San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 14, 2008

WorkshopLive.com (WL), the affiliate company of premier music education company, National Guitar Workshop, announced today that the first video lessons are in the “can” from their San Francisco studio recording sessions this week with guitar virtuoso, Joe “Satch” Satriani. The icon has decided to join WorkshopLive.com in its mission to deliver a new kind of music education using cutting-edge online technology and award-winning curriculum at a time when the industry needs it the most.

“This is a great new way for artists to reach out to their fans”, says Satriani. “I’ll be using this as a way to respond to the many questions I’m asked by my audiences. I’ll be giving lessons but also sharing with fans how I write my songs, what’s important to me – content they won’t have access to anywhere else.”

When asked how he felt about Mr. Satriani agreeing to create educational opportunities with WorkshopLive.com, Dave Smolover, CEO of WorkshopLive.com said “Few artists have the relationship with their fans that Joe Satriani does. We’ve been very fortunate to work with Joe at our National Guitar Workshops in the past so to be able to get even closer to his music, connect more fans to his artistry and go global with it is a real thrill.”

What sets WorkshopLive.com apart from the many other sites offering video guitar lessons is the company’s cutting-edge, award-winning Internet learning platform. The team will now work closely with Mr. Satriani to transcribe his lessons prepare them for delivery in this exciting format, which includes an animated fretboard, printable chord charts, accurate and artist-approved animated tabs, a looping tool, left-handed views and much more.

About Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani is one of the most technically accomplished and widely respected guitarists to emerge in recent times. His list of illustrious students includes Steve Vai, David Bryson (Counting Crows), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Larry LaLonde (Primus) and Charlie Hunter. He’s played alongside a virtual who’s who of music luminaries including Deep Purple, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Brian May, and Robert Fripp, and was handpicked by Mick Jagger to accompany him on a tour of Australia and Japan.

Satriani launched a successful solo career in the 80′s with critically acclaimed albums Surfing With the Alien, Not of This Earth and Flying in a Blue Dream. The ’90s began with Satriani creating his own line of guitars for the Ibanez Company and continuing on his successful solo efforts with more album releases, including The Extremist, Time Machine, Live in San Francisco and Engines of Creation. Over Joe’s 20-plus year career he has sold over 10 million albums, received 13 Grammy nominations, and most recently has released one of his most exciting and unique albums, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock. In 1996, he formed G3, a concert tour featuring three instrumental rock guitarists. The G3 tours have performed in the North America, Europe, South and Central America, Australia and Asia and have released three platinum concert DVDs. In 2006, Joe partnered with Peavey Electronics on the design of the JSX amplifier and speaker cabinet, and in 2008 Joe announced his first signature pedal with Vox.

More information of Joe Satriani can be found at: www.satriani.com

About WorkshopLive.com

WorkshopLive.com represents the successful merger of award winning Web 2.0 technology and decades of music education experience to deliver the world’s first truly interactive (& fun) music lessons for guitar, piano, bass and drums. Students are empowered to customize their interactive Shockwave™-based lesson tool and can also imitate a “real world” lesson experience by chatting with their instructor during live Webcasts for inspiration, motivation and feedback. WorkshopLive.com is a privately funded company based in the scenic Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts – home to such cultural icons as Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Additional information is available at www.workshoplive.com.

Contact for Mr. Satriani

Melissa Dragich-Cordero        

MAD Ink, PR

225 N. Malgren Ave.

San Pedro, CA 90732

melissadragich @ aol.com

1 (310) 547-1212

Contact for WorkshopLive.com

Robert Land

Chief Marketing Officer

WorkshopLive.com

877 South Street    

Pittsfield, MA 01201 USA

rland @ workshoplive.com

1 (413) 358-9624

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Learn how to play Guitar Hero songs, such as “Iron Man” on the electric guitar, plus guitar and music theory tips, in this free music video from a guitar expert. Expert: rnrconservatory Contact: www.myspace.com/rnrconservatory Bio: Joe Wiles is the founder of the Rock and Roll Conservatory which is a facility dedicated to mentoring the next generation of influential artists. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Video Rating: 4 / 5

Guitar Hero Ladd Smith

St Petersburg, FL (PRWEB) September 22, 2008

Modern Nashville Guitar, a new interactive video guitar lesson course from TrueFire and Guitar Hero Ladd Smith, guides guitar students and enthusiasts through the ins and outs of recording and performing pro guitar in one of the world’s most elite music centers.

“Playing pro guitar in Nashville these days is the Olympic decathlon of the music biz. You must possess highly trained ears, top-notch improvisational skills, stellar right and left hand techniques and be prepared to apply them all on a moments notice, over any style of music – and that’s just to get in the door,” says TrueFire’s founder Brad Wendkos. “Ladd’s a bonafide young master of the Nashville scene, inspired by and now ably following in the footsteps of history’s greatest guitar players.”

Winner of Guitar Player magazine’s prestigious Guitar Hero 2007 competition, Ladd Smith delivers an intense interactive video learning experience and insightful bird’s eye view of the cerebral and technical skills required to work and perform as a pro guitar player both on the stage and in the studio.

“I am a visual, audile and kinesthetic learner and that’s how I teach as well. It’s much easier to watch, listen and play along to learn and internalize new information,” says Ladd. Accordingly, Smith steps you through the 40 guitar lessons in Modern Nashville Guitar +in a very cognitive fashion. Smith deliberately avoids tedious notation, theory and exercises preferring to have students play their way through the material in the course.

Modern Nashville Guitar features an extensive series of “Outrun the Train” lessons, derived from Ladd’s original composition of the same name (the instrumental version of which won the Guitar Hero competition). “The tune is an ideal instructional tool because it features a ton of my favorite Nashville licks and techniques. I’m able to cover a wide range of up-tempo “Tele-melee” material in an ear-friendly way with one common key, tempo and theme for ease of reference.”

Ladd also walks students through a variety of other classic and contemporary styles, likewise selected to serve as learning platforms for guitar lessons covering other key moves and techniques. Modern Nashville Guitar covers the Nashville numbering system, provides gear overviews with each lesson, and drills down on dozens of key skills including hybrid picking, banjo rolls, chicken pickin’, chord leads, butterfly hammer-on-pull-offs, unison and pedal-steel bends, train beats, open string pull-offs, vibrato, descending double-stop runs, triad pedal-steel guitar, sliding 4th interval licks and bends, arpeggiated rhythm, contrary-motion/counter-point lead lines, pedal steel licks, descending banjo effects, open string licks, behind-the-nut bends and whole tone licks.

“Whether or not the student aspires to be a Nashville player, Modern Nashville Guitar is a virtually bottomless resource of insightful guitar lessons for any style player,” says Wendkos.

Modern Nashville Guitar is optimized for intermediate to advanced players and is presented across 2 interactive video software CD-ROMs (Windows and Mac compatible). This TrueFire course features 40 full-length video guitar lessons, text overviews, practice rhythm tracks, standard notation, tab and interactive Power Tab so students can “see” and “hear” the tab and notation played out at any tempo. TrueFire’s interactive video lesson player features wide screen video, looping, slow motion, full-screen zoom, tuner, metronome, keyboard shortcuts and other useful controls designed to accelerate the learning process.

About TrueFire:

TrueFire produces interactive music education media and broadcasts music-centric video content to guitar pros, instructors, players and enthusiasts in over 170 countries. TrueFire’s interactive library is comprised of thousands of lessons presented by 450 artists and educators. For more information about TrueFire, please visit www.truefire.com.

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SupaStarGuitar Online Guitar Lessons

(PRWEB) January 21, 2010

Supa Star Guitar, the Brisbane based guitar tuition company, today announced a completely new and innovative online guitar lesson program. This patented learning tool is based on an advanced real-time video capture system which enables users to clearly view the guitar teacher’s fretboard and finger positioning from an easy to follow 3-D perspective.

“My guitar learning system is partly inspired by the `Guitar Hero` and `Rock Band` video game genre but designed for real guitars made of wood and not plastic!” said Jonathan Geange, founder and developer of Supa Star Guitar and former touring guitarist for the internationally acclaimed Christian band “The Newsboys”.

Geange adds, “From the very beginning of this product’s conception, I set out to create a guitar lesson system that would capture the same visual excitement found in many of today’s guitar video games. Supa Star Guitar is the perfect stepping stone for anyone wanting to learn how to play the guitar, particularly those who regularly play the “string-less” variety on their Xbox 360, Wii or Playstation.”

Click Here To View The Free SupaStarGuitar Online Lessons

“Learning guitar online has become one of the fastest growing industries due to the convenience of the student not having to leave their home for lessons, the affordable pricing and the ease of learning on their time schedule at a pace that suits their specific needs,” he said.

The Supa Star Guitar website features hundreds of premium video lessons, guitar chords, guitar tabs and many more unique learning tools. The lessons cover all major music genres and are suitable for students of any ability who use an acoustic guitar and/or electric guitar. Get a free backstage pass to the introductory beginner guitar lessons.

About Supa Star Guitar

Supa Star Guitar was developed by Jonathan Geange, an Australian based musician, guitar instructor and entrepreneur. Jonathan has been a professional musician and guitar teacher for over 20 years and has travelled the world as lead guitarist for the multi-Grammy nominated band “The Newsboys.” He has also appeared on many national television and radio networks across the USA and throughout Australia.

Additional Information

The Supa Star Guitar introductory video lessons can also be viewed on the iPhone using the free application VidCall, which can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store. Dial ‘Guitar’ (484827) and select ‘View all Vids’ from the VidCall application keypad. Visit VidCall.com for more details.

Check out the Supa Star Guitar Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/onlineguitarlessons

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