Audio/Video, Car Tech, Computers, CES 2008
Yoko Ono Plus All-Star Line-up Announce New John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
There may be a 150-inch plasma TV on the show floor but some of the brightest stars were just outside the convention center at the Consumer Electronics Show Monday, where Yoko Ono was joined by Natasha Bedingfield, the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, and Pat Monahan of Train to announce a brand-new audio and video technology-laden John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.
The bus' mission is to drive all across North America to provide students with hands-on opportunities to make music, produce videos and shoot digital photos in one of the most advanced mobile production studios around.
The presentation started off with a serenade from Bedingfield (her hit "Unwritten") and was followed by comments from will.i.am and of course Ono, who said, plainly, that "music is light and we use it to banish darkness."
The Lennon Bus program was started by two music industry vets, Brian Rothschild and music manager David Sonnenberg (who has shepherded talent from the likes of Meatloaf and the Black Eyed Peas, among many others) to combat the real lack of music education and opportunities for students to get hands-on music production and performance know-how. Major support comes from Maxell, Roland, Sony and Apple.
will.i.am pointed out that two Black Eyed Peas hits were actually recorded on board the previous incarnation of the bus. He also likened the bus to the bookmobile that used to come around his East Los Angeles neighborhood when he was a kid -- but with a big difference. "This bus is like the bookmobile on crack."
Indeed.
From John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.
Gallery: John Lennon Educational Bus
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