (plus a few surprises) featuring Seymour W. Duncan, who is not just a legendary pickup maker, but equally legendary guitarist. “I’ve always liked playing those old rockabilly and early rock songs.” says Seymour. These were all songs that inspired Seymour to play guitar in his early years, and Seymour and Flat Foot Joe to bring them to you tonight. They’re as fun to watch as they are for the band to play. “It has been a thrill for the whole band to play these songs with Seymour. You can’t help but get up and dance” says Paul Davis, VP of Operations. Tonight they hope to get you up and dance!

FLAT FOOT JOE f e a t u r i n g

S e y m o u r W. D u n c a n

The Steve Mi l ler Band has become one of the centerpiece at-tractions of the summer rock concert season, playing 60 or more shows every year. He is the Gangster of Love. Some people call him Maurice, the Midnight Toker or the Space Cowboy. And with his new masterpiece album Let Your Hair Down, Steve Miller shows he still speaks of the pompitus of love.

The new album caps one of the busiest years of Miller’s accomplished career. One of rock music’s all-time greats, the Steve Miller Band has sold more than 30 million records in a career spanning more than 40 years. His trademark blues-rock sound made him one of the key artists in classic rock radio.

Born October 5, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Steve Miller grew up in a musical family. His mother, Bertha, was a gifted vocalist and his father, Dr. George (Sonny) Miller, was an amateur tape recordist. Steve’s uncle Dale Miller gave his four year-old nephew a guitar. His father’s friend, the legendary guitarist Les Paul, taught the young boy a few chords and his father secretly recorded the exchange. “Steve, you’re really going to go places,” Les Paul told him, after listening to the boy play and sing.

Steve Miller is a long-time friend of Seymour Duncan. He’s also a strong advocate for child music makers. Seymour Duncan and Notes for Notes wish to express their deepest gratitude to Steve Miller, without whom, this benefit concert would not be possible.

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’80s

By 1980 , after getting another micro loan from a friend, they were able to finally tool up to build humbucker pickups. Now they could offer guitarists the same magical pickups Seymour had been hand-building for Jeff Beck and others in London.

That was the beginning of a wonderful company, full of bright and dedicated teammates, many of whom are still there today. From Kevin Beller, longtime engineer and designer of the am-plifier line as well as the first hum-cancelling single coils, the successful Rails and Stack series; to Maricela “MJ” Juarez who joined Seymour in the Custom Shop. It’s a team effort, but it’s lead by Seymour who, to this day, you can still find in the Cus-tom Shop as happy as ever behind a winding machine.

Seymour Duncan Company 1980.

Yanonali Street, Santa Barbara, CA

Seymour, Allan Holdsw

orth

and Eddie

Van Halen

Our first Advertisement

Seymour with Leo Fender

and son Cody

Notes for Notes is a non-profit organi-zation dedicated to providing youth with free access to music instruments, instruction and recording-studio envi-ronments so that music may become a profoundly positive influence in their lives.

Our studios, called MusicBoxes, are packed with electric/acoustic guitars and basses, drums, keyboards/synths, DJ turntables, com-puter workstations with music creation software and full recording studios. Located throughout Santa Barbara, The MusicBoxes can be found at both Boys and Girls Club and the1235 Teen Center. Notes for Notes is also preparing to expand nationally this year with two MusicBoxes in Nashville, TN. The MusicBox is a completely FREE resource for any young person looking to explore, create and record music. Please visit notesfornotes.org for more information, to get involved or find out how you can support.

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’90s & TodayThe ’90s saw the birth of the World Wide Web. Years before Facebook and Twitter, Seymour Duncan was at the forefront of creat-ing an on-line social network of like-minded tone aficionados. The company’s Sales and Marketing departments expanded greatly as the company’s products found themselves in high-end music stores all over the planet and in the guitars of the most widely known and most respected professional guitarists and bass players.

When the ’90s started, though not the biggest pickup company, Seymour Duncan was quickly making a mark as the company that gave guitarists tone that set them apart. By the time the decade ended, Seymour Duncan was undisputedly the world’s biggest and most influential maker of electric guitar pickups.

As we ref lec t back over Seymour Duncan’s 35 years, there are certain themes that remain constant. Seymour Duncan is a values-driven company. “Our goals are the same as the day we started,” states Cathy. “Take care of the customers. Never compromise our product quality. Treat everyone we encounter, inside and outside the company, with care and respect.” Those ideals are shared by the 120 artisans and businesspeople located right here in Santa Barbara whose goal is to ensure that guitarists the world over are able to express their musical creativity with the best possible tone.

But in the end, it’s all about making music. Notes for Notes is a grassroots organization that makes sure kids have a safe place to make music after school. Without musicians, Seymour Duncan wouldn’t exist. That’s why Seymour Duncan is proud to support Notes for Notes with this first annual benefit concert.

Seymour Duncan Company

Management Team

Los Lobos Factory Visit

Maricela Juarez

with

Eddie Van

Halen

Establ ished in 2009 , the non-profit New Noise Music Foundation creates a par-ticipatory creative culture through producing its annual New Noise Santa Barbara Digital Music Conference & Festival (November) as well as year round concerts, music work-shops and lectures. In addition, NNMF offers mentor, volunteer, internship and career opportunities. Currently the New Noise Music Foundation is raising funds to establish a permanent home for an all ages, drug and alcohol free music venue in the Santa Barbara/Goleta region (“The Living Room”). 

New Noise events, concerts and workshops culminate in our annual music conference and festival in the Fall (New Noise Santa Bar-bara). In it’s third year and held at the Canary Hotel as well as music venues throughout Downtown Santa Barbara, the festival hosts 100+ artists and music industry speakers in three days throughout Santa Barbara. The New Noise Festival aims to be fun and educational: giving artists and participants the resources and opportunities to perform and learn in a professional, inventive setting. To contrib-ute or find out more information on New Noise Music Foundation events and programs please visit NewNoiseSB.com. New Noise Music Foundation: Listen-Learn-Connect. 

H o w l i n Wo o d sF i t z W h i t e B u f f a l o

D o n ’ t m i s s i t !

Silent Auction How would you l ike a k i l ler dea l on a brand new guitar or dinner at a loca l restaurant?

Thanks to our friends in the Santa Barbara community and the mu-sic community, we have a bunch of great items for auction; from an album signed by Slash to many fine guitars, some signed by artists including Steve Miller. Go see them in the lobby and think of this as an early Holiday Sale to bring music into someone’s life! Make sure to put in your final bids before the end of intermission at which time bidding will be closed. All proceeds from the auction go directly to Notes for Notes after school music program.

For providing silent auction items, we’d like to thank the folks at Schecter Guitar Research, US Music, Peavey, ESP, DBZ, Traveler Guitars, Godin, Asher Guitars, Daisy Rock, Slash and The Collec-tive, Santa Barbara Bowl, Disneyland Resort, Ernie Ball, Martin Gore, Howard Leese, Cruz Dance and Entertainment, Sonos, Dun-lop, Cesar Rosas and Los Lobos, Alex Lora and El Tri, Esther’s Fine Jewelry, Blue Gem Sunglasses, Winchester’s Grill, Brophy Brothers, and Chuck House.

NAMM 1980’s

Seymour with Jeff Beck

and Billy Gibbons

Cathy, Seymour with son Derek

Daily dancing at the factory!