BASS FIGHT Audio and Video

Now is the time for "BASS FIGHT 2006 : Say U Want A Nice Guy, But U Really Want A Dog" Friday April 7th at the SK Net Cafe in Charlotte, North Carolina!!!!!
The Main Event will pit the Champion and Home Town Favorite Benjamin "FUNK" Johnson versus the InFamous and Versatile Michael "ATONAL" Vick. (Remember there is NO entry fee for Bassists to Compete in the Preliminary Rounds)
w/ Special guests AudioForm and Mons Venera
both from Charlotte, NC Show Starts at 9 pm
www.BassFight.US
www.sknetcafe.com

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MAVVVick was recently on The Gagliarchives and
AuralMoon.com "The Net's Progressive Rock Garden"
promoting "BASS FIGHT 2006" and the "New York FretLess Guitar Festival 2006"
www.AuralMoon.com & www.GagliArchives.com
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For BASS FIGHT Sponsorship information please contact us at 843.769.2357 or michaelvick@atonal-hole.com

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BASS FIGHT 2005 "This Time It's Personal" (Photos by J-Ro below) ended up with more controversy than BASS FIGHT 2004 "The Return Of Thunder-Thumb". Sources close to the Event say that Benjamin FUNK Johnson 6'4 245 tapped out in the 3 round, but his people say he did not do any such thing. The Judges ruled it a No Contest with another Re-Match to be held in Charlotte, NC April 7th 2006 at the SkNet Cafe.
www.sknetcafe.com

In other BF05 News, the Bass Fight 2005 Preliminary Matches went really well with some stand out players including Bryan "RazorBack" Shields on 5 String Bass, Tobias of Motor Mouth Mabel on 3 String Bass & David from Atlanta on the Donated Bass from Mt. Pleasant Music.
Also, Geoffrey G5 Cormier's Percussion Solo raised a few ears.
Keep an eye out for BASS FIGHT 2006 "Unresolved-Issues"
Charlotte, NC............AC
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Friday, April 7th, 2006 BASS FIGHT 2006a Charlotte, NC at the SkyeNet Cafe
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Check out GUITAR PLAYER magazine's Feb. 2006 and Dec. 2005 issues for Michael "Atonal" Vick and others from the NYC Fretless Festival and "Village Of The Unfretted" CD ....Plus check out France's December '05 issue of GUITARE CLASSIQUE and LA GUITARE www.LaGuitare.com for MAV

********** HEAR Michael ATONAL Vick LIVE ***********

Michael Vick will be giving a MasterClass from 5-7 pm on Sunday April 23rd in the College Of Charleston's Simmons Center Auditorium. Vick will cover Fretless Guitars and Microtonal Tunings, and then launch into a Solo Performance using these ideas. After Michael's Solo set, Guitarist Lee Barbour will join Vick for some Fretless Guitar Duets and More.......Extended Information coming soon.........AC

Hear Michael April 16th at 9pm on Local X www.98xonline.com FM in an InterView about his Performance/Workshop at the College Of Charleston on April 23rd which will feature Vick on Fretless Guitars and discussing the use of Microtones in Music today................AC

Saturday, April 7th, 2006 BASS FIGHT 2006a Charlotte, NC at the Sky Net Cafe 9pm

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at Musician's PlayGround in Mt. Pleasant, SC (TBA) "FretLess Guitar WorkShop"

Saturday, February 25th, 2006 from 11 to Midnight on www.Gagliarchives.com South Jersey's Finest Progressive Rock...Fifteen Years Running FM and on-line www.Gagliarchives.com
Plus, Hear the RePlay of MAVVVick this Tuesday 02.27.06 From 11am to 3pm on www.AuralMoon.com
The Net's Progressive Rock Garden.... www.AuralMoon.com & www.GagliArchives.com

More 2006 Events coming and Michael is also finishing up his much anticipated All-Fretless CD "Unfret My Heart" with Special Guests : Dan Stearns and Neil Haverstick........AC

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Michael Vick recently recorded an Improvisation for the KronoSonic.com Tribute to Derek Bailey

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"The James Jamerson Project"

The Charleston Jazz Initiative, a multi-year research project based in the Arts Management Program in partnership with the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina is interested in planning a second series of events honoring the life and music of the late James Jamerson (a two-day tribute was held several years ago). It is our hope to plan a James Jamerson clinic for bassists, a day-long picnic on Edisto Island, South Carolina (Jamerson's birthplace) where we would like to invite the Funk Brothers, and other events celebrating Jamerson's career.

No firm commitments have been made for these plans, yet. Funding is needed to further develop our ideas. If you know of potential sponsors who might be interested in learning more about these plans and helping to fund these events, have them contact Dr. Karen Chandler at chandlerk@cofc.edu or Jack McCray at jmccray@postandcourier.com, the co-principals of the Charleston Jazz Initiative. See www.charlestonjazz.net about the Charleston Jazz Initiative.
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Michael Vick got his Glissentar too from www.GodinGuitars.com
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Courtesy of www.Atonal-Hole.com and www.TheMichaelVickTrip.com