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National Guitar Workshop Publications Announces Its Brand New Website!

We’ve heard a lot of comments and suggestions from our customers about how to improve our Website. We listened, and we think you’ll agree that finding the right book is quick and easy with our new, improved site: www.guitarworkshop.com/store. To help launch the new site, we’re offering 20% off the regular cover price on 20 selected titles, our biggest sale yet! Supplies are limited, so don’t delay. The sale ends May 29, 2008. Keep reading and find the book for you…

NGW Debuts New Website!

National Guitar Workshop is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. On this new site, visitors will have access to a variety of new features, allowing them to search our curriculum by style and location, view videos of our faculty performing, read news articles and register for courses online.

JAM with DayJams in Long Island, Las Vegas, and Seattle!

DayJams is rockin’ the month of May with three Open House and Alumni Reunions happening across the country! If you're in Long Island, come to The Friends School in Westbury, NY, on May 3rd from 12–3 PM; on May 10th in Las Vegas, check out Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School from 1–3 PM; and in the Seattle area on May 18th, we'll be rockin' Forest Ridge School in Bellevue, WA, from 2–4 PM.

They're coming, and they are so COOL!

WorkshopLive’s video production team just returned from San Francisco where they recorded some amazing lessons with the one and only Joe Satriani. Teaching alongside WorkshopLive’s own Dave Martone, Satch will show you some amazing techniques. From whammy bar tricks to effects pedal tips and tapping licks, you’ll be able to learn the techniques that have made Joe Satriani a virtuoso.

These exclusive lessons from the Satch Zone totally rock. Shot in stunning high definition video, Joe and Dave break down some of Satch’s most intricate techniques. You’ll hear all about the wang bar, tapping, pentatonic scales, live effects and sit in on four in-depth interviews where Joe digs deep into his past, his songwriting, touring and oh yeah, Borg sex. It’s wild, it’s fun and it’s all Satriani. Stay tuned to Tuned In for updates.

WorkshopLive’s New Logo and Home Page

WorkshopLive is celebrating spring by giving our home page a facelift, and rolling out a brand new logo for the company.

Design guru Marc Weiner put the finishing touches on the new logo late last month, which is now being used company-wide. “The new logo design is intended to convey what we do best—provide top-notch lessons on a variety of popular instruments,” Weiner said.

Changes to WorkshopLive’s home page have largely been driven by subscriber requests and comments and are an ongoing process, according to Weiner, who has been a key player in implementing the site’s new skin.

National Guitar Workshop Publications Announces The Drummer's Guide to Fills by Pete Sweeney!

Hot off the presses and on sale now! National Guitar Workshop Publications and Alfred are pleased to announce the latest title by Pete Sweeney: The Drummer's Guide to Fills. This book is designed to expand your drumming vocabulary by teaching fills you can use to add excitement to different sections of a song, or even use as the building blocks of a solo. Learn fills in many styles, from rock to funk to jazz, plus a "melodic" approach to fills that allows further embellishment of the basics. To celebrate the release of Sweeney's new book, all of his previous titles are on sale now!
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NGW Brings Jam to the Bay Area

In 2007, the National Guitar Workshop debuted its first Jam Summit at the New Milford campus, which was embraced by enthusiastic students. This summer, the Jam Summit is being expanded to the San Francisco campus, giving West Coast students a chance to explore the places where rock, folk, jazz, funk, Latin, reggae, country, psychedelic, and free playing can meet, meld and morph. Read more…

JAM with DayJams in Boston and Pasadena!

DayJams is teaming up with NGW for a special Open House and Alumni Reunion in Newton, MA, on Sunday, April 13, at The Solomon Schechter Day School from 1–4pm. Stop by and jam with old and new friends! Sign up to win tuition dollars! Come for the give-aways, or stop in to take advantage of fantastic clinics offered by NGW faculty. Read more…

Exclusive Joe Satriani Lessons On the Way From WorkshopLive!

WorkshopLive’s video production team just returned from San Francisco where they recorded some amazing lessons with the one and only Joe Satriani. Teaching alongside WorkshopLive’s own Dave Martone, Satch will show you some amazing techniques. From whammy bar tricks to effects pedal tips and tapping licks, you’ll be able to learn the techniques that have made Joe Satriani a virtuoso.

These exclusive lessons from the Satch Zone totally rock. Shot in stunning high definition video, Joe and Dave break down some of Satch’s most intricate techniques. You’ll hear all about the wang bar, tapping, pentatonic scales, live effects and sit in on four in-depth interviews where Joe digs deep into his past, his songwriting, touring and oh yeah, Borg sex. It’s wild, it’s fun and it’s all Satriani. Stay tuned to Tuned In for updates.

It’s hot off the presses and on sale now!

National Guitar Workshop Publications Announces Scott Tennant's
Basic Classical Method Book 3! National Guitar Workshop Publications
and Alfred are pleased to announce the latest title by Scott Tennant, best-selling
author of Pumping Nylon. Book 3 of the Basic Classical Guitar Method series offers
a step-by-step approach for learning how to play new techniques such as barres,
hammer-ons, pull-offs, grace notes, and how to play in different positions on the fingerboard. The book includes compositions by J.S. Bach, Sor, Giuliani, Carulli and Carcassi, plus many helpful photographs and drawings. Collect the entire trilogy and start playing classical guitar now! Read more…

Top Jazz Artists at NGW this Summer

The National Guitar Workshop has always been dedicated to presenting top-level guest artists to its students, and this summer’s jazz lineup is no exception. With the talent of Kenny Burrell and the John Scofield Trio, all jazz enthusiasts are in for a treat.

Kenny Burrell is among the handful of guitar greats who have forever changed the role of their instrument. He has been a jazz professional for 40 years and appeared on several hundred albums as leader and sideman. He will be a guest artist in Tom Dempsey’s Giants of Jazz Guitar seminar (July 5–10) at the Los Angeles campus. This class is a unique opportunity to experience the lineage of jazz guitar, as students will study the music and improvisation styles of many legendary jazz guitarists including: Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, George Benson, Jim Hall, Joe Pass and Grant Green. It is sure to be a great experience.

JAM with DayJams in San Diego!

DayJams is currently holding Open Houses and Alumni Reunions across the country. In San Diego, check out our NEW campus at The French-American School located at 6550 Soledad Mountain Rd. in La Jolla, CA on Saturday, March 29 from 3:00–5:00 PM. Stop by and JAM with old and new friends! Sign up to win tuition dollars! Come for the give-aways! Read more…

NGW Announces Guest Artists for 2008

One of the many unique experiences at the National Guitar Workshop is the presentation of top-level guest artists. Throughout its 25-year history, NGW has presented a wide variety of guest artists in all genres of music. The NGW experience allows students to have extraordinary access to amazing musicians through both master classes and clinics, providing the opportunity to learn from the very best.

“I really think what NGW does best is bring people together. NGW creates musical experiences for people (both faculty and students) that they take with them and remember for the rest of their lives.” –Karen Hogg, faculty member

The artists for Summer 2008 include: Paul Gilbert, Charlie Hunter, Ben Verdery, Vernon Reid, Alex DeGrassi, Paul Galbraith, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, Jason Vieaux, John Scofield Trio, Steve Bailey, Duke Robillard, Sonny Landreth, Michael Angelo Batio, Kenny Burrell, Audley Freed, Lisa Loeb, Russ Barenberg, David Grissom, Laurence Juber, Eric Krasno, and Jennifer Batten.

For more information, please visit:
www.guitarworkshop.com/2008guestartists/

New Lessons… Take Your Playing to the Next Level Today!

WorkshopLive is pleased to announce new intermediate acoustic guitar lessons from the talented Paul Howard. Under Howard’s fun and precise instruction, you’ll become comfortable with many topics and techniques, such as triad arpeggio bass lines, split strumming, hybrid picking, Travis patterns, barre chords and more. Have you wanted to polish off the techniques you know and add new ones? This is a perfect place to jump in! There’s something here for everyone, so check them out.

National Guitar Workshop Publications St. Patrick's Day Sale Going on Now!

Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! Spring is in the air, so why not take time to explore the gentle, sensitive sounds of the acoustic guitar? Learn authentic jigs, reels and airs with Guitar Atlas: Celtic, by David Ernst, now 15% off. The sale also includes our complete Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Blues Guitar, and Fingerstyle Guitar series, plus other selected acoustic titles. No matter what style or level acoustic guitarist you are, we’ve got something for you. Follow the rainbow on down to the National Guitar Workshop Bookstore at www.guitarworkshop.com/books and find your pot of acoustic gold! Read more…