Martin Guitar Week

March 1st-7th

GET YOUR GUITAR* RESTRUNG FOR FREE

March 1st

11am-3pm

Martin Guitar Company will be hosting a free restring event at Hugo Helmer Music.

*Includes 6 string, steel string acoustic guitars only.

Martin Guitar Clinic

March 1st 6pm

Clinic will feature: Richard Starkey

Richard has worked as the resident player, technician and guitar setup expert at C. F. Martin & Co. for over 8 years.
His clinics include a historical overview of the Martin Guitar Company throughout its 177 year lifetime,
and lots of picking and singing in a wide range of styles.
Martin Rep Larry Barnwell will be present for questions.

ADMISSION IS FREE

Unadvertised specials will be running all week on Martin Guitars. Please contact your favorite Hugo Helmer Music guitar expert for more details.

Marshall Amplification has unvieled the newest and most exciting Marshall guitar amp in some time. Watch Zakk Wylde put it through its paces.

HUGO'S NEWS

Hugo Helmer Music Recieved The Key Note Award for 2008 from Korg USA, Inc.

For "Overall Commitment to Excellence"

The award was graciously given by:

Joe Castronovo - President of KORG USA

Doug Nestler - Director of Sales

Ken Fuente - Vice President of Sales

Paul Sommer - Pacific Northwest District Sales Manager

THANKS TO ALL THE BANDS AND EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT, IT WAS A GREAT DAY!

Finalist

1st PLACE

Chris Eger Band

Click Here for the Chris Eager Band's Demo

www.myspace.com/thechrisegerband

2nd PLACE

Rise N Shine Band

Click Here for the Rise N Shine Band's Demo

Contact:

Kurtis Parsons at 253-961-4282

CD for sale at CDbaby.com

Rise N Shine Band on myspace
Rise N Shine Band on facebook
risenshineband.com

3rd PLACE

Simple Cell

Click here for Simple Cell's Demo

www.myspace.com/simplecellmusic

The Cat From Hue

Click here for The Cat From Hue's Demo

www.myspace.com/catfromhue

Tunsa Fun

Click Here for the Tunsa Fun Demo

www.myspace.com/tunsafunmusic

PD Elementary

Click here for PD Elementary's Demo

Into Light

Click here for Into Light's Demo

InnerOctave

Click here for InnerOctave's Demo

www.myspace.com/inneroctave

The Bear Market

Click here for The Bear Market's Demo

The Chris Eager Band Bio:

The Chris Eger Band is a fresh, eclectic and electric group that blends a variety of types of music into a style all its own. Not many musical genres are left untouched. The group draws on Blues, Rock, Funk, Rockabilly, R&B and Jazz just to name a few.

CEB is lead by 22 year old guitarist/vocalist Chris Eger, who's funky, blues guitar work and powerful tenor vocals are sure to excite. Eger is backed by bassist and father Randy Eger, who has over 35 years of live performance experience. Drummer, Kyle Eaton and keyboardist, Brendan Abshier, are both long time friends of Chris. Eaton brings a solid, funky foundation to the group, and Abshier’s tasty B3 and keyboard chops fill out the band’s sound.

The band's high-energy performances are always a crowd pleaser. Whether it's a rockin' blues beat or a mellow groove, the band is tight, funky and dishes out plenty of soul.

The Rise n Shine Bio:

Three years ago, in a small garage located in Bellingham, WA, a group of talented young musicians got together, to form a reggae/ hip hop band. They called themselves Rise N’ Shine.   Having grown up playing music together, it was only a matter of time before they became serious about working on a substantial project.  Now, three years and a few member changes later, the Rise N’ Shine band has become, “One of the best live show’s Bellingham has ever seen!”  Austin Santiago, “What’s Up Magazine”.
Rise N’ Shine has emerged, from a struggling young group of rag tag musicians, into a self sufficient business collaborative, intent on success and innovative musical creation.  Fresh off their first, highly positive, west coast tour, the five-member team is preparing to record their second album.  Awaiting the final press of their first live HD DVD recording, as well as the mixing of a highly anticipated music video, Rise N’ Shine is proving to be one of the hottest up and coming bands in the Northwest. 
Lead by vocalist, Adam Luft, the 29 year old Orcas Islander with a flare for wordplay and melodic gritty reggae, Rise N’ Shine never ceases to impress.  Their inescapable dance rythms are strongly influenced by the Hawaiian Island reggae vibe, laid down by their exhuberant, high-energy percussion and vocalist, Kurtis Parsons.  Strong bass undertones performed by Chris Sanders, create an organic well-rounded groove.  Accompanied by heavier hip-hop drum tracks, and explosive fills of drummer, Brian McCaffery. The sound is held together by the ingenuity of its one and only guitarist Eric Woodruff.  Eric’s style encompasses a wide array of genres, varying from blues to heavy metal lead riffs, as well as rapid ska, and hypnotic reggae melodies. Rise N’ Shine has become accustomed to playing longer shows, and packing venues to capacity on nearly every occasion. With over thirty original songs this entrepreneurial band has what it takes for long lasting success.
We believe in a healthy high spirited energy created through music!  We represent this spirit through professionalism and quality music.  We believe in working with promoters, owners, and entertainers who have the same vision.

Tunsa Fun Bio:

Five young musicians from Whidbey Island, set out to play the music they love. With a great number of influences, Tunsa Fun establishes a solid grip on the brutality of metal while being the best writers, performers and musicians that they can be.

The Cat From Hue Bio:

From islands and hills and valleys, The Cat From Hue's sound encompasses what is truly northwest music.  Smooth bass beats and power driven guitars govern the somewhat frantic and melodic vocals.  The band itself has only been in the works for about 7 months, and has only started performing in the last month. Self produced, self promoted and self directed, this young quintuplet knows no boundaries and excels in it's indepence. Their music has dissectable influences while maintaining an extremely unique sound of their own and their live show leaves listeners wanting more.

Simple Cell Bio:

Simple Cell is formed by a group of music loving guys who really want to see rock music rock again. No pretentious crap, just good, solid, passionately played music. In this group we believe that when you play music with all you have, have a great time doing it and always give your best, a fun, energetic and beefy sound and live show come naturally.

PD Elementary Bio:

Pd Elementary is Patrick Wells (lead vocals, guitar) Jeremy Elliott (lead guitar,vocals) Dan Wasel (Drums, vocals) and Nate Vigil (bass).  Forming in the summer of 2007, pd elementary started as an experimental collaboration of musicians Patrick, Jeremy and Dan in Bellingham. Coming from very different influences they found a fusion of sound that is hard-hitting, locks the crowd into an intense groove and creates its own genre of music; Groove-Rock. After creating a healthy and enthusiastic local following and adding Nate Vigil, an accomplished bass player from California in 2008, they perfected a long list of original music. Pd Elementary is bringing back the long lost art of quality songwriting, and injecting it with superb instrumentation. 

InnerOctave Bio:

Mix a very talented rythmic drummer(Mike B), with some electrifying guitar skills(Pat Moodster) and some funkadelic bass(GioD) AND Last but not least you add in some melodic and spicy as a pepper guitar abilities (Dylan Dalgarn) and you get InnerOctave. We're quite diverse when it comes to music, and that is what makes it fun for us, and for the crowd. You wont know what's coming! We're from Mount Vernon, WA. Soon the people will know about the band with unequivocal talent and savvy beats that will make you ask for more. InnerOctave! Hope you enjoy!