Special Announcement!
Exclusive Guitar Clinic by Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour will be giving an exclusive guitar clinic on December 10, 2009 at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. Six String Theory will be awarding 25 guest passes to attend the clinic to the next 25 people who sign up for The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition. Guests will have the rare opportunity to attend a private guitar clinic by Lee Ritenour and “meet and greet” session immediately following the clinic. This event is not open to the public. Only Musicians Institute students and Six String Theory guests will be allowed to attend. Don’t miss your opportunity to see Lee Ritenour perform, teach, and answer your questions. Sign up here.
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Musicians Institute Concert Hall
1655 McCadden Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 462-1384
CLINIC ~ December 10, 2009
4:00-6:00 P.M
**Recipients of the guest passes will be notified by email and/or by phone prior to December 10. Guests are responsible for all their own transportation and expenses.
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On the road
Hi everyone. I’m on the road in Europe right now. I’ve been playing concerts with Don and Dave Grusin out here in Germany and then I’m heading to Denmark, Holland, and Italy for shows with my own band. I wanted to give you an update on how the project is going. I’ve been doing a lot of listening to some blues looking for the right tune to work on with BB King. And I’m also working on arrangement/song ideas with Andy Mckee for an acoustic piece. There’s a lot of work to be done, but I’m exciting to get in the studio and make some music! Keep spreading the word about the contest! And thanks for all the great comments. I’m enjoying reading them on the tour bus and it helps keep the creative juices flowing. Hope to see you as some of the shows! Check www.leeritenour.com/tour-dates for details.
Best Wishes,
Lee Ritenour
Superstar Guitarist “Wish List”
Hi everyone, the competition is now underway. We’ve already had some signups, keep them coming! There are a lot of great prizes up for grabs. Click here to signup.
Also, we’d like to hear about who you would like to see on the “String Theory” album. Who’s your favorite guitarist? Or what two guitar players would you like to see collaborate on the album? Maybe you’ve got a killer suggestion for a blues player and a a jazzer to work together on, or a great country picker to collaborate with a rock player. We’d love to hear what you think. Reply to this post with some names and let’s and get the “wish list” going 
Best Wishes,
Lee Ritenour
The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition Begins!
Hi Everyone,
The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition starts today October 1 at 12:00 AM (PST). Sign up at HERE to create your account and submit your videos so you don’t miss you chance to be featured on a CD with some incredible guitar players. We’ve been speaking with a lot of great superstar guitarists including BB King, George Benson, Steve Lukather, and John Scofield about some different combinations and musical arrangements to work on. I’ll be letting you know more about that soon. You have until February 1st, 2010 to submit your videos, but you don’t need to wait to sign up! We’re going to be posting some exclusive videos and other great content on our blog that will only be available to contestants, so sign up soon and then prepare your videos.
As always, for full details visit www.sixstringtheory.com
Best Wishes,
Lee Ritenour
SixStringTheory.com Goes Live!
Hi everyone!
We’re very excited to announce the the launch of SixStringTheory.com. It’s going to be a great adventure starting this new international guitar competition and CD project. Make sure you check out all the different areas of the site to learn about the projects and the incredible prizes that are up from grabs!
I’ve been doing a lot of touring this year in the US, Europe, and Japan and I’ve had a blast jamming with some great guitarists including BB King, George Benson, Susan Tedeshi, & George Duke at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Also, I’ve also been able to work with some great young guitarists at Berklee College of Music, The Montreux Guitar Competition, and more recently at the Yamaha clinics in Japan. I hope to see all of you enter the contest! Get those videos ready; The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition begins Oct 1, 2009! Check back often as we’ll be adding some great videos and updates as the CD production continues.
Also, Japanese guitarists be sure to check out the Japanese language page on the site.
Best Wishes,
Lee Ritenour
P.S. Click on the blog title (’sixstringtheory.com goes live!’ if you want to leave a comment or two!)