January 15, 2013 PLAYING IT FORWARD: CD SALES TO BACK FUTURE MONTANA MUSICIANS -- Kent Madin Journeyman musicians in Southwest Montana, playing as the Bozeman All Stars and led by multi-instrumentalist Duke Sharp, have cut a CD that is both easy on the ears and educational for the mind. The All Stars' CD, Contrafactually Yours, features unique arrangements of some well known tunes that sound great while illustrating the musical principals laid out in Sharp's book Garage Band Theory. Sales of Contrafactually Yours, available for $10 by download, supports two local non-profit organizations, Bozeman Friends of Music and Hand Me Down Some Silver. “Music's been good to all of us” said Sharp. “The 'CY' CD is our way of giving back, paying forward, lending a hand to the All Stars of tomorrow”. 100% of the profits for the sale of Contrafactually Yours go to support Hand Me Down Some Silver and Bozeman Friends of Music. “Our target is to sell 1000 downloads with an goal of raising $10,000 for Southwest Montana's young musicians.” Bozeman Friends of Music is a long time booster of music programs throughout Bozeman schools including the venerable Hawks Night Live. Hand Me Down Some Silver, provides scholarships for budding musicians under the guidance of Jake and Jenny Fleming, well known teachers and performers in the area. Contrafactually Yours features a dozen original songs constructed by local artisans including Sharp, Tom Murphy and Jim Averitt. “Some of these performances are just stellar” said Sharp. “My favorites are the ones we recorded at Basecamp Studio in Bozeman. They're all first or second take live recordings. These guys have been friends for years they but had never all played together, and I thought that needed to change. I showed up with a bunch of charts that I wanted these amazing players to improvise on. I'd give everybody a copy, we'd talk about it for a minute and then record it. Michael (drums), Bongo (congas) and Eddie T (bass) would lay down some sort of groove and we just passed the solos around the room. The blues jam was even more spontaneous. There was nothing on paper, Craig just said 'B flat' counted it off and everybody jumped in.” To download Contrafactually Yours and support local musicians visit GarageBandTheory.com. To learn more about opportunities for young musicians in Southwest Montana you can contact http://hmdss.com/ and http://www.hawksnightlive.com/. Duke Sharp can be contacted at dukesharp@msn.com. The Bozeman All Stars include: Craig Hall, Eddie Tsuru, Mark (Bongo) Dixon, Michael Gillan, John Regan, Lib Caldwell, Jim Lewis, Rick Winking, Tom Murphy, Mike Parsons, Chris Cundy, Bob Nell and, of course, Duke Sharp.