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The Advantage Resume & Career Marketing Firm, Inc.
830 44th Avenue North, Unit L-6
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
SC Tel. 800-922-5353
Fax 800-835-2106

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.advantageresume.com

The Advantage Resume & Career Marketing Firm gives its executive-level clients an edge when it comes to job searching. The firm helps executives and senior managers write and distribute resumes and cover letters to recruiters and corporations that show a candidate's work experience and leadership abilities. The Advantage helps clients determine the best distribution method, which can include e-mail, direct mail campaigns, or online job sites. The firm also provides career coaching in such areas as interviewing, salary negotiation, and Myers-Briggs personality assessment. The Advantage began its career in 1986.

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President: Education & Training Services

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Allen and Associates
Lloyd Staffing
Right Management

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Artist: The Advantage
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The Advantage

Group Members:

Carson McWhirter, Spencer Seim, Robby Moncrieff, SBach, Ben Milner, Nick Rogers

Similar Artists:

Eightcubed, Truckasaurus

Formal Connection With:

Hella, Nervous Cop, Generic
  • Formed: 1998, Nevada City, CA
  • Genres: Rock

Biography

Named after a Nintendo controller, the Advantage offered their own brand of specialized rock, playing covers of their favorite NES songs. The idea for the Advantage began in 1999 at a talent show in Nevada City, CA, when drummer Spencer Seim saw a two-person band perform video game songs. He joined the group immediately, and after the two founding members moved to Milwaukee, Seim added high-school friends and Generic bandmates Carson McWhirter, Ben Milner, and Nick Rogers on bass and guitars, respectively. Signed to Kill Rock Stars affiliate 5 Rue Christine, in 2004 the Advantage released their debut self-titled album, and two years later, after replacing Rogers with guitarist Robby Moncrieff, their second record, Elf Titled, came out. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
Wikipedia: The Advantage
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The Advantage
Origin Sacramento, California
Genres Instrumental Rock, Video game music
Years active 1998–Present
Members
Robby Moncrieff
Ben Milner
Carson McWhirter
Spencer Seim
Former members
Nick Rogers
Forrest Harding
Cassie Stewart

The Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, CA, that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old NES games. They have covered songs from numerous videogames, including Mega Man, Air Fortress, Castlevania and Metroid. As of 2008 they have released two albums on the record label 5RC.

The band consists of Robby Moncrieff (guitar), Ben Milner (guitar), Carson McWhirter (bass) and Spencer Seim (drums) of Hella. Nick Rogers and Forrest Harding are the two original members that started the band, and Cassie Stewart was featured on bass for a while as well. Seim, who attended high school with Rogers and Harding, asked if he could play drums for them and was accepted. At the time the band was called Generic. Robby owns one quarter of the van.

Discography

  • as "Generic": Gay Nerd (date unknown) Self Released
  • as "Generic": Rad Dude (date unknown) Self Released
  • The Advantage (April 6, 2004) 5 Rue Christine Records
  • 2004 West Coast Tour CD (February, 2004) Self Released
  • 2004 US Tour CD (October, 2004) Self Released
  • Elf Titled (January 24, 2006) 5 Rue Christine Records
  • "Underwear: So Big!" 2006 Tour CD-R (August 2006) Self Released

See also

  • The Minibosses, game-music cover band, focusing mainly on NES tunes.
  • The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.
  • The OneUps, another band which plays covers of video game music (although with a more jazz-inspired sound).
  • The NESkimos, another band which plays covers of Nintendo music, but adds a very heavy style to it.
  • MegaDriver, another band which plays covers of video game music, mostly of the Sega Genesis (or "Mega Drive" outside North America) but also plays Nintendo covers, with a heavy metal style.
  • Press Play on Tape, another band which plays covers of video game music (Commodore 64 tunes as rock).
  • The Megas, a band which covers Mega Man songs, adding lyrics to expand on the game's story.
  • The Protomen, a band best known for creating a rock opera based around the Mega Man series.

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