Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge Add Their Voices to the Traveling Guitar Program

Nov. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- The Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge multimedia networks have teamed up with the Traveling Guitar Program to raise support and awareness on a global scale for the need of music education where resources are scarce. As sponsors of Traveling Guitar, Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge will be lending their global reach to more than 600,000 guitarists around the world to the program and its mission of improving access to music education.

Traveling Guitar has a two-pronged approach for raising funds in support of its mission:

The Traveling Guitar Program:
Annually, the Traveling Guitar Program sends two custom-built guitars on a journey from artist to artist, state to state, collecting stage time and autographs. At the end of their journey, the guitars are auctioned with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support Steve Vai’s Make a Noise Foundation.

Guitar Donation and Auction Program:
Donated guitars will be collected, have the setup checked and if needed, corrected. The guitars will then be auctioned online with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support the Make a Noise Foundation.

Both aspects of the Traveling Guitar Program will be substantially promoted by Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge and winners of the Traveling Guitar auction will receive a one-year subscription to each print magazine.

Keith Ballurio, founder of the Traveling Guitar, says, "The addition of Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge as sponsors to the program is very exciting. The generous donation of promotion and complimentary subscriptions to the ‘premier’ gear and guitar instruction magazines shows their dedication to spreading the joy of music."

"We all commend the work of the Traveling Guitar Program and are happy to help ‘turn up the volume’ on getting its core message out,” states Peter Sprague, CEO of Premier Guitar. “Improving access to music-related programming is extremely important to us and we will gladly use the reach of our print and electronic platforms to raise awareness and support for such a noble endeavor.”

For more information, contact Keith Ballurio at 703-791-2020.

About the Traveling Guitar Program (http://www.travelingguitar.org):
Annually, the Traveling Guitar Project sends custom built guitars on a journey from artist to artist, state to state. The guitars are played and signed by guitarists from all music genres. After a year on the road, the guitars are auctioned on eBay with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to fund music education and programs for those unable to pursue these activities due to limited resources. For more information on the journey and auction of the Traveling Guitars, visit www.travelingguitar.org.

About Guitar Edge (http://www.guitaredge.com):
The Guitar Edge multimedia network features four integrated platforms; the Guitar Edge Web site (www.guitaredge.com); the free Guitar Edge digital magazine; the Guitar Edge print magazine; and Guitar Xtra, a free weekly E‐newsletter. Guitar Edge was first published by Hal Leonard in July/August 2006 as a bimonthly print magazine. Through a joint venture, established in July 2009, between Hal Leonard and Premier Guitar, Guitar Edge has adopted the four‐platform multimedia model, pioneered by Premier Guitar. Guitar Edge is the world's first and only online resource for free artist‐approved, fully‐licensed authentic guitar tab.

About Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com):
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar is the media home for players who are serious about their tone. PG's gear‐centric print magazine has a monthly readership of more than 51,000 complemented by its freely accessible digital magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) which attracts more than 31,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com) that's the fastest‐growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of more than 500,000 unique visitors consuming almost 11 million page views per month; 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.

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Premier Guitar offers guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, PG is the media home for players who are serious about their tone.