Media Advisory

Guitar Player’s Guitar Superstar Competition 2008 to take place in San Francisco on September 13



Andy Summers of The Police to Emcee; Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Elliot Easton of the Cars among judges to select winner

Guitar Player’s Guitar Superstar Competition 2008, the premier international guitar playing contest for players of all ages and styles features ten finalists who will face-off in front of a panel of celebrity judges and a live audience in an event sponsored by Mesa/Boogie, MOOG, Epiphone, ZZYZX Snapjack Cables, and Sonicbids.

Date: Saturday, September 13, Doors Open 7:00pm
Venue: Great American Music Hall , San Francisco , CA
Tickets: Available on www.gamh.com; $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Finalists
Los Angeles, CA ▪ Mark Christian (Rockabilly/Roots)
Staten Island, NY ▪ Mike Orlando (Metal/Shred)
Fairview, NJ ▪ Vicki Genfan (Solo acoustic)
Norwalk, CT ▪ the guy (Fusion)
Honolulu, HI ▪ Makana (Solo acoustic)
Chicago, IL ▪ Daddo Oreskovich (Metal/Shred)
Sonoma, CA ▪ Eric Barnett (Rock/Jazz)
Fairview, PA ▪ Eric Brewer (Rock)
Temecula Ca. ▪ Ben Robinson (Blues)
Morton Grove, IL ▪ Dan Peters (Rockabilly/Roots)

Judges
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
George Lynch
Elliot Easton of The Cars
Brendon Small of Dethklok and Adult Swim’s hugely successful Metalocalyse animated series.

Host: Andy Summers of The Police

Website: For more information, go to www.GuitarPlayer.com

You can read more about Ben Robinson here: www.sonicbids.com/benrobinson




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You will not believe the new album!

Ben and the gang have been writing and recording at a feverish rate for 3 months now and what is coming out of the studio is just crazy magic!

Everything from AC/DC to cold hard blues and 80's arena rock, this album is going to be a musical trip!

Mixing begins soon.

The 2008 kick off show

Well it has been a while since the last post, I do have an excuse however..Ben has been workin me like an old mule!

So, here goes the update.

Most of you have heard the new songs, need I say more...well I will anyway...more great tunes are on the horison.

As to last nights show, just watch the film at synclive...it was amazing!

Over two thousand new photos were taken, so keep an eye out for the new images.

We will coming to a venue near you very soon!

Thanks to Get Amped Magazine, Tim Hall, Les, Bradley and the rest of the staff at the venue last night. Great job guys.

Thanks to a great BR fan!

I saw Ben at a Harley-Davidson dealer show about 6 years ago.

He had a limited supply of CD's, and they sold out before I could get one. I would like to know how I can order his CD's.

Please drop me a line at jfox@netexpress.net and let me know how I can order his tunes.
Thanks in advance for the help,

Joe Fox

Wieblers Harley-Davidson
Davenport, Iowa

Joe, we thank you for the email and its guys like you who are going to help us get the word out!
Lets do the 105th Harley-Davidson celebration!

The Studio Report

Ben is in the studio recording demo's from his last writing session and although no one is being allowed to hear the songs, your humble scribe was fortunate enough to sneak in to "deliver" the much needed pizza! Let me tell you, if it were posible to get a gorilla and a bull elephant on tape and throw in a little Godzilla I believe it would sound much like this! Just very powerful!

Stay tuned the demo's will be on the myspace page soon.

Laguna Guitars

Ben is always looking for instruments with a great tone that feel at home in his hands and his lastest, greatest find is Laguna Guitars.

Here is a little of their company mission:

A new breed of luthiers have come together to introduce Laguna Guitars -- instruments based on the philosophy that the best guitar designs flow from a single source: the needs of the player. It is a belief that drove them to set tradition aside, ignore the "but-that's-how-it's-always-been-done" approach, and instead listen to guitarists' voices and watch their hands. Asking a thousand different questions, in a thousand different ways helped Laguna forge a new kind of guitar design philosophy--one that is "player-driven." The result is a comprehensive line of acoustic and electric guitars that guitarists help to create.

Head down to the Guitar Center near you and test drive one of these beauties!
For more information visit their website http://www.playlaguna.com/home.cfm, or do a Google for reviews and stories.

New Songs

Ben, Bruce McCabe,and Robert Willis , wrote new 5 songs at their writing retreat on the beautiful beaches of Daytona.

I heard a couple of them in their raw form and I was very impressed, I believe you will be as well.

We will keep you informed as to studio dates and locations.