Madison, WI and San Mateo, CA – January 13, 2005 – Guitar Player is proud to announce a new partnership with Musicnotes.com. This relationship has been built to offer GP readers one free song transcription download from a list of 15 options, each month. This new partnership is designed to allow players more versatility and choice each month in learning new music—no longer are GP ’s reader’s stuck with the one song full-transcription that the editors pick. The choice is now theirs!
"This is a truly wonderful partnership that allows GP readers the opportunity to download sheet music that matches their mood," says Michael Molenda, Editor in Chief of Guitar Player. "The old print paradigm required that someone make a choice for the player, publish those choices, and hope that they matched the readers' interest. Unfortunately, guitarists are individuals, and they may not want to play a hit song or a classic rock tune that particular month—they might be more interested in trying a jazz standard, a punk song, or a surf instrumental. The download option lets each player get what they want when they want it, and that's tremendously exciting. All hail freedom of choice!"
Musicnotes.com has songs for every skill level, genre preference, and mood - from classic rock to jazz or blues, and from artists like Duke Ellington to Radiohead. The monthly download is also free to readers of Guitar Player, and in addition, readers will be offered one song in Musicnotes’ Guitar Guru format, which displays the notes on a virtual fretboard as the actual CD plays along.
"Choice has always been a key value at Musicnotes and we are extremely excited to extend that choice to the readers of Guitar Player magazine," said Musicnotes CEO, Kathleen Marsh. "Musicnotes has over 25,000 legal, high-quality sheet music and tab titles, many of which will be offered free to Guitar Player readers over the coming months."
Check out Guitar Player’s February 2005 issue, with Dimebag Darrell on the cover, to get the rules, regulations, and begin playing what you want to play!
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Media Contacts:
Laney Erokan
Marketing Manager, Music Player Network
lerokan@musicplayer.com
650.513.4397
Kathleen Marsh
CEO, Musicnotes, Inc.
kmarsh@musicnotes.com or 608-662-1680 ext. 272
Tim Reiland
Chairman and CFO, Musicnotes, Inc.
treiland@musicnotes.com or 414-745-4232
Bill Aicher
Director of Marketing, Musicnotes, Inc.
aicher@musicnotes.com or 608-662-1680 ext. 277
About Music Player Network
The Music Player Network is a division of CMP Information, the UK-headquarted professional media division of United Business Media plc.
The Music Player Network, the world’s leading music instrument publishing company and publisher of Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard, and EQ, has a circulation of almost 300,000 loyal readers and has a magazine for nearly every player in the band. The Music Player Network is designing the future for home-based music production, professional project, or commercial studio work.
Guitar Player, the company’s flagship magazine, recently went under a radical transformation and relaunch, and is the number one title for guitar players of all levels and ages in the U.S., while reaching 155,000 dedicated players each month.
For more information, please go to www.musicplayer.com, www.guitarplayer.com or www.cmpinformation.com.
About Musicnotes
Musicnotes, Inc. has a catalog of over 25,000 digital sheet music titles built on the strength of content agreements with Warner Bros. Publications, BMG, Zomba Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and other music publishers. They also carry a complete catalog of over 260,000 mail-order items in their online catalog.
