MANC on the West Coast

Our Sustainable Funding team just returned from a whirlwind trip to Seattle, WA, where we were lucky enough to see the view from the Space Needle, eat some fresh seafood, and experience the brief period of summer weather. The majority of our time was spent focusing on how to improve upon things at MANC, and ensure a long-lasting impact in our community.

A few of us had a chance to stop by the Experience Music Project, which is an interactive pop culture museum. Tourists can experiment on different instruments within sound-proof studios, and even record their own Demo CDS. Guitars, basses, keyboards, and other instruments are on display, including a special gallery featuring 50 extremely rare guitars used by famous musicians like Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison. A massive piece of artwork piled high with guitars is entitled, "Roots and Branches".

The most interactive part of the museum is the "On Stage" area, where you and your friends or family can get on stage and play along with an automated instrument. Our Music Academy folks chose to set the guitars on the manual setting and put their training to work!

Thanks to Jonathan Holley for the details.