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InfamousGuitar.com announces SamAsh.com as
its premier retail sponsor for the $5,000 Online Guitar Solo Contest
Posted 8/18/2008 10:05 PM
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On Friday, August 15th, 2008,
SamAsh.com and Infamous Publishing entered into an annual sponsorship agreement
for InfamousGuitar.com. InfamousGuitar.com will be kicking off the
celebration by offering a $500 Shopping Spree at the new
SamAsh.com, which will be rolling out on September 15th. But if you
want the shopping spree, you're gonna have to prove it...
We'll be hosting a YouTube
video contest, where InfamousGuitar.com members can show just how badly they
want the shopping spree. How can you prove it? The old fashioned
way...by groveling. Yep, that's right, if you want the shopping spree,
you're gonna have to beg for it.
But you won't be begging the
judges...you'll be begging Kyrsten from the band Magnuson. Here's how it
will work:
Step
One: Register and make a profile at InfamousGuitar.com.
Step
Two: Go to SamAsh.com and pick
out what you'll buy with your $500.
Step
Three: Record a video of yourself or your band, begging Kyrsten for
the $500 Sam Ash Shopping Spree. You have to mention both Sam Ash and
InfamousGuitar.com in your video. Tell her specifically what you want, and
why you think you deserve it.
Step
Four: Upload the video to your YouTube acccount, and then embed it
in the forum we'll create for this promotion. (We'll show you how)
At this point, your part is
done. Our members will vote on the videos, and the top three will be
judged by Kyrsten - by her criteria alone. She can choose whichever video
she wants to be the winner, with no guidance from InfamousGuitar.com.
The official contest will
begin on September 1st, and entries will be accepted from September 1st through
November 30th. Member voting will continue until December 20th, and on
December 21st, Kyrsten will choose the winner - who will get their $500 Gift
Certificate just in time for Christmas.
We'll put up a contest page
for this promotion over the next couple of weeks, with official details, rules,
legal disclaimers and such, so stay tuned! And make sure you shop at
SamAsh.com for all your music gear from here
on out - they sponsored your $5,000 Guitar Solo Contest!
July guitar solo contest winner yosoytudios
donates his winnings to Best Friends Animal Societyy
Posted 8/13/2008 10:45 PM
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http://network.bestfriends.org/ and get
a nice closeup of yosoys smiling face. Well, not smiling, but you could have
guessed that.
If at first you don't succeed....
Posted 8/1/2008 12:55 AM
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For the second month in a row, a
previous month's finalist has risen to the top...congratulations to yosoytudios
on your victory with your killer guitar solo, "Selfiction"! Yosoy's well
deserved win achieved a great member ranking, and handily won the Judge's
scoresheet as well.
As always, thank you to all our
finalists and contestants. Each month this competition is getting tougher and
tougher, with more members and soloists competing for the top 3 spots. Rage_O
and JKennemur, if the past two months are any indicator, you can expect to join
yosoytudios, CROSS.., and SquidCat in the winner's circle soon!
yosoytudios, Rage_O, and JKennemur rise to
the occasion
Posted 7/31/2008 12:50 AM
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Well, it was definitely a horse
race in this month's guitar solo contest, and it came right down to the wire.
robonguitar made an excellent showing with "The Aliens Are Leaving Me
Behind', a two handed tapmonster reminiscent of Satch, but ultimately, yosoy's
awesome arpeggios, Rage_O's lovely latin picking, and JKennemur's soulful
soloing have earned them a spot in the InfamousGuitar.com Hall of Fame (which
we'll be rolling out this month).
Hang on tight ladies and
gentlemen, we will judge the solos and announce the winner soon. Great job to
ALL of our contestants, there are several solos this month that deserve our
applause.
July Finals week is here...
Posted 7/25/2008 11:53 PM
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There are a lot of great guitar
solos this month as usual. But who's gonna take home the $100, and qualify for
the $5,000 Finals next year?
We've made it easier for you to
promote your solos and your music...make sure you are logged in, and go
here.
You'll find custom code you can place in a MySpace comment, on your
website, in your blog...or email links you can pass around to get people to come
listen to your guitar solo.
We're also happy to announce two
great new sponsors of InfamousGuitar.com -
Pavlo (an AWESOME Mediterranean guitar player)
and Universal Music
Group, Nashville. We'll announce the specific artist UMG Nashville
is promoting soon.
Be sure to check out
GuitarPartsCentral,
JamPlay, and
BalladsForBallots, too! They're keeping the lights on, so
let's give them our support.
Congratulations to our June winner, Cross!
Posted 7/1/2008 11:53 PM
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Well done, Cross, for your solo
"Diagram". Cross was a finalist in May, and is living proof that if at first
you don't succeed, try again! Well done to our other June finalists, Bad
JuJu and oCircleo. We will be opening the July competition shortly,
so upload your July solos when we do! Thank you to all of our fans and guitar
players who made the June contest a success.
Several players were within less
than one point of making it into the finals this month, so take heart, July may
be your chance to shine!
June Finalists Announced, winner to be
announced tonight!
Posted 7/1/2008 6:21 PM
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The June finalists have been
calculated and are now displayed. Judging will commence soon, and a winner will
be announced tonight, July 1st. Stay tuned!
June Finals week is here!
Posted 6/25/2008
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We made it through another
month, and LOTS of new guitar players and guitar fans have become members at
InfamousGuitar.com. Welcome to each of you.
So now is where the rubber meets
the road...time for YOU - our loyal members - to rank these solos to see who can
make into the top 3. The 3 highest ranked solos will be judged on June 30th by
our panel of judges, and the winner will get $100 and a shot at the $5,000
Finals next year.
Those of you who have a guitar
solo out there, be sure to invite YOUR fans to come join InfamousGuitar.com and
rank your solo. Part of being a rock star is creating a following...so be your
own publicist and help ensure your solo gets some airtime! Remember, whoever
recruits the most fans also becomes our Featured Player for July. Just ask
yosoytudios and RonnieY how easy it is to spread the word!
Good luck to each of you.
SquidCat wins May contest, June contest
beginning...
Posted 6/2/2008 at 3:05 PM
If any of you haven't head SquidCat's guitar
solo for May yet, scroll back up and have a listen. It's a really fun, quick,
driving solo with several tasty guitar treats throughout. And check out CRSS
and yosoy's solos, too, our 2 runners-up for May. They did a great job, and
came very close to wining our first monthly guitar competition in May.
So, we're on to June now, time flies! There
should be twice as many contestants this month, so be sure to upload as many
solos as you can to help your chances. And don't forget to go find yourself
some fans and groupies...creating a following will definitely help you make the
finals! It's a lot like getting a gig in real life...the more fans you have,
the bigger the venues you can play.
If you're not signed up yet to compete, remember
it's FREE, so
do it now!
Congrats to our May Finalists!
Posted 5/31/2008 at 3:28 AM
InfamousGuitar.com is proud to announce its
three Finalists for the May 2008 Online Guitar Solo Contest. These finalists
have obtained the three highest ranks as a result of InfamousGuitar.com member
and fan judging. Their guitar solos will now be judged by InfamousGuitar.com,
who will measure their solos in five categories: Cleanliness and Technique,
Originality, Recording Quality, Emotional Response, and Overall Likeability.
The three guitar players and solos that made the finals are:
SquidCat's "Architeu This!", ranked 9.01 out of 10
Cross' "Blue Ice", ranked 8.88 out of 10
yosoytudios' "corridors of mordor", ranked 8.83 out of 10
Their three amazing guitar solos are available to listen to at
http://www.infamousguitar.com. The winner of the May competition will earn $100
cash and be eligible to compete in Annual Finals for over $5,000 in cash and
prizes.
The winner of the InfamousGuitar.com May Guitar Solo Contest will be announced
on or about June 1st, when the judging is complete.
It's
Finals Week!
Posted
5/25/2008 12:10 AM
The semi-finals for the May 2008
InfamousGuitar.com Online Guitar Solo Contest have arrived! For those of you
who have solos entered into the guitar contest, good luck! Now you need to go
recruit some friends to come check out your solo!
Talk to your friends, family
members, co-workers, everyone you know - even complete strangers! Invite them
to become a Fan at InfamousGuitar.com and to check out your solo! Remember,
each member can only rank your solo ONCE, so the more members you invite, the
more times your solo will get ranked.
The three contestants with the
highest ranks will be entered into the finals on May 30th, and will have their
solos judged by InfamousGuitar.com staff and a mystery judge, who will be
announced on the 30th (after rankings are closed).
The winner gets $100, an entry
into the Annual $5,000 Guitar Solo Contest, and a national Press Release
announcing their victory.
So get to work! Invite some
friends to check out your solo! And tell them...
...to Register
Free
HERE!
Time is
running out...
Posted
5/16/2008 5:10 PM
...to get your solo into the May
competition! Saturday, May 24th is the last day to upload a solo to become
eligible for the May finals.
This will be the easiest month of all, as next month we will have twice as many
players and solos out there to compete with. So take the easy pickings while you
can! Get your solo out there...and if you already have one or two, add more.
Players can upload 3 solos to each monthly competition, and Premium Members can
upload as many as 5 solos.
As a reminder, all solos must have been originally recorded in the last 30 days,
and must contain ONLY one guitar - no backing tracks. Solos must be one minute
long at a maximum.
If you're a guitar player and you're not signed up yet, you're late! But we
waited for ya...
Register Free
HERE!
IT HAS BEGUN.
Posted
5/1/2008 12:01 AM
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This is it everyone! The moment you've all
been waiting for...are you ready to ROCK or WHAT?
The InfamousGuitar.com $5,000
Online Guitar Solo Contest is LIVE. You can now upload your first solos, get
ranked, and start on the road to infamy. Groupies and fans, we're counting on
you to listen to all the great solos. We've had a chance to get a preview of
what these players are capable of in the past month, so you know as well as we
do that this competition is going to be INTENSE.
If you're a guitar player and
you're not signed up yet, consider this your wake up call...
The road to Infamy starts
HERE!
May is right around the
corner...
Posted 4/11/2008 at 11:25 PM
...and
we're getting lots of new members! Hard to believe we've only been up for a
little over a week. We're welcoming several new members per day right now,
which should put us at over 350 members by the time we're voting on our first
contestants for the InfamousGuitar.com Online Guitar Solo Contest. But with a
little extra help from YOU, we can meet our goal of 1,000 members by May
31st!
Now is the time to sign up and
become a member!
Whether you are going to
compete, upload some songs, or just hang out with the players and listen to some
killer music, InfamousGuitar.com is the place to be in April. We will be adding
our music classified section this week, revamping the guitar player profiles,
adding groupie profiles, and soon we'll be having our first Groupie of the Month
contest. Stay tuned for more news…and check out our members' guitar solos, they
rock!
InfamousGuitar.com Beta is
LIVE!
Posted 4/2/2008 at 09:25 AM
We’ll be doing a lot of work
on the site in April in preparation for the Online Guitar Solo Contest, so
please pardon our dust.
Don’t let that stop you,
though! Register, make a profile, upload a few songs or
solos, tell us about you, your guitar, your
influences. Chat with other string jockeys.
Don’t play guitar?
Hang out with us anyhow! We’ll be having cool
giveaways for Infamous Groupies.
We’ll make it worth your
while…check out our Early User special below!
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