North American debut of the Martin Taylor Maestro Guitar

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:24pm
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Last month, Pearless Guitars proudly announced the release of two signature Martin Taylor guitars, appropriately named the Maestro and the Virtuoso.  Shortly after, native Georgian guitarist Shaun Hopper purchased a signature Martin Taylor Maestro, making it the first one ever sold in North America. 

Shaun recalls the first encounter with his new Peerless Maestro this way: 

"Martin Taylor is a fantastic fingerstyle jazz guitar player and I love his playing.  A gentleman in the [RedZone] guitar center...said they've got these guitars called Peerless.  I was like, 'Dude, I've been looking for one of those forever! There's no dealers in the States.'  He goes...'If you want the Martin Taylor model it's right there on the wall.'

ArtistWorks Launches Online Super-Campus For Music Education

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 6:34pm
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ArtistWorks, the leading music education platform, has unveiled an online super campus at www.artistworks.com by bringing together their thirteen online music schools, giving learners worldwide access to one of the largest collections of music lessons and music teachers online.

With over 32,000 instructional videos and Video Exchange™ music lessons and students in 58 countries, ArtistWorks is now the leading provider of subscription based music instruction. ArtistWorks uses its patent pending Video Exchange™ learning platform to create interactive online schools for high-profile music artists to teach their instrument online.

ArtistWorks is benefiting from the increasing trend of people giving up on traditional music lessons, DVD’s and one-way downloads in favor of sites that allow them to learn an instrument directly with award-winning teachers from the comfort of their living room and on their time and at their own pace.

Great Listening: Harmonica Master Howard Levy on WGN Radio

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 5:11pm
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ArtistWorks harmonica teacher (and recent Grammy Award winner) Howard Levy recently sat down with Bill Moller on WGN Radio to share the story behind his original Grammy-winning composition "Life in Eleven".  Howard is introduced as "one of the greatest performers on one of the smallest instruments there is" - which, if you've ever heard him play harmonica, is a pretty accurate way of describing the man. 

Napa Valley Register spotlights ArtistWorks

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:29pm
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The Napa Valley Register has just featured ArtistWorks in an article about how we're changing online music lessons with education technology. Read the full article here