Daisy Rock Girl Guitars Workshop Inspires Beginner Guitarists at the Museum of Making Music

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 13, 2011

Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, the original girl guitar company, teamed up with the Museum of Making Music and Alfred Music Publishing for the Daisy Rock Girl Guitar Workshop to teach young girls the joys of making music. Hosted by performer, music educator, and Daisy Rock artist, Nikki O?Neill, 17 aspiring girl guitarists were in attendance at the event held on June 24, 2011 at the Museum of Making Music, a Division of the NAMM Foundation.

The two hour girl guitar workshop for beginners was created especially for girls between the ages of 12 and 18 years old, many of whom were picking up the guitar for the first time. Students learned about the parts of the guitar and their function, were taught how to play eight popular chords used in thousands of songs, and learned how to read and write basic chord charts. The fun and engaging course had the girls apply lessons learned to their first performance song, ?Happy Birthday.? Upon completion of the workshop, the girls were taught how to play current radio hits such as ?Good Riddance? (Green Day) and ?Who Says? (Selena Gomez), along with the basics of chord progressions and song structure. Additionally, Nikki O?Neill shared her knowledge and insight on various careers avenues in music.

?Any chance we get to work with girls and foster the enjoyment of music making is an opportunity we take,? commented President and Founder of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Tish Ciravolo. ?Helping girls reach their full potential in music?or in whatever their passion might be?has and always will be a lifelong endeavor of ours.?

In support of inspiring young girls to play the guitar and to follow their passion, Daisy Rock donated the guitars for girls to play during the workshop. Alfred Music Publishing, co-owner and distributor of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars donated all of the sheet music for the course, including the [Girl's Guitar Method, the first guitar method written especially for girls, by Tish Ciravolo.

?It?s always a pleasure to work with the Daisy Rock team,? commented Jillian Jepsen, Education Manager for the Museum of Making Music. ?Everything went great and everyone left very happy. Just think of all the girls who are now at home jamming on their new instrument!?

Daisy Rock Girl Guitars offers a complete line of quality girl guitars and basses. From their trademark ?Slim & Narrow? neck profile to lightweight bodies, Daisy Rock Girl Guitars are designed to look and sound great, and to fit the female form. For more information, visit daisyrock.com.

Founded in 1998 by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the Museum of Making Music was developed to showcase and celebrate the music products industry. The Museum believes in broad-based educational programming, and providing accessible instructional experience to students of all ages and backgrounds. For more information and a list of events and exhibits, visit museumofmakingmusic.org.

ABOUT DAISY ROCK GIRL GUITARS

Daisy Rock Girl Guitars is the original girl guitar company dedicated to successfully supplying and marketing professional quality guitars for females of all ages. All Daisy Rock guitars are designed specifically for the female form and feature lightweight bodies, ?Slim & Narrow? neck profiles to better fit smaller hands, and are available in inspiring finishes. Daisy Rock Girl Guitars? ongoing mission is to do whatever it takes to help girls play guitar and enjoy music.

Daisy Rock Girl Guitars is led by its Founder and President, Tish Ciravolo. Ciravolo is a highly acclaimed expert on female empowerment and females in music. Tish?s expertise has been immortalized by her induction into the Museum of Making Music, the world?s premier museum showcasing the history of the music products industry, and she is widely regarded as a visionary in the industry. Ciravolo?s deep insight into the subject of girl guitars and female empowerment has made her a sought after and frequent contributor on national and international television, newspapers, magazines, websites, and radio programs including People, Time, Newsweek, CNN, ABC, NBC, FOX, VH1, the Premier Radio Network, BBC Radio, and the Associated Press. Daisy Rock Girl Guitars is in over 25 countries worldwide, and is co-owned and distributed by Alfred Music Publishing.

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NewSong Music & Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Partner to Showcase Emerging Artists

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 25, 2011

NewSong Music is proud to announce its collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the world?s largest performing arts organization, home of the New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School.

NewSong Music will present three shows this year at the David Rubenstein Atrium as part of the Atrium?s weekly Target Free Thursdays events.

The events kick off on August 11 with NewSong songwriters ?In The Round.? Featured in this concert will be former Mountain Stage NewSong Contest standouts Maureen Andary of the Washington, DC based folk/jazz/pop duo The Sweater Set; Ben Lubeck, frontman of the Minneapolis americana/indie band Farewell Milwaukee; and Boston folk/pop singer-songwriter Rose Polenzani.

The second date, September 22 will feature the 2010 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest grand prize winner Amber Rubarth. As part of her prize, she recorded an album with Grammy winning producer Jacquire King (Norah Jones, Kings Of Leon, Tom Waits). The album is set for release this September on NewSong Recordings. Rubarth will also have a nationally syndicated performance on NPR?s Mountain Stage. Her songs have attracted enthusiastic praise from NPR's All Songs Considered, The Huffington Post, BBC Radio and Acoustic Guitar Magazine.

The final performance of the series is on December 29 and features NewSong Recordings artist Chris Velan. Motivated by a range of influences spanning 70s singer-songwriters, blues, rock, 80s alternative, West African music and reggae, the Montreal-based singer-songwriter continues his musical journey with his fourth and latest studio album Fables For Fighters, produced by Iestyn Polson (David Gray, David Bowie).

Gar Ragland, director and co-founder of NewSong Music says, ?It?s a great honor to work with Lincoln Center to showcase some of the best emerging artists in North America. And it?s wonderful to provide the exceptional talent from our artist community the chance to perform at a venue as celebrated as Lincoln Center.?

Target Free Thursdays provide free public performances every Thursday night at 8:30pm at the new David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. These evenings make a vast spectrum of the performing arts available to the broadest possible audience.

Curated by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Target Free Thursdays performances feature national and international touring artists as well as local artists from around the New York metropolitan area. The series also features artists from Lincoln Center?s resident organizations including The Juilliard School, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and The Chamber Music Society, among others, along with artists curated by community-based partners. Target Free Thursdays represents a diverse cross-section of musical genres, including pop, Latin, rock, soul, country, spoken word, jazz, and world music, as well as classical and new music. Select performances also feature live music for social dancing including swing, salsa, and tango.

Hillary McAndrew Plate, programmer for Target Free Thursdays says, ?Working with NewSong Music to curate such a distinctive combination of emerging artists for Target Free Thursdays is a wonderfully exciting venture. This collaboration truly exemplifies our vision of the David Rubenstein Atrium as a gateway to Lincoln Center and the arts not only for audiences, but artists too! With performers like these singer/songwriters, and our valued collaborators we look forward to a future as a hub for creativity on NYC?s Upper West Side.?

NewSong Music is an independent music organization. Its mission is to build a supportive community of performers and songwriters across all genres of music and levels of skill, while identifying truly exceptional artists within this community and introducing their music to a broader, international audience. The standout talent NewSong works with is discovered primarily through the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, one of North America?s premier showcases of emerging performing songwriters. To learn more about this year?s contest and submit, please visit http://www.newsong-music.com/contest.

Lincoln Center?s David Rubenstein Atrium: http://www.lincolncenter.org/atrium

NewSong Music: http://www.newsong-music.com

Mountain Stage: http://www.mountainstage.org

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Make Your Own Music Videos with "One Idea" Software

Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) June 10, 2011

Mixed In Key, makers of award-winning Harmonic Mixing software used by world-renowned DJs, announces "One Idea", an innovative new software program that allows anyone to make a professional music video. Simply open an audio file, choose a video clip, and One Idea will automatically sync them together.

?One Idea removes the steep learning curve from making high-quality music videos?, said Yakov Vorobyev, founder of Mixed In Key. ?With bundled content, built-in effects and a simple interface, anyone can jump in and create a music video for any audio track.?

The key to One Idea is beat matching. The playback speed of any video can be adjusted to match the beat of the audio track. You can import your own footage or choose from One Idea?s collection of included clips to get started. Video layers can then be blended together using click and drag envelopes, similar to those found in audio editing software.

Built-in effects give your music video a personal style. One Idea includes filters such as Pan and Zoom, Color Balance, Tile Pulse and many more. Effects can be stacked for limitless combinations.

Key Features:

Simple and easy to use, even if you?ve never worked with video before
Automatically detects the tempo of imported audio files
Imports included clips or your own video footage from DSLR cameras such as Canon 5D Mark II
Syncs video footage to the tempo of audio files
Built-in effects tweak the look-and-feel of your video
Effects can be used to create video loops and add motion to still images
Content generators provide endless creative possibilities for VJs
Supports MP3, WAV and AAC audio files
Imports many different video formats, including MP4, MOV, and AVI

Pricing and Availability:

The current beta version of One Idea is available for $ 199. As a ?thank you? for being first, we?re giving early adopters free lifetime updates. The price for this version will increase to $ 599 soon, so get the $ 400 discount while the beta is available.

One Idea requires Windows 7 / Vista / XP. One Idea for Mac is coming later this year. The digital download is available from http://www.OneIdeaVideo.com

Press Materials:

Screenshots and embeddable Tutorial Videos are available on the website.

About Mixed In Key LLC:

Mixed In Key LLC is a DJ-powered company launched in Washington, D.C that now resides in South Beach, Miami. Founded by Yakov Vorobyev in early 2006, Mixed In Key LLC gained recognition for creating the #1 harmonic mixing DJ tool of the same name. Mixed In Key software is currently used by many of the world?s best DJs, as well as GRAMMY?-winning producers. Mixed In Key?s flagship product can be found at http://www.MixedInKey.com

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