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, 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.

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

ArtistWorks announced today the launch of the world's first online dobro school at the 2012 NAMM show, partnering with multi-award winning dobroist Andy Hall (The Infamous Stringdusters, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris). 

Drumming superstar Thomas Lang, master percussionist Luis Conte and award-winning guitarists Andreas Oberg and Martin Taylor will appear at the 2012 NAMM convention to sign autographs and talk about the importance of music education and their partnerships with ArtistWorks. 

It's been an exciting year of music education here at ArtistWorks and we're looking forward to an even bigger 2012! Here's to another year of online learning!   Happy Holidays from everyone at ArtistWorks!