(ContentDesk) August 10, 2004 — Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument company, announced that it has partnered with W3G Entertainment Group to produce a quarterly networking party for music industry executives in their New York City Showroom located at 421 West 54th Street in Manhattan.The idea for a networking event evolved from several conversations between Gibson Guitar New York Entertainment Relations and W3G Entertainment Group as both sought a means of reaching out to our community during uncertain times. The event will serve as a low-key closed environment with great live rock music and an opportunity for music industry executives to connect and partner for future opportunities. “The quarterly industry event at our New York Showroom is just another way Gibson Guitar continues to reach out to the music community in every aspect,” said Henry Juszkiewicz Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar. “We look forward to working with W3G Entertainment and the many musical talents discovered through this unique opportunity.”“Aside from giving Gibson a chance to make sure their name is at the forefront of the minds of those in a position to ensure their artists use Gibson equipment; it is also an opportunity to reach out and provide a valuable and necessary service for our small community in light of recent lay-offs and consolidation” according to Georgia McBride, President of W3G Entertainment.The first “Gibson Rocks ” Industry Networking Event will be held on August 19, 2004 at the Gibson-Baldwin Showroom in New York City from 8 – 11PM . The event is by invitation only and requires an RSVP.

Drinks and hors devours will be served and entertainment will be provided by emerging rock bands found through W3G Entertainment Groups’ annual international emerging talent initiative called M.E.T.R.O Search. Performers represent a wide spectrum of music in the rock genre and for the inaugural event the list includes San Diego pop-punks Pensive, Maine singer-songwriter Graham Isaacson and modern rockers Harsh Krieger from Nashville. In addition to the entertainment Gibson Guitar will showcase some of their most popular instruments including signature guitars, Baldwin piano and Slingerland drums.About Gibson GuitarGibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson’s digital guitar, introduced in 2002, represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, MI, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.’s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton, Chickering and Wurlitzer.

Visit Gibson’s website at www.gibson.com.About W3G EntertainmentW3G Entertainment Group is a multifaceted company that focuses on entertainment marketing, artist management and marketing initiatives like the Gibson Rocks Industry Networking Event, M.E.T.R.O Search and one-on-one integrated marketing solutions for individual artists and companies in the music, fashion, sports and entertainment industries. Visit our official website at www.w3gentertainment.comFor more information about the event or to request an invitation, please contact Georgia McBride of W3G Entertainment Group at 888.294.4749.”Gibson Rocks” Industry Networking Event August 19, 2004 - Please RSVP to e-mail protected from spam botsContactsGeorgia McBride or Nicole MossW3G Entertainment Group 888.294.4749 or e-mail protected from spam botsCaroline Galloway Gibson Guitar                    440-338-3469 or e-mail protected from spam botsJennifer Smith         Gibson New York             212-582-0430 or e-mail protected from spam bots”Gibson Rocks” Industry Networking Event…a W3G Entertainment Group ProductionRSVP: e-mail protected from spam botsAugust 19, 2004 8PM - 11PMGibson NYC Showroom @ 421 W. 54th St. 4th Flr Performances by: Pensive, Graham Isaacson & Harsh Kriege.

While playing with famed guitar guru Les Paul in New York, Paul gave John5 some good old-fashioned advice. He told the player to venture out with his monster playing ability and go solo. Influenced by Les Paul�s advice, John5 is unleashing solo project aptly named Vertigo.John5�s signature brand of crunching metal & Delta dynamite pickin has been a long time in the making. At 7 years old, John5 picked up the guitar and was influenced by all the sounds his father and radio subjected him to. �My Dad listened to country and bluegrass, which directly influenced me.

I used to watch Hee Haw and loved the guy on the banjo. Of course KISS was another defining factor in my playing. I love it all,� exclaims John5. Vertigo is the bastard child of this intriguing combination of influences. Vertigo is deemed caustic and aggressive, but the disc also covers a range of diverse music, far detached from Manson’s style, including bluegrass, jazz and classical.

Rearranging 100 year old country standards like Sugar Foot Rag and Sweet Georgia Brown, John 5 recorded these treasures pursuant to a younger generation being a cross between heavy rock and aggressive country. “I’m so proud of this thing,” John 5 said. “Marilyn Manson’s music is somewhat limiting, so I sometimes felt like I was watching a porno movie and couldn’t get off. It was really frustrating. Now I feel fully satisfied.” Vertigo is his first release under his own name and marks a return to John 5�s roots as a guitarist.

It is also the first instrumental guitar album of his career.
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Infusing the listeners to the very black soul of hard rock with quietly sinister, yet darkly seductive atmospheric music, �Circle Of Snakes� is this year�s dark masterpiece. Expect �Circle Of Snakes� to violate the marketplace on August 24th, 2004.
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