News - Guitar Center Inc.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, continues its ongoing support of and commitment to aspiring artists
Guitar Center (http://www.guitarcenter.com), the world's largest retailer of musical instruments and equipment, and DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service, today announced seven new episodes of the award-winning music series Guitar Center Sessions. Guitar Center Sessions features exclusive performances and intimate, enlightening conversations conducted by revered musical tastemaker Nic Harcourt
Travis Barker, and have him write, record and perform on their single. Past Your Next Record competitions have featured Slash and Keith Urban. http://www.YourNextRecord.com Guitar Center's King of the Blues is a nationwide amateur guitar skills competition with the goal of finding the next great undiscovered blues guitar player. This year's winner, Jonathon "Boogie" Long, performed alongside Grammy-winning guitarist Warren Haynes at the Grand Finals in LA, and won an incredible prize package valued at over $50,000. http://gc.guitarcenter.com/kingoftheblues/ Guitar Center's Drum-Off, entering its 23rd year, is the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer. Drummers from across the nation compete in the world's largest drum competition, vying for thousands of dollars in prizes and the coveted title of Guitar Center's Drum-Off Champion. The grand prize package is valued at nearly $50,000. http://gc.guitarcenter.com/drum-off-2011/About John Shanks