Hot Gear! The Complete NAMM Experience
The intrepid editorial team at Keyboard canvassed the show floor at the Winter NAMM show to bring you their top picks, which you saw in our last newsletter. Now they’re ready to tell you about every new software release, recording device, effect, piano, keyboard, and synth they saw — and what they think about every one. Check it all out here .

Hot Licks! Live Performance Video from NAMM
Check out videos of Stevie Wonder, Lisa Harriton of the Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Monaco, Ryan Ahern, Tara Busch, Valdez Brantley, Robbie Gennet, and jam monster Alran Schierbaum playing some amazing  music on the new instruments at NAMM! Go now !

Joey DeFrancesco Goes Virtual
The best jazz organist in the business is back, but it’s not his latest CD he’s raving about, it’s his new instrument. Find out what the buzz is here , and listen to Joey talk about his new stuff here and hear him play it here .

Got Gear Lust? Indulge here.
Music Player Network presents the all-new LIVE FROM site, the active online destination for live coverage of music-related shows and events. This week we'll be LIVE FROM the NAMM Show, posting live updates, photos, and videos straight from the show floor!
Be the first to see the new 2008 gear:  Check out LIVE FROM daily !

Are  you the Next GUITAR SUPERSTAR?
Presenting Guitar Player's fourth annual guitar competition: Ten finalists will compete LIVE before a panel of celebrity judges and a sold-out house in San Francisco on September 13. Only one will be named Guitar Player's Guitar Superstar 2008.
ENTER here!

Presenting the Music Production Technology Webinar Series
Introducing a new series of FREE music production technology webcasts from EQ & Keyboard magazines that give you how-to tips and technique for the latest recording applications. In these one-hour web sessions you will learn how to maximize your music production with top software tools.

Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7.4
In this educational webcast, we share some choice tips and tricks for utilizing Digidesign’s Pro Tools 7.4 LE in the home studio.

Propellerhead Reason 4
In this webcast Keyboard editor at large John Krogh takes an in-depth, real world approach to making music in side Reason 4, the premiere all-in-one software studio.

Native Instruments Kontakt 
Native Instruments’ Kontakt is the top soft sampler of choice for in-the-know songwriters and producers; Keybaord editor at large John Krogh shows you the ins and outs of making real-world music with this powerhouse.


The Music Player Network Artist Master Class Webcast Series
Ever wish you could have a private lesson with the pros? You can! Check out these webcasts: Keyboard's Jeff Lorber: The Art Of the Groove, Guitar Player's Larry Carlton: 335 Blues, Bass Player's Victor Wooten: Slap Techniques, and EQ's Master of Your Studio Domain with editor Craig Anderton. New Artist Master Classes to be announced soon! Check it out here.

Announcing the 2008 John Lennon Songwriting Contest
The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest open to amateur and professional songwriters submitting to any one of 12 categories. Featuring two sessions with a total of 72 Finalists, 24 Grand Prize Winners, 12 Lennon Award Winners and 1 Maxell Song of the Year, prizes include publishing contracts, studio equipment, 1,000 CDs in full color, a chance to tour and perform for a week with the Warped Tour, and more. One selected song will be named "Maxell Song of the Year" and will receive $20,000. Just go to SonicBids and you'll be able to create and submit your EPK in just minutes! Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2008. The cost is just $34.95 which includes a risk-free 3-month Sonicbids membership AND automatic submission to the 2008 John Lennon Songwriting Contest (SESSION - I). All Genres Accepted. Click here for more information .