Michelle Mangione

After much needed recovery time, I felt the need to go back into the studio so I called on my pal Lynne Earls to produce a new track called "Innocence & Faith".  She did a fabulous job and I'm very happy to share it with all of you. The track is available on my "store" page, as well as from iTunes. However, if you purchase it from iTunes, I don't get paid as much!  Either way,  Thanks for listening.    - Michelle

After almost a year of recouping from a car accident, I'm happy to say that we are back almost full swing. Lot's of shows, new songs...
Please check out the "shows" page and come play with us!

We've got lots of summer shows coming up, so please check out our show page:)

"I was asked to write a theme song for a play written by Thea Iberall. I was moved by the script, and the fact that Thea was taking it to high schools in order to educate kids." - Michelle Mangione

Yep, that's right. Michelle's new CD "Ponies" will be available in time for the Holidays! Pick one up at the Mirage in Long Beach on the 5th of December (check out our "shows" page!)

As usual, we've been busy here at Michelle Mangione Headquarters getting ready for fun summer shows.  Please visit our "shows" page and come join us!

Where: National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show, in front of the Anaheim Convention Center
800 W. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California

When: Saturday, January 25, 7:00 am

Parking: paid parking only - carpooling is encouraged.
(The Convention Center operates some shuttles to/from paid parking lots.)

What to bring: water, a sign and your enthusiasm.

PLEASE BOYCOTT GUITAR CENTER, KMC MUSIC AND GIBRALTAR HARDWARE!

Michelle Mangione and Steve Soest, two independent musicians and industry veterans, will launch a protest against Guitar Center and KMC Music at the 2014 NAMM show in Anaheim. The pair filed a lawsuit against the companies last year, claiming the companies stole their innovative product design idea and profited from it.

 “They took advantage of a unique idea that we presented to them in good faith, and then they ran away with it and took all the credit,” said Soest, a product designer and consultant to major music manufacturers for 40 years.
In 2011, Mangione and Soest designed a forward-facing pedal for use with the popular box-drum known as a cajon. 
The pair presented the product to Mark Nelson, then VP Merchandise Drums and Percussion at Guitar Center. Calling the pedal design an “innovative product,” Nelson encouraged a colleague at Gibraltar Hardware (owned by KMC), Ken Fredenberg, to consider incorporating the design into the Gibraltar line of products.
One year later Gibraltar introduced the “Gibraltar Cajon Pedal” for sale around the world, without the knowledge of Mangione or Soest. The product went on to win the Best in Show award at the 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim.
To date, Guitar Center and KMC have denied any wrongdoing. They claim they had already been working on a similar product before learning of Mangione and Soest’s design.
“We have repeatedly asked for proof of their ‘prior and independent’ development of the pedal as they claim,” Mangione said. “They have yet to come up with any such evidence. Instead they are hammering us on legal technicalities in hopes of having the case dismissed on procedural grounds.”
Many music industry leaders and hall of fame musicians have lent their support for this protest.

First stop:

THURSDAY, Nov. 7th
Safari Club
at the Bay Park Hotel
1425 Munras Avenue
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 649-1020
7-9pm

Second stop:

SATURDAY, Nov. 9th
Plaza Linda
27 East Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, California
7:30-9:30PM
www.plazalinda.com


And finally...

SUNDAY, Nov. 10TH
Rosie's Country Store
1 Esquiline Rd
Carmel Valley, CA 93924‎
(831) 659-2629
3-5 pm

I'll be there with bells on, drums, harmonica, guitar...and, of course my favorite male human - Steve Soest. I feel like playing something old, something new, something borrowed and even something blue. Hope you can join me. It's so boring when you're not there! Here's the scoop:
Ruby's Streamliner Lounge
This Friday, October 4th 7-10pm
186 N Atchison St
Orange, CA 92866

Sunday, September 22nd
Sainte Rock
7pm
Pacific Coast Highway
Hermosa Beach, CA
purchase tickets here: (they will be mailed to you!)