Premier Guitar Festivals Sponsors Local Festivals With Eye on Nurturing New Talent

Premier Guitar Festivals Sponsors Local Festivals With Eye on Nurturing New Talent

BOSTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Guitar Festivals will sponsor several Boston-based events as part of their on-going commitment to music education, young artist development, and "all-things music related." Upcoming sponsorships include:

-- WFNX Disorientation Festival, Sept. 8, Bank of America Pavilion;
-- Locobazooka Festival, Sept. 9, at the Tweeter Center for the Performing
Arts.

According to Premier Guitar Festival President Kevin Kopec, "Our organization is deeply committed to promoting the next generation of artists who draw inspiration from these annual events. Through these sponsorships and our own festival series, we hope to encourage young musicians to experiment, explore, and create new music that will not only challenge the status quo, but excite and inspire us all."

Kopec continues that at next week's Premier Guitar Festival Boston, the Little Kids Rock organization will also host seminars for burgeoning young musicians. Little Kids Rock is for kids (and adults) who've never played guitar, but have always wanted to learn. The organization knows that music is a critical component of a first-rate education and strives to inspire children to express themselves through music, which builds creativity, confidence, and self-esteem -- all of which are vital to success in school and beyond.

Supporting that commitment, Premier Guitar recently joined forces with TrueFire, a leading online guitar-playing instruction company, to extend the opportunity for learning to young players and support primary school music education. Instruction is available at all skill levels and for any age.

Together the two entities formed Premier Clinic, a tool offered at http://www.premierguitar.com/, the Web site of Premier Guitar magazine. It offers free online instruction in several different genres and finger styles. In addition, young players can extend their learning at http://www.truefire.com/, which hosts access to many instructional CDs and DVDs.

For more information about Premier Guitar Festival in Boston, including a complete schedule of events, as well as student/military and early bird discounts, visit http://www.grabyourguitar.com/.

About Premier Guitar Shows

Premier Guitar Shows LLC is the events division of Gearhead Communications, publisher of Premier Guitar magazine. The show division capitalizes on a unique and powerful connection between the company's publication, its online portal, and its association with TrueFire, the leading guitar education software publisher and comprehensive online resource for musician-centric content.

Premier Guitar Shows strives to create a unique platform that brings together print, multi-media applications and consumer festivals to advance the guitar industry. Manufacturers, dealers and retailers of new, used, and vintage guitars and gear can register for a booth online at http://www.premierguitarfestivals.com/ and choose their booth location, size, and any enhancements they desire.

About Premier Guitar

Premier Guitar is a monthly publication dedicated to the "relentless pursuit of tone" and is edited for serious and accomplished players. The magazine provides gearheads with the resources to help them evolve into better artists and, ultimately, to develop and to improve their tone. The magazine, published by Gearhead Communications, is based in Cedar Rapids and in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and is read monthly by more than 90,000 people. The Company's online portal, http://www.premierguitar.com/, serves more than 400,000 visitors each month that read and, in many cases, print that month's entire issue via its unique page turning software. The portal also offers viewers the opportunity to search an interactive database of more than 17,000 pieces of gear via its "Gear Search" function.

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Source: Premier Guitar Shows LLC

CONTACT: Kathy LaRoque of PAN Communications, +1-978-474-1900,
premierguitarfestivals@pancomm.com, for Premier Guitar Shows LLC

Web site:

http://www.premierguitarfestivals.com/
http://www.premierguitar.com/
http://www.grabyourguitar.com/
http://www.truefire.com/

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