/PRNewswire/ Fender Play Foundation™ is proud to welcome inaugural members to its leadership board alongside CEO Andy Mooney and CFO Jim Broenen. Iz Avila,.
Shred through 2021 at Eckroth Music
For some it’s therapeutic, the feeling of the cold strands of metal passing along one’s finger like a steel massage, creating an equally calming sound. Amidst the chaos and uncertainty of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic, guitar sales were at a surprising all-time high. 1:03 pm, Apr. 23, 2021 ×
Dickinson s Eckroth Music is home to a variety of bass guitars as well. (M.C. Amick/The Dickinson Press)
For some it’s therapeutic, the feeling of the cold strings passing under one’s fingers like a steel massage, creating an equally calming sound. Amidst the chaos and uncertainty of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic, guitar sales were at a surprising all time high.
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Ask and Ye Shall Receive
Swift s most recent unexpected prezzie bundle went out to a precocious grade schooler named Emmy, who simply wanted Swift to answer a few questions as part of her ongoing 7 Questions With Emmy challenge.
In classic Taylor fashion, she responded with a box bursting with swag that included a bundle of T-shirts, copies of the quarantine
Folklore and
Evermore CDs, a handwritten note. There was also a coloring book, journal, hairbands and scrunchies, a beanie, water bottle and a sweatshirt. Who does that?!
PhD . Oohh No Way!
Andy Mooney was psyched when he completed his PhD studies in 2020. That was enough of an accomplishment, but what he never saw coming was a personal congratulations from Swift. He shared a picture of the super-sweet note the singer mailed him with the header, Sent with love and hugs from the desk of Taylor Swift Songwriter/ Feline Enthusiast.
Fender hits the right notes
Photograph by Henry Diltz, courtesy Fender
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Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of us have taken up new hobbies, such as baking bread, bicycling, bird-watching and playing guitar. That’s beautiful music to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, the market leader in the US$8 billion stringed instruments market, especially after it initially looked like 2020 was going to be a bust. When lockdowns began last year in March, Fender CEO Andy Mooney went into belt-tightening mode, canceling orders; shuttering its headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Los Angeles; closing factories in Corona, Calif., and Ensenada, Mexico; and furloughing production workers.