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Guitar International’s Publisher Releases The Adventures of Digit & Tess Children’s Book

Guitar International’s Publisher Releases The Adventures of Digit & Tess Children’s Book

Posted March 26, 2024 at 4:43 pm | No comments

Rick Landers, Guitar International’s publisher has announced the release of his first children’s book in a series called, “The Adventures of Digit & Tess”, now available in print as a paperback, as well as an eBook. The series is about a young Canadian girl named, Grace Hopper, and her companion an AI-robotic cat, Digit. The two have a few challenges, but by the end of the book, and their first adventure to Niagara Falls, they become friends.

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Legendary Folk-Singer Jesse Colin Young Digitally Re-Releases Single “Fire On The Water” Featuring Michael McDonald

Legendary Folk-Singer Jesse Colin Young Digitally Re-Releases Single “Fire On The Water” Featuring Michael McDonald

Posted March 22, 2024 at 11:34 am | No comments

Legendary folk singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young announces the first digital re-release single “Fire on the Water,” off his 1982 solo album The Perfect Stranger. “Fire On The Water” features an epic collaboration with Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan).

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Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Posted October 7, 2022 at 7:18 pm | No comments

Guitar International’s publisher and editor, Rick Landers, and his band Heartland, will be featured on stage and on-line in the number one ranked county in the U.S, Loudoun County, Virginia, and at the county’s premier venue, the Franklin Park Arts Center.

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Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Gruene Guitars offers GI Readers a 5% Discount on Their Excellent Line of Acoustic Guitars

Posted March 23, 2022 at 4:00 am | No comments

Guitar International magazine is pleased to announce that Gruene (pronounced “green”) Guitars crafted in Texas is offering Guitar International magazine readers a 5% discount on their splendid line up of high end acoustic guitars to Guitar International friends.

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Three Award Winning DC Area Songwriters on Diversionary Tactics Facebook Podcast Feb 5th!

Three Award Winning DC Area Songwriters on Diversionary Tactics Facebook Podcast Feb 5th!

Posted February 4, 2022 at 8:41 pm | No comments

Guitar International’s publisher and award winning songwriter, Rick Landers, will perform with Jeff Smith and Dave “Kawika” Fiely on Saturday, February 5, 2002, on Facebook Live’s Diversionary Tactics Show. The three award winning songwriters decided to join forcers for an evening of original songs, with each of them offering up their unique styles.

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Guitar International’s Guitar Website of the Year 2021: Justinguitar (Justin Sandercoe)

Guitar International’s Guitar Website of the Year 2021: Justinguitar (Justin Sandercoe)

Posted January 1, 2022 at 5:56 pm | No comments

Although, many have worked hard to develop guitar instruction websites during the past two decades, one has continued to develop and sustain itself as THE go to site, one developed by Justin Sandercoe.

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Guitar International’s Guitar Book of the Year 2021- Immortal Axes: Guitars That Rock!

Guitar International’s Guitar Book of the Year 2021- Immortal Axes: Guitars That Rock!

Posted December 31, 2021 at 6:01 pm | No comments

The hands down winner of our Guitar Book of the Year  2021 goes to Lisa S. Johnson’s beautiful book, Immortal Axes – Guitars That Rock, a tome that took significant research, miles on the road to meet with guitarists, guitar techs and other guitar gurus

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Music Venues: A List of Things to Consider for Performers

Music Venues: A List of Things to Consider for Performers

Posted October 9, 2021 at 8:13 am | No comments

Restaurants, house concerts, outdoor events and other places where musicians are expected to perform are called “music venues,” or simply venues. Musicians are hired for pay or may be asked to play for free to support special needs, such as charity interests or to promote certain social projects.

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GI Publisher Rick Landers to Play Front Royal, Virginia’s Blue Wing Frog (July 29 – 7 to 9 pm)!

GI Publisher Rick Landers to Play Front Royal, Virginia’s Blue Wing Frog (July 29 – 7 to 9 pm)!

Posted July 22, 2021 at 4:05 pm | No comments

Recently, Rick heard about the 80 person capacity Blue Wing Frog restaurant in Front Royal, Virginia whose owners wanted musicians who wrote and performed their own songs. Some traditional-roots songs were cool too, given the Piedmont location, as well as the historical local culture of grassroots music was the music of the region.

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Steve Vai to Launch New Patreon Page on April 1st Alien Guitar Secrets Episode #9

Steve Vai to Launch New Patreon Page on April 1st Alien Guitar Secrets Episode #9

Posted March 14, 2021 at 10:48 am | No comments

The series, Alien Guitar Secrets Live, focuses on the guitar, music, his career and the business aiming to offer insights that enlighten perspectives for their own worlds. He breaks down various songs from his catalog to show techniques, and discusses anything from writing, recording, publishing, promoting, and touring. 

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