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Ten-time Grammy Winner and Jazz Legend George Benson Signs with WorkshopLive, the Online Music Education Leaders

Rob — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:53:00 +0000

Pittsfield, MA (PRWEB) October 17, 2008

In conjunction with receiving a 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award today at Lincoln Center, legendary performer George Benson announced his new project as an online jazz guitar instructor at WorkshopLive.com. The new project will take the form of a members-only online club named “George Benson’s Breezin’ Lounge” where Mr. Benson takes a no-holds-barred look at his musical ideas, playing techniques, formative years and the inspiration which has made him one of the best jazz guitarists and performers in the world.

The lessons are unlike any other offered online or off and come complete with printable sheet music, animated notation, tab and most importantly a fretboard where students can watch Mr. Benson’s riffs being played note-for-note, slow down the playback and practice like never before. The Breezin’ Lounge also plans to offer lucky fans exclusive live Webcasts where Mr. Benson will perform and respond to questions.

“My hope is that aspiring guitar players everywhere will get something valuable out of my candid comments and demonstrations,” says Mr. Benson. Bob Land, Chief Marketing Officer of WorkshopLive added, “George Benson’s playing is truly masterful so we’re thrilled to be able to offer this incredible level of direct access to him and his music.”

George Benson’s Breezin’ Lounge is a service of WorkshopLive.com, the leading online community for learning music, using a proven methodology and curriculum. It is subsidized by advertising so members only pay $ 9.95/month for two super-sized lessons, Webcasts, forums, and the opportunity to learn directly from legendary master artists. These workshops are a great new way for the artists to connect with their fans and were introduced earlier this year.

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adagio Albinoni Kertsopoulos 3-2-1 course guitar

Rob — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:54:14 +0000

The Albinoni adagio played live in concert by Y.kertsopoulos on a triple-double-single course guitar possessing double and single octaves. In 1948 A.Segovia introduced the nylon string aesthetic of A.Augustine. The classical and flamenco guitar enjoys this aesthetic for more than sixty years and J.Bream, J.Williams, D.Fampas, G.Miliaresis,the Romero family, C.Parkening, Alirio Diaz, R.Dyens, A.Lagoya, I.Presti, L.Almeida, Evangelos & Liza, N.Mavroudis, V.Boudounis, C.Kotsiolis, K.Grigoreas, G.Mavroidis, Paco de Lucia, P.Pena, C.Montoya, Sabicas, Serranito are only a few of the guitarists that play with great success this aesthetic which has worldwide acceptance today. A.Barrios and H.V.Lobos played with metal strings while D.Prat, A.Lauro, F.Tarrega, R.Montoya played with gut strings. At the time of M.Giuliani, M.Carcassi, L.Legnani, F.Carulli, F.Sor, D.Aguado the guitar was strung with metal, gut and silk strings and had either double courses or single strings. Also further back in history G.Sanz, Bermudo, Brescianello played the guitar in higher pitched tunings and the triple strung guitarra battente was popular mainly in Italy. Y.Kertsopoulos introduced in 1994 the Kertsopoulos Aesthetics which as a multiplex open architecture scheme provide the possibility of reviving and realizing the many faces of the guitar’s aesthetics, as they have been recorded in history. Among many guitarists that play the aesthetics Smaro Gregoriadou has made many succesful first world presentations of different aspects of aesthetic styles in guitar interpretation.

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George Lynch Guitar Lessons on Dave Navarro’s Spread TV

Rob — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:47:21 +0000

Dave Navarro is on Stage 5 for his guitar lessons from famous musicians. Tonight, he learns tapping from Lynch Mob guitarist George Lynch. For more Spread TV, visit www.maniatv.com …

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