From the time we launched iVideosongs a year and a half ago, we have been very intentional about learning from our customers and the market in general. We pay close attention to what the folks that hit our website have to say as well as the feedback we get from iTunes and Amazon.

Today we are announcing new price points for our products. Artist songs will be $4.99 and instructor songs will be $2.99. Our catalogue is chock full of hit songs that represent some of the greatest musicians and songwriters of all time. We hope you will take advantage of the great value and quality of service we are offering and spread the word about iVideosongs.

Bone up on a few new tunes this summer and bust them out at the next party or BBQ. Anyone can listen to music. Players rule.

tim

We have had some recent inquiries about the release of new content, so I thought I would address that topic here. Our catalogue of song titles and tutorials is deep and wide. Major third party distributors have agreed and so we have been spending much of our time working on launches of our catalogue in other environments. In Amazon, iVideosongs content is now available as VOD and in iTunes we are a Television network with our titles presented as TV shows. These are very large stages for our content to perform on and each requires a significant effort for us to prep and format our titles.

Coming soon will be DVD titles of our content that will land in Music Retail and Big Box Retail outlets. All that to say, we appreciate your support and interest as we continue to grow our business. We will keep you updated as we add new content. In the meantime, search our catalogue for an artist that you have not yet connected with. The insights they share are truly inspirational. Keep on pickin.

tim

All of us have been affected in one way or another by the financial crisis in our country. People are tightening their spending belts on almost every front and rightly so. We have done the same at iVideosongs and we want to pass along some encouragement to you. In recognition of the financial challenges that so many of us are facing, we have reduced the price of our Artist titles by 20% to $7.99.

Going to the movies is a fairly cheap date, but when you walk out of the theater you leave the experience behind. As an alternative, download and own a few iVideosongs titles. Spend some time with your trusty six string and learn a few of your favorite songs from your favorite artists. Music is the language of the heart and we believe that playing your favorite songs is one of the greatest things you can do to feed your soul.

tim

The holidays are upon us and hopefully you'll spend some time with family and friends and play some of your favorite songs.

Thanks for your feedback on your song wish lists. We continue to incorporate your ideas and come out with new titles as fast as we can get them cleared and shot.

Some of you may not be aware of the great tutorial catalogue we have. These tutorials are free videos in which our staff shows you how to play lead and rhythm guitar concepts. As is always the case, we shoot them in High Def from multiple camera angles. We also include the supporting tab and chord grids along with the video to inspire you to on your musical journey.

You can download our free tutorials from our website, find them on YouTube and other video sites or simply subscribe to our podcasts.

This week our Beginning Guitar 101 podcast was honored by Apple as a Top 10 Video Podcast for 2008. This is a great accomplishment for a start up, but what is most amazing is that a music based podcast ranked so high. Nothing against Oprah, Martha Stewart, Bill Moyers and MSNBC, but music is our passion and it is awesome to see music rock the ranking.

Keep on pickin,

tim

Observant visitors to www.ivideosongs.com may see that the "beta" tag is missing from our home page. A lot of folks won't even notice, because from a practical perspective it's just a few less characters on the screen. However the lessons we've learned during our beta test drive are reflected throughout the site, in our catalog, in the format and presentation of tutorials and in lots of stuff beneath the surface, such as technology and support.

The best and biggest thing is that we've benefited from a boatload of great feedback from customers and also from many of the artists who've contributed their time and expertise to create great titles. One result is a catalog that is more than 4x larger than what we launched with back in January. Our 200+ song catalogue covers a deep and wide musical landscape of genres and skill levels that includes many of the greatest hits and musicians of the last 50 years.

Based on your feedback we've also changed the way we present tutorials, making them more bite size and easily digestible. Plus we've made them available in more places - including MySpace, iTunes and YouTube.

With your help, we've improved the shopping and support experiences too. We're not done making improvements to iVideosongs, and we're still eager to get your feedback to make it better and more valuable to you. Tell us what you think and what you want - the door is always open.

tim

450 persons responded to our ear to the ground survey. That's pretty remarkable as these types of surveys go and gives a good sense of how passionate folks are about making music. So thanks to each of you who took the time to respond.

You gave us a boatload of input about new songs to add to the catalog. The team is working thru the list and we'll be adding many of them over the coming weeks and months.

And you gave us some good feedback on things we can do to improve the site. A number of you asked for a forum, so folks could compare notes and share their experiences learning music. A forum has always been on the development list -- now it's moved to the top of the list. Look for its debut early this fall.

We also got some great feedback that speaks to the whole idea of iVideosongs -- overwhelmingly, you told us that having original artists involved helps inspire you, and that the ability to learn a complete and accurate song is very important. Maybe not surprising, but cool nonetheless.

We'll do more surveys from time to time. But don't wait if you have input -- the suggestions box is always open.

We've heard from a lot of folks over the past several months about songs and artists they'd like added to the iVideosongs catalog. And we take it to heart.
Now we're asking for a little more help -- we want to know a little about you and your interests, and what you think we should do to improve iVideosongs. Please take 60 seconds to complete our survey -- it's simple and fast. Just follow this link

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