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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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Rare Elvis 1968 Hagstrom Viking II Guitar Hits Kruse GWS Auction Block!

Rare Elvis 1968 Hagstrom Viking II Guitar Hits Kruse GWS Auction Block!

Posted March 8, 2021 at 11:18 am | No comments

Dressed in black leather with his guitar strapped across his chest, Elvis Presley strolled on stage in 1968 to perform in what would become his legendary TV Comeback Special. It was here that the King reclaimed his crown in one of his greatest performances of all time. With Kruse GWS Auctions’ long-standing reputation for offering the most iconic Elvis Presley memorabilia and producing record-breaking auctions

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Virtual World Premiere of Strange Courtesies at The San Jose Stage

Virtual World Premiere of Strange Courtesies at The San Jose Stage

Posted February 20, 2021 at 11:35 am | No comments

Guitar International is beginning to collaborate with an expanded group of multi-media publicists, and our first multi-media News piece begins now – San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director), in collaboration with African-American Shakespeare Company, is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the virtual world premiere of the new play Strange Courtesies.

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Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Gibson: Emerges As Music Industry Leader Leans Into the Innovative Future

Posted January 22, 2021 at 4:12 pm | No comments

For the past 127 years, Gibson has been synonymous with creating, inspiring, supporting and shaping sound. Gibson has emerged as the legitimate industry leader by leveraging its’ iconic past and leaning into the innovative future. Gibson is played by the best and brightest artists, across generations and genres and is widely considered as the most relevant, most played

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Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural  Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners” 

Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural  Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners” 

Posted December 11, 2020 at 10:35 am | No comments

Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) created the Youth To The Front Fund (YTTFF) to support and fund under 30-year-old  BIPOC-centered youth activists, youth-led organizations, projects, innovations and creative  solutions that are at the forefront of fighting systemic racism, inequality and injustice in the  United States and around the world.

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Guitarist Jamie Glaser Points in a New Direction to Promote Social Media Management Success

Guitarist Jamie Glaser Points in a New Direction to Promote Social Media Management Success

Posted December 3, 2020 at 12:02 pm | One comment

Jamie Glaser is best known as the guitarist for multi-Grammy award winners Jean Luc Ponty, Bryan Adams, Chick Corea, and many more. His guitar is what you hear on TV shows like Seinfeld, Married with Children, and Saved by The Bell. As a composer, more than 80 compositions are presently used on Network TV as well as the Discovery Network on cable. Jamie’s guitar can be heard on Disney, Spielberg, and major motion pictures worldwide. 

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The Biggest Entertainment Memorabilia Auction in Kruse GWS Auction’s History – Elvis, Johnny Cash, SRV…and More!

The Biggest Entertainment Memorabilia Auction in Kruse GWS Auction’s History – Elvis, Johnny Cash, SRV…and More!

Posted November 12, 2020 at 9:00 am | No comments

GWS Auctions, the world-record-breaking auction house specializing in entertainment memorabilia, fine jewelry, iconic fashion accessories and Royal artifacts has announced the “Artifacts of Hollywood and Music” auction event to take place Saturday, November 28, 2020 beginning at 10:00 a.m. P.T. The auction is the largest entertainment memorabilia auction in the company’s history.  Over 175 items will be offered, many for the first time. In the world of memorabilia, the auction represents the biggest names ever, including Elvis Presley, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more…

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PRS Guitars Private Stock “Paul’s 85” Limited Edition Instruments

PRS Guitars Private Stock “Paul’s 85” Limited Edition Instruments

Posted October 22, 2020 at 1:29 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars – Paul’s 85 are a special run of Private Stock guitars, personally spec’d by Paul Reed Smith and meticulously crafted by the Private Stock team. The instruments started with a special selection of wide-curl maple tops that Paul set aside. He also selected all of the other woods, assisted on the neck shapes of every guitar, spec’d the pickups

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Veteran Music Industry Tech Mark Reis Releases “We Are All The Love” Video Two Weeks Before Election

Veteran Music Industry Tech Mark Reis Releases “We Are All The Love” Video Two Weeks Before Election

Posted October 21, 2020 at 11:50 am | No comments

Mark Reis, a veteran of the music industry who has spent most of his career working for The Eagles and Joe Walsh, among other chart-topping artists is adding a new title to his long list of achievements – songwriter. 

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William Shatner and Ritchie Blackmore Collaborate On New Single “The Thrill Is Gone”

William Shatner and Ritchie Blackmore Collaborate On New Single “The Thrill Is Gone”

Posted August 27, 2020 at 1:47 pm | No comments

Hot on the heels of the superb joint effort from William Shatner and Canned Heat comes a brand-new alliance that is sure to have music fans cheering. Former Rainbow and Deep Purple axeman, Ritchie Blackmore.

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