Recently, our Music For Life program received an enormous boost when it found out it would be headed by the legendary Randy Hansen.

Randy was born on December 8th, 1954 in West Seattle. And it was from another Seattle native that he received his greatest inspiration the year was 1967. Jimi Hendrix brought forth the catalyst for Randy's future when he released the milestone album, Are you Experienced?

Randy is very well-known throughout the industry and is a motivation to many artists. Eddie Van Halen, "...he's hot...", and calls him a friend ( Guitar Player Magazine ). Francis Ford Coppola used the staccato bursts and bombastic blasts of Randy's music to add deathlike sound effects to the movie, Apocalypse Now. In addition he has toured with Buddy Miles and with Mitch Mitchell - both who played with Jimi Hendrix.

The Music For Life program is set to launch in late-2007 with Randy Hansen at the helm. He is extremely enthusiastic about the program saying it was "a lifelong dream" to manage a music program for kids. The Music For Life will be located at the brand new home of the Jimi Hendrix Foundation at 2000 Benson Rd. S. here in Renton, Washington.