Trendsetter is excited to be working with Loog Guitars, a line of 3-string guitars designed to make it fun and easy for anyone (especially kids!) to learn and play music accompanied by flashcards and an app that gets kids playing songs on day one on!
Trendsetter is working with Loog Guitars on their latest weekly event, #LoogFest, an online festival for kids and families. Completely free and family-friendly, rock out right in your own home with quality, educational and entertaining content. With concerts, classes, science projects, cartoons, interviews, and simply random interesting stuff, Loog Fest will broadcast live from Loog Guitars’ Instagram account every week featuring an incredible lineup. From designers, musicians, teachers, and guitar lovers to a Rolling Stone, Miles Davis bass player (hint: they are the same guy), get ready to become a future rockstar!
If you’re ready for a new reason to love the weekends… Loog Guitars has got you covered! Offering a platform for artists to work during these crazy times and bringing some fun for families to have at home.
Loog Fest Lineup:
- Darryl Jones: a friendly chat with the bass player of the Rolling Stones and former bass player of Miles Davis (and Sting, and Madonna, and…) on music, instruments, education and touring the world.
- Chris Ballew(Caspar Babypants, POTUSA): A concert and a live Q&A with 3-string pioneer and multi-talented artist.
- Daniel Donato: cosmic country guitar heaven, by one of Nashville’ best new guitar players.
- Lucky Díaz: Our favorite kindie artist with a gig that’s just for kids (ok, maybe parents can watch as well)
- Josh Scott: The founder of JHS Pedals will delight us in a session of all things… well, pedals.
- Rebecca Feynberg: A session on electronic music production for kids, by STEAM Specialist on
- Melissa Salguero: Winner of the 2018 GRAMMY Music Educator Award and GLOBAL Teacher Prize finalist Melissa Salguero
- Dave Sharp: Kid Product Designer Dave Sharp, showing us some fun experiments exploring the science of music
- Nico Bereciartúa: Slide-master Nico Bereciartúa giving new meaning to weekend blues
- Kim Tomsic, author of “Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World”, one of the best guitar books for kids, IMHO
- Jake Johnson: A handy class on how to record music on your iPad.
- Emily Zimmer: Our fave Loog-certified teacher with an open class to get you playing songs on your Loog.
- Richard Upchurch: from Brand New Noise, who create the coolest lo-fi instruments ever.
- Fabi Reyna: guitarist and founder of SheShreds Magazine, a game-changer for all female guitarists ever.
- Others include: Paul Frank and Juan Wauters, singer-songwriter & guitarist.
About Loog Guitars Loog Guitars is driven by a passion for music and sustainable design. Sourcing wood only from responsibly managed forests and are committed to quality and safety standards that meet or exceed government regulations. The small and innovative 3-string guitar makes it fun and easy for kids to play music.
Playing songs on a traditional guitar can be a daunting task for beginners. Loog Guitar not only makes it easy, but fun with their 3-string neck reducing chords to the basic triad –– just three notes! Making the whole learning process easier, faster and more rewarding, Loog Guitars still allows you to play any song allowing small kids to form chords on Loog’s slim neck.With regular guitar strings and standard guitar tuning, all you learn on a Loog applies on a 6-string guitar as well. Bundled with flashcards and an educational app structured as a game which little monsters help kids play songs and form chords on day one. Combing new and old with interactive, AR-capable app- with games, avatars and instructional videos, kids can play music from The Beatles to The Rolling Stones, and Taylor Swift allowing them to keep learning, playing, and acquiring skills that will stay with them forever.
for more information, check out www.loogguitars.com