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4 weeks ago we launched the first new International Guitarist Talent search since Phil Hilborn and the gang from Music Maker Publications - then owners of Guitarist and the soon to be launched Guitar Techniques magazines - launched ‘The Guitarist Of The Year’ in 1992.

Every year our sponsors 'Marshall' give a scholarship to one lucky student. This years winner Declan Gaughan, is from Ireland and will be updating you with his diary every month. Here is his first entry from Februaury 2008.

We are nowin the 4th week of the 2nd term. The first term flew by and I really enjoyedit. My knowledge of music theory, the Fretboard and scaleshas greatly improved and I feel confident playing in our LPW's (Live PerformanceWorkshop) and RSS (Rhythm Section Skills) classes.

Tolis Zavaliaris was born in Orestiada a small town in northern Greece. In 2001 he relocated from Greece to London where he studied the three year degree program at the London Guitar Institute. After his graduation he was invited to join the Institute as tutor and lecturer.

 

 

Rocksteady - Music Education as it's supposed to be!

Rocksteady is a music academy formed by two professional musicians with the aim of providing quality, yet affordable music education for contemporary musicians, both privately and as a programme in schools across the UK. We are also currently operating a "Rock school" from Alton Community Centre in Hampshire on week nights. Here we bring you the first in a series of newsletters to keep you up to date with what's going down!

2008 looks like being an incredibly busy year for all of us at Alloutguitar.com with the imminent launch of Guitar Idol - not to mention many of us having new personal challenges and musical career opportunities. In the first of a series, AOG regular contributor and guitar great Edward Box gives us a personal look back at 2007.

20 lucky ACM students got the chance of a lifetime to rock out with the legendary Thin Lizzy at their recent gig at the Southampton Guildhall.

Guitarist Scott Gorham sent a personal invitation to the 20 fortunate musicians to attend the gig as the band’s special guests. Before the concert, students met up with the rock legends for photo opportunities and autographs, got on stage to check out the set up and watched the band as they went through their sound check.

Media Watch: Print Guitar Magazines:

Guitar Buyer, Guitar World, Guitar Techniques and Guitarist magazines

Guitar Buyer February 2008

This has just hit the news stands and of particular note in an excellent and varied issue is the official announcement of Guitar Idol 2008!

We have been working hard behind the scenes for several months now on this mega new international talent search with Guitar Buyer and Licklibrary.com and we're all very excited about this!

2008 promises to be a good year! For albums we have the return of the mighty Judas Priest with their first ever concept album based on the prophecies of Nostradamus. A world tour is set to start in June. I'm a huge fan and can't wait to hear what they've come up with. For guitar nuts we also have the Satriani/Gilbert tour which is surely the guitar gig of the year.

This has the makings of being a pivotal year: AOG will see it's profile massively raised over the next few months through a variety of different means, and we will continually refine and develop the site to ensure that we are leaders in this new industry. We have learnt loads in the past 15 months, and hope to become a genuine force to be reckoned with in the guitar industry overethe ecoming year. Time will tell!

I start bright and early today with a 9am lecture in the main Music Week lecture theatre. This morning’s lecture is for the Music Industry Overview module and focused on the music industry and digital platforms. This is a subject I find really interesting, as I’m a keen user of the internet to showcase my music. We spent the lecture identifying how the music industry has adopted the internet and mobile phones to showcase artists and distribute music.