Thursday, February 19, 2009
Nothing says fandom like wearing your devotion on your sleeve. Wear Your Music has come up with a unique way to combine music allegiance and charitable donation with its guitar string bracelets.
The company takes used guitar strings from rock, pop, jazz and country artists and hand makes the strings into bracelets. Artists include Carlos Santana, Elvis Costello, John Scofield, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Slash, Bonnie Raitt and John Mayer, and Wear Your Music constantly updates its website with new artists.
Hannah Garrison, president and designer of Wear Your Music, says 100 percent of the profits from each bracelet goes to a charity of the artist’s choosing. The bracelets range in price from $50 to $500, depending on the level of the artist’s stardom, and each bracelet is hand-engraved with the star’s initials.
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