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Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) December 9, 2010

The new collection of 16 initially arranged Beatles covers, recorded exclusively for the project, will hit shop shelves December 8, 2010. The LP functions songs by standout artists with Minnesota roots, ranging from Soul Asylum and Mason Jennings to P.O.S. and three-time Grammy Award winners Sounds of Blackness. The album also capabilities the Edison High School Concert Band, located in Northeast Minneapolis, which was a 2010 grant recipient of more than 50 instruments.

Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 2 will be obtainable in CD, digital and new restricted-edition double LP vinyl formats. It can be purchased on the internet at Target.com and at Minnesota Target shops. It also will be sold at independent record stores throughout the country, and songs will be accessible for download by way of iTunes, Amazon, CD Infant and Rhapsody. As a special incentive, 1 lucky fan who purchases a specially marked double LP vinyl album will discover a ?silver ticket? redeemable for a John Lennon commemorative coin issued by the UK Royal Mint.

Vega Productions, which created the album, will donate one particular-hundred percent of net proceeds from the sale of the album to improve music and art education programs for children in Minnesota public schools. Vega Productions established the Minnesota Beatle Project in 2009 in partnership with presenting sponsor 89.3 The Present. The Vol. 1 compilation raised $ 25,000, which was distributed by way of grants to schools all through Minnesota and offered support to a lot more than 6,000 students statewide. The grants helped obtain new brass, woodwind and percussion instruments, music education software program, sheet music, instrument repairs, art supplies and even a pugmill and kiln.

?Some of the excellent musicians and artists of the future are sitting in classrooms right now. We need to do all we can to make confident they have the tools necessary to hone their skills and develop their talents,? said Mark Gehring, executive director, Vega Productions, Inc. ?Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. two is a collaborative work put forth by the Minnesota music sector to ensure high quality music and art education is available for the subsequent generation of artists and musicians.?

Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. two attributes the following 16 artists and corresponding tracks:

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