AUCTION & BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ALI AKHBAR KHAN LIBARY - MAY 21-31

It is unusual for us to send out anything but GRA flyers on this list, but this one was so important to me I just had to send it out in hopes it will reach someone of interest. Ali Akbar Khan had been my Indian music teacher for many years. He has taught me to play sitar but has also taught me a great deal about life. He is a tireless giving man that has openly given his time to tens of thousands of students to share the wealth of knowledge that is Indian Music. During the last thirty years everything he has taught has been recorded. We are in the process of transferring and transcribing 5000 hours of audio tapes. It will be in a massive data base that will preserve the knowledge of his teaching and will make it available to future generations. This is obviously a massive undertaking. The college is currently having an ebay auction on some items that were donated to the college. These are authentic, one of a kind collectibles. If this is of interest to you please take a look, as the money from anything you purchase will go to a very worthy cause. I just want to say thanks to all of our GRA customers for indulging me in letting me send this to you. I promise in the future you will be receiving exciting offers of our new products coming out. Including a book by Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service that we are all very excited about. Peace, Karl Fredrick Anderson II Global Recording Artists

Dear Music Lovers, Here is a rare opportunity to own a piece of music history while at the same time supporting an institution at the heart of Indian Classical Music. The Ali Akbar College of Music, now in its 42nd year of operation, is holding an Ebay auction to raise funds for a Public Library and archive of classes, concerts and teachings of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Once created, this priceless collection will provide current and future generations with access to brilliant compositions and performances by India's top masters of music. The items up for auction include signed instruments from: Carlos Santana, Grateful Dead members, Zakir Hussain, and Sammy Hagar. Visit www.ebay.com/aacm to view and bid on the items, or to make a direct donation, visit www.aacm.org. Thank you all for your generous assistance, and please pass this email along so that others may have the opportunity to support this wonderful music. The auctions will start Thursday, May 21st, at noon, and end Sunday, May 31st, at noon.

www.gragroup.com


--------------------------------------------