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April 18, 2006

Reality Program "The Sound of Wood" to Feature the Warwick Thumb 5 Bass

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Source: No Island Media

No Island Media has announced that it will feature the Warwick bass line in Episode One of the innovative digital media series, The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone. The reality/documentary programme will be shot at North by NorthEast, Canada's largest music festival, and will include discussion, performance and recording/performance insight regarding the exemplary bass, the Warwick Thumb 5, and the versatile Corvette FNA Jazz-4. The programme is being produced in association with Dana B. Goods, the North American importer for the famed Warwick Bass line.

5, 3-minute edits and a complete B-Roll for THE SOUND OF WOOD will be available, free-of-charge, for download and stream, via 30 video aggregators throughout the world wide web, including iTunes, Google Video Store and select online music retailers June 30, 2006.

Select episodes of each series (The Search for the Perfect Guitar Tone and Sample) will be available, free-of-charge, for download and stream, via 30 video aggregators throughout the world wide web. DVD compilations and extended-download versions of each episode will be available for purchase at Google Video Store, noisland.net and select online music retailers.

ABOUT NO ISLAND
No Island is one of North America's leading independent digital media production and distribution companies - producing high quality factual and entertainment programmes for digital distribution throughout the world.
www.noisland.net

ABOUT WARICK
The Warwick bass guitar company was founded in Germany in 1982. Warwick is well known in the bass playing community for its exotic woods, signature growl, and solid performance. Some famous Warwick bass players include: Jack Bruce (Cream); P-Nut (311); Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit); Norwood Fisher (Fishbone); Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne); Pete Charell (Trapt); Andy Cichon (Billy Joel and Shania Twain); Viktor Krauss (Lyle Lovett), and hundred more top flight players across the USA and worldwide.

Dana B. Goods is the North American Distributor for Warwick.

For more information, visit www.warwickbass.com.





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