Jupiter, FL – Songmaster Studios Education, pioneer in online music education, announced today that its iVideosongs catalog of more than 200 song titles has joined Apple’s Cloud in the iTunes TV store. The move puts the iVideosongs lessons in Apple’s virtual storage, making it easier for consumers to download the high def videos and lessen consumption of storage space on costly mobile devices, PCs and laptops.

The iVideosongs music lessons found on iTunes TV include everything from Beatles and Steely Dan, to Black Eyed Peas and Coldplay. The lessons are shot in high definition and include step-by-step instructions on how to play a song.

For guitarists, iVideosongs lessons include chord charts and tablature well-known for their painstakingly accurate documentation of how the song was performed in the band’s or artist’s original recording. Songmaster Studios Education is also unique, maintaining relations with major music labels to ensure proper recognition and royalties are tracked for the publishers, artists, singers and songwriters. Songmaster offers a wide breadth of worldwide distribution options for bands and artists who collaborate, pushing its catalog through online and retail venues, as well as iTunes, Amazon Video On Demand, and other diverse channels.

Visit iTunes TV and search on “iVideosongs” or go to www.songmaster.com/about to learn more.

Jupiter, FL – When Darin Loccarini first picked up the guitar 2003,  he never imagined one day receiving lessons from Alex Lifeson, the legendary guitarist of his favorite band, RUSH. But now, thanks to Songmaster Studios’ online music education website, Songmaster’s iVideosongs.com, not only has Mr. Loccarini mastered RUSH tunes note for note—he personally received a guitar pick from his hero-turned-online teacher in the middle of a RUSH performance.

After taking Mr. Lifeson’s guitar lessons on iVideosongs.com, Mr. Loccarini was front row at a RUSH show, holding up a poster that read, “Thanks for the iVideosongs Guitar Lessons.”  Mid-song, Mr. Lifeson gave Mr. Loccarini a warm ‘You’re welcome’, pausing and handing him a signature guitar pick.

“RUSH is a band that respects and appreciates their fans,” Mr. Loccarini said afterward. “They know we are instrument-driven and dig their musical experimentation and virtuosity.”  He considers the guitar pick the crown jewel among the RUSH memorabilia he has amassed over thirty years following the group.

Songmaster’s iVideosongs series features instructional videos of Mr. Lifeson, as well as John Oates, Graham Nash, drumming legend Russ Kunkel, and literally hundreds of Billboard hits. The company has unique royalty arrangement with more than 75 publishers and artists to produce and distribute its educational content. RUSH classics in Songmaster’s catalog of more than 220 high-definition video lessons include Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, and Limelight. The personal instruction by Mr. Lifeson includes note-for-note close-ups of his fretwork, as well as back story about each song’s inspiration.

Mr. Lifeson says in one video interview on the site, “Once we started rolling and getting into it, I had a lot of fun with it, and I realized that it’s kind of an important thing for anybody that wants to learn a RUSH song or how I play. It’s a wonderful way to convey the essence of what playing is to me.”

When Mr. Loccarini discovered iVideosongs.com, he was elated. “I am not wealthy,” says Mr. Loccarini, “But I’m single, work hard, and sacrifice a lot to do it because RUSH is more than a band to so many people. They are beacons of virtues like work ethic, commitment to excellence, balancing fame, fortune, perseverance, and humility.”  The Lifeson lessons are among some of iVideosongs’ most popular downloads. Other favorites include more than twenty Beatles tunes, featuring Grammy-winning producer Giles Martin, son of Sir George Martin, famed producer of The Beatles.

In June, Mr. Loccarini has commenced his hard-earned dream vacation, following RUSH across North America on its Time Machine Tour, attending every show in every city. He already has his next sign produced: “Alex, more iVideosongs, please!”

Jupiter, FL – Songmaster Studios Education announced today Alfred Music Publishing’s introduction of a five DVD set of iVideosongs guitar lessons at select Guitar Center stores and other retail and online stores. The iVideosongs series are productions of Songmaster Studios featuring well-known artists and top-tier studio musicians teaching how to play Billboard hits.

The iVideosongs series cover guitar fundamentals and then four distinctive styles for acoustic and electric guitarists.

• Lead Guitar Concepts: More than two hours of step-by-step instruction for beginner and intermediate players.
• Country Hits: More than three hours of lessons, including music by Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley, and John Denver.
• 70s & 80s Rock Hits: Classics by Kansas, Fleetwood Mac and others, covered in easy-to-follow break-downs of value to guitarists of all levels.
• 90s Rock Hits: Diverse hits ranging from Clapton to Matchbox Twenty in nearly two hours of detailed lessons.
• 2000s Rock Hits: Includes a lesson from Sister Hazel’s Ryan Newell, teaching “All for You.”

Songmaster’s iVideosongs series are cutting edge, high def alternatives to private lessons or inaccurate tablature found on the Internet. The lessons contain complete songs broken down into segments that cover the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro for each song. Songs are transcribed accurately, just as they were originally written and recorded. More DVDs are expected for Southern Rock, Blues and Singer-Songwriter classics.

Visit Songmaster’s web site at www.songmaster.com for more details, or become a friend on its iVideosongs channel on YouTube where you can find free tutorials.

Jupiter, FL – Post-holidays, learning how to play that new musical instrument is a common challenge, since 52-percent of households are home to at least one musician.  A new survey of veteran guitar players by Songmaster Studios Education LLC suggests home may well be the place to begin learning how to play guitar.

After the holidays, Songmaster Studios pushed a survey to find out what their 14,000 customers were doing to break in their newest musical instruments. Musicians receiving the surveys were tasked to rate nine different products or methods for learning new skills and techniques on the guitar.  The company’s iVideosongs series rated as most preferred.  Coming in second and third place were searching for free videos, tablature and notation on the Internet, followed by personal instruction by a teacher.  Preference for Songmaster’s instructional method outdistanced the next closest method by nearly twenty percentage points.

As it turns out, responses came from experienced players. Fifty-two percent said they had been playing an instrument for more than a decade, while seven out of ten had reported downloading more than one to master a specific song or technique.

Songmaster is a Florida-based edutainment company that offers educational products like iVideosongs music lessons to help musicians advance their skills.  The critically-acclaimed iVideosongs series features lessons by Alex Lifeson of RUSH, Graham Nash, John Oates, Liberty DeVitto, and other noted writers, musicians and recording artists.

Jupiter, FL – Songmaster Studios Education LLC announced today the purchase of assets from iVideosongs, Inc., the Atlanta, GA-based creator of video music lessons that teach popular songs.

Songmaster, a new music education and entertainment studio in Jupiter, FL, acquired iVideosongs’ video lessons and its usage rights and royalty agreements with dozens of artists, songwriters and publishers.

Songmaster now offers iVideosongs e-learning sessions through a variety of websites and partnerships, including Alfred Publishing, Amazon Video on Demand, Apple iTunes, and YouTube. Recently, Songmaster also was accepted into the Apple Developer Program for iOS, the platform behind iPhone and iPad software applications.

Songmaster continues to promote the iVideosongs trademark and distribute its video catalog, while developing new educational programs that incorporate iVideosongs lessons and other educational methods and materials.

The parties are each privately held; terms of the deal were not disclosed.