Premier Guitar and Broadjam team up to sponsor the Premier Guitarist Challenge

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 21, 2009 -
Premier Guitar and Broadjam have officially launched the Premier Guitarist Challenge. The contest allows entrants to submit pieces of their guitar playing in acoustic or electric categories and is currently live through September 25, 2009. Marcus Henderson, lead guitarist for the Guitar Hero video game series, will serve as the artist judge for the contest.

Judging will be based on a player's skill and originality. Submissions are allowed to be entirely original or covers which are made original through the entrant’s own unique tone and use of musical space.

The grand prize winners and runner ups in each category will receive an Epiphone Guitar; exposure with Premier Guitar and Broadjam; a subscription to Premier Guitar; and a Primo MoB membership to Broadjam. The entrance fee for the contest is $25 per song submitted.

“First off, mucho thanks to Premier Guitar for choosing me to be the artist judge” says Marcus Henderson. “This is going to one HELL of a contest from what I hear...Oh yeah! Epiphone's providing some killer prizes for the winners so fire up those 4 tracks, protools or answering machines and heat up those chops to the point of nuclear meltdown if you wanna win this thing! Good luck everyone. Now let’s rock!"

To enter or learn more about the Premier Guitarist Challenge, go to http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.ph....

About Broadjam:
Broadjam (http://www.broadjam.com) is a web community dedicated to both indie musicians and fans of indie music. Promote your band or music by joining a social network where you can win prizes and explore licensing opportunities in TV and film.

About Premier Guitar:
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com) is the media home for players who are serious about their tone. PG's gear-centric print magazine has a monthly circulation of 32,000 complemented by the industry's only complete, freely accessible online magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) that attracts more than 32,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com) that's the fastest-growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of more than 350,000 unique visitors; and the market's leading interactive gear search service that attracts more than 200,000 monthly visitors. With nearly 50,000 pieces of gear, players can find, buy and sell gear on Gear Search (http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/gear_search.aspx). Published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, Premier Guitar is employee-owned and based in Mount Vernon, Iowa with offices throughout the U.S.

About Marcus Henderson
Marcus Henderson (www.marcushenderson.com) was a lead guitarists for the Guitar Hero series, contributing over 40 songs, and has played with Drist, The Hellbillys, En Vogue, and Simon Stinger. In addition to his signature model with Epiphone (www.epiphone.com), Henderson has endorsement deals with Digitech, Dean Markley, Morley, EMG, and Krank Amplification.