Dust off that guitar and get playing!
Total Guitar, Europe’s best-selling guitar magazine is going back to basics, and is releasing a special bookazine guide – ‘Your 1st Guitar Lesson’.
Guitar sales are on the rise, and with Christmas approaching sales are expected to increase further. According to the Music Industries Association, sales of guitars totalled at 862,500 units in 2008 or £158,000,000, doubling the market since 1999. With the rise of Guitar Hero and other music video games, it’s never been cooler to play the guitar.
Available from 12th November, ‘Your 1st Guitar Lesson’ will put all of those prospective Christmas presents and guitars currently languishing in the corner of the room to good use, with all you need to start playing guitar today. Written and presented by Total Guitar’s expert staff, the DVD and magazine package will see guitarists through their first year of playing with impressive results.
Using the 45 min DVD guide, beginners can expect expert tutorials from Total Guitar’s team of guitarists, including rhythm and lead techniques, hot to tune and how to read guitar tablature.
Beginners will build correct technique while avoiding common mistakes and, armed with an issue or two of Total Guitar, will have everything they need to play their first few songs, riffs and solos.
The first part of a series of DVD tutorials titled Play Guitar Now!, this first guide will lay the basic foundations with later guides building on the skill set taking guitarists through to intermediate and on to advanced level in one year.
Stephen Lawson, Editor of Total Guitar said:
“I’m really excited about the launch of Your 1st Guitar Lesson. There’s simply nothing else like it on the newsstands, and it’s a great starting point for all beginners. It’s available at the perfect time of year too; as a stocking filler for new guitarists or a post-Christmas impulse buy for those who received a guitar as a present.”
On sale on 12th November, ‘Your 1st Guitar Lesson’ is priced at £4.99.
Guitar sales statistics taken from Music Industries Association www.mia.org.uk
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For more information
Jen Campbell, Communications Executive, Future UK (01225) 732269 or (07775) 641509
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