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| WorkshopLive Reaches Online Music Lesson Milestone Less than a year after launching its revolutionary online learning service, WorkshopLive today announced completion of its 1, 000th music lesson. Thousands of subscribers worldwide can now access online guitar, bass and keyboard lessons, any time of day or night, in the comfort of their own home. WorkshopLive is a unique educational platform that delivers personalized and completely individualized music lessons through a broadband Internet connection. Its patent-pending technology determines how each student learns best, then delivers the teaching options, lessons and learning environment that best suits the student's needs. The one-thousandth lesson was "The Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale" from Jody Fisher, a southern California jazz artist who has played virtually every style of music professionally. He has performed at many important venues such as the Hollywood Bowl and Universal Amphitheater, and has recently worked all over the United States, Canada, England and Germany. Besides Fisher, who is author of The Complete Jazz Guitar Method and other instructional books, WorkshopLive's faculty includes author Susan Mazer [Guitar for the Absolute Beginner; guitarist/singer-songwriter Matt Smith [Matt Smith Chop Shop for Guitar; keyboardist Amy Rosser [Max Keyboard, and guitarist/author Lou Manzi [Beginning Fingerstyle. David Smolover, founder and CEO of WorkshopLive, said, "Our faculty has created a remarkable array of lessons, in every style and for every level, from the absolute beginner to the most advanced. Jody now has more than 80 guitar lessons available that have been utilized by more than 600 players from all over the world, and that's just one teacher. We're very proud of reaching this milestone, and even more proud of being associated with such an enthusiastic and talented group of music teachers." Formally launched in December 2005, WorkshopLive has attracted thousands of customers for online music lessons from the United States, England, Denmark, Vietnam, the Caribbean, and many other areas of the world. WorkshopLive has dozens of the world's top music instructors providing online guitar lessons, as well as other music lessons, which range from beginner to advanced. The music lessons are offered in a wide variety of styles (acoustic, rock, jazz, classical, etc.). Players learn at their own pace, whenever and wherever they want, day or night, in the comfort of their own home or wherever they have access to a high-speed Internet connection. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |