Media Coverage

iVideosongs: Media Coverage

Kiwibox - iVideosongs, Learn how to be a musician from the experts!
"Now there is a new music website which can help you music fans learn more about your favorite musicians, and how to play their best songs. Not only do you learn note by note the guitar, drums, bass and piano of bands both popular and somewhat unknown, but some of them you learn directly from the musicians themselves!"

Crawdaddy! - Interview with Rush's Alex Lifeson
"I think it comes across as being very casual and fun and I think, again, it conveys that idea that it's a wonderful thing to be able to play the guitar."

Asylum - iVideo Wants You to Achieve Rock Greatness
"We downloaded a free tutorial covering the major scale, and busted out that cheap guitar we bought in college but haven't used since. It's a cool idea because you can go back and watch certain segments over and over."

BassGuitarBlog.com: Learning Bass Parts - Checking Out iVideosongs
"I like this model (downloading), rather than streaming, since it means you can learn off-line and without the need for a broadband connection."

Guitar Noize - I Walk These Streets, A Loaded Six String On My Back
"This is really what sets iVideosongs.com apart from other online guitar video instruction sites: they are focussing on learning complete songs."

TV BroadcastiVideosongs on ABC News in Los Angeles
ABC News in Los Angeles features iVideosongs on "Tech Bytes".

TV BroadcastFox Business talks about iVideosongs
Fox Business took a minute to chat about iVideosongs, the online music instruction site that shows you how to play songs from original artists like Graham Nash and John Oates.

5min. The Blog. - For Those About to Rock
"Thanks to the advent of the Internet and sites like this one, the rock-starved masses can still get their groove on, while actually learning the foundations as they go."

The Rock Dose
"Have you ever tried to learn a song by ear? Have you downloaded the tablature just to find out later that what you learned to play was actually wrong? [. . .] What if the person showing you how to play the song was the person that actually composed the riffs? That's where iVideosongs.com comes in."

Radio BroadcastThe American Perspective
Tim Huffman Talks About iVideosongs

USA Today - Learn guitar from rock gods on iVideosongs.com
"Looking for a real Guitar Hero? Tune in to iVideosongs.com. The website improves upon the Net's vast guitar tablature libraries and generic video music lessons by having the actual recording artists teach you how to play their classics."

Radio BroadcastComputer America - Tim Huffman Interview
Computer America interviews iVideosongs CEO Tim Huffman.

Play It Yourself - Or Get A Remote Session Musician?
"iVideosongs takes this old concept and puts a slightly new twist on it - here, you can learn to play songs by watching video tutorials of industry professionals, and in many cases you can actually learn to play the song through a tutorial by the original songwriters themselves."

iVideosongs in The Blade
"In some of the cases you’re learning directly from the artists who played the original tunes and Huffman said iVideosongs is continuing to build both its library of songs and artists so listeners can dial up the original artists whenever they want to practice."

Listening Post's Top 10 Hottest Music Sites
"Online music education has huge potential, and the guitar is at the forefront of the movement for a number of reasons. From what we've seen, iVideosongs is currently the best option out there."

TV BroadcastiVideosongs segment on ABC News
ABC News features iVideosongs on "Ahead of the Curve".

Crawdaddy - What Would You Do if I Showed You the Chords...
"I believe strongly that people learning music is a great thing. And I’ve seen what they [iVideosongs] have done and it just blew me away." - Giles Martin.

Macworld - Free iTunes music lessons
"iVideosongs.com has the slickest guitar instruction podcasts on iTunes—presented in HD."

Gear Diary - iVideosongs.com, The Website Every Budding Musician Needs To See!
"I was extremely impressed by the content. No matter how many books you read, there is simply no substitute for live instruction. And no guitar teacher I have ever worked with has been able to rewind and show me again…and again…and again until I was ready to move on to the next lesson."

LifeHacker - Learn to Play an Instrument Online
"The site itself is chock full of instructional videos that you can pay $5 to $10 for, but iTunes features six instructional videos for the beginning guitarist to devour for free. Then, of course, if you're hooked, you can head to the site for more."

WIRED - Guitar Tutorials Rocket Up iTunes Podcast Charts
"There are several online options, but we really like iVideosongs' approach."

Mashable - iVideoSongs Hits the iTunes Top 10
"iVideosongs has been taking off like gangbusters, coming from nowhere to make it to the top 10 most subscribed podcasts in just a few week at iTunes."

DEMO - So you want to be a real guitar hero?
"A simple test on the iTunes store last week shot an iVideosongs' podcast of a guitar tutorial to the top 10 of most-subscribed podcasts on iTunes."

Washington Post - Some Heroes Want to Get Real
"A start-up called iVideosongs is selling video clips online that, in many instances, feature the artists themselves talking about a song and demonstrating how to play it."

Canadian Musician Magazine - New Music Instruction Website Launches At iVideosongs.com
"The site features plenty of free tutorials for those low on chicken feed."

Boston Herald - iVideosongs gets rock legends to teach entire tunes online
"Would you rather have Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson teach you "Tom Sawyer" - or learn it from your Rush-obsessed-but-tone-deaf roommate?"

Modern Guitars
"Tim Huffman, co-founder and CEO/President, and his team at iVideosongs are pushing the guitar lesson envelope in a major way."

Gannett News Service
"The site shows you how to play guitar like a pro. You can mimic the guitar playing of the Beatles, Eric Clapton and other pop musicians with virtual video lessons from iVideosongs.com."

Guitar Noize
"If I had access to sites like iVideosongs.com, I think my playing would have improved at a much greater rate."

Radio BroadcastMashable Podcast: A Conversation with iVideosong's Tim Huffman
"Tim Huffman is a man with many stories, and one terrific company. What they've actually developed at iVideosongs is a unique blend of audio and video that provides not only entertainment value but a serious amount of utilitarian value as well."

TV BroadcastiVideosongs Featured on CTV's webMANIA
CTV, Canada's largest broadcaster, features iVideosongs as a top site on Webmania.

Radio BroadcastInside MAC Radio Interview
Inside MAC Radio interviews iVideosongs CEO, Tim Huffman.

TV BroadcastiVideosongs Featured on G4's "Attack of the Show"
"Wouldn't it be cool if you could learn to rock out for real and, what's more, learn from the very rock stars that made the songs famous? We'll show you how you can become a real guitar hero in today's WebTools."

Reuters - Join the Beatles on Web video
"Help! Any Beatles fans who have struggled to learn to play guitar on "Revolution," "A Hard Day's Night" or other Fab Four megahits can now find assistance on the Web, while saving big bucks on private lessons."

VentureBeat - Guitar playing startup hopes to cash in on instructional videos
"Wannabe guitar players seem to have become a promising market lately."

AppScout - Learn to Play Exactly Like the Beatles
"Offering songs that run the gamut from Rush to the White Stripes, these videos show you how to plays the songs exactly as you remember hearing them."

Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles - iVideosongs Debuts - Learn How To Play RUSH's 'Tom Sawyer'
"RUSH's Alex Lifeson shows you how to play one of rock music's most recognized anthems. From the 1981 album release, Moving Pictures, 'Tom Sawyer' features odd-time signatures, extended chords and an amazing angular solo."

Killer Startups - iVideoSongs.com - Giles Will Show You
"iVideoSongs.com is a site that recently released its beta version, where music enthusiasts can learn to play instruments (guitar, keyboards, drums) through video tutorials by top artists like Alex Lifeson, Steve Rieck, John McEuen, Danny Grady and Giles Martin himself."

Radio BroadcastWZLX Boston Radio. Breakfast With the Beatles Interview
WZLX Boston Radio Host Cha-Chi interviews iVideosongs CEO, Tim Huffman on Beatles Launch.

VideoiVideosongs Demo 08 Presentation
iVideosongs introduces its new service at the DEMO 08 conference, one of the premier venues for launching new companies and services.

The Wall Street Journal
"An Atlanta start-up called iVideosongs attacked a barrier to online music instruction -- copyrights that make it difficult to use popular songs legally. The company has negotiated deals with music publishers and major recording artists to offer guitar students detailed video analyses of songs over the Internet."

USA Today
"Would you like to learn guitar from Graham Nash of Crosby Stills & Nash or John Oates of Hall & Oates? These and artists from The Allman Brothers and other bands teach you to play in high-definition videos. It's part of music-instruction service iVideosongs. Oates helped promote the beta launch at Demo."

CNET News.com
"But it wasn't an easy or a quick process. Huffman said he spent several years getting the company's legal ducks in a row. Now iVideosongs.com has master licensing agreements with five of the biggest music publishers in the world. Both artists and publishers get a direct royalty payment for each video downloaded, according to Huffman."

Yahoo! Tech
"Think Guitar Hero's tough? Just try learning the real thing. Help's on the way, however, thanks to a new HD video service that features dozens (and soon, hundreds) of lessons from the likes of Graham Nash, John Oates, and Alex Lifeson."

TechCrunch
"But, actually, anyone can learn from the videos, which are quite good. The videos are large and clearly show closeups of exactly what you need to do."

Popsci.com
"He (John Oates) was actually doing something useful – showing the audience how to play his classic song 'She's Gone.'"

The Tech Talk Blog with Dean Takahashi
"Wouldn't you like to learn how to play the guitar from Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash? Or, for the younger folks, from Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down? iVideosongs is today revealing at DEMO a high-definition video service that allows you to listen to the experts instruct you on how to play instruments."

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing
"They take you through the chords, how you create the sounds, and how you pull in all the other instruments. Cool!"

Somewhat Frank
"For music lovers like myself this could be a great way to learn how to play an instrument or specific song right from the artists themselves."

The Desert Sun
"Aspiring guitar heroes take heart."

Network World
"IVideosongs seems like a fun learning tool for those of you who have musical abilities."

GuitarNoize
"The first thing I did was look to see what was in the Folk Acoustic category and was suprised to see that there are a couple of lessons by Erik Mongrain! That impressed me a lot, then I headed over to the Electric rock section and found a tutorial by Alex Lifeson of Rush! . . . The interface for iVideosongs is far superior to nowplayit.com which is primarily based around a search rather than categorised content."

NewTeeVee
"All this stuff too stodgy and, well, not cool enough for you? Then you'll dig ivideosongs.com, which lets you pay for video guitar tutorials from your favorite guitar gods, like Rush's Alex Lifeson, or Graham Nash."

Notes From a Teacher
"iVideosongs interests me on a couple or three levels. One is musical: the site offers a series of downloadable music lessons, primarily for guitar, based on chords and riffs from songs like Santana's Smooth and the Indigo Girl's Hammer and A Nail.

Another is that, aside from some basic lessons, they've found a way to make money. If the instruction comes from one of the "staff" teachers, the cost is a reasonable $4.95 a song. If you want some like Graham Nash teaching you how to play Teach Your Children on guitar or Our House on piano, you pay $9.95. The third interesting thing here is that it's another case of how education and training can be delivered, outside of the more traditional music school or music lesson framework."