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The Motley Fool
April 28, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Jamming With Guitar Center The earnings report demonstrated yesterday by musical instrument retailer Guitar Center was a hit.   |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Is Guitar Center Still on the Charts? Guitar Center has a great year, but will the growth continue? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Guitar Center Tunes Up Is the musical instrument chain a smart long-term investment? You should definitely perform your own due diligence before buying. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Growth Fading at Guitar Center? An unbroken string of growing sales still sounds sour to bearish investors. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
7 Great Guitar Hero and Rock Band Hacks, With Video Turn your toy guitar into a real instrument... Play with a real guitar... Double bass drumming... Rock out on an old-school controller... Drum on a real kit... Dominate the game -- by cheating... Record an original work on a PC... |
Popular Mechanics
July 17, 2008
Erin Scottberg |
Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour & Rock Revolution: Hands-on @ E3 2008 (with Video!) Three new full-band gaming titles have been unveiled: the much anticipated Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, plus newcomer Rock Revolution. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2005
Will Ashworth |
Guitar Center Makes Beautiful Music Guitar Center helps musicians of all capabilities to become better ones, while producing a handsome profit. As for its current stock price, it's valued similarly to its peers. Return on equity is 20%, compared with 14% for the industry as a whole. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Learns to Reed The music superstore finally claims an ailing woodwind retailer. |
Inc.
October 1, 2009
April Joyner |
Elevator Pitch: Guitar Affair Guitar Affair is like Netflix for high-end guitar rentals. Now it wants to raise $150,000 from investors |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Smashing Plastic Guitars The guitar games keep coming, but consumers don't seem to care anymore. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Learn to Play Slide Guitar The music-gear retailer is drowning out better-than-expected fourth-quarter results with uninspiring guidance for 2007. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Markos Kaminis |
The Blues at Guitar Center With heightened concern about funding for the deal, where does Guitar Center stand with its suitor? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Can Guitar Gaming Rise Again? The guitar game genre is on life support, but Viacom is reaching for the defibrillator. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Activision Is Music to My Ears Air guitar is dead. All hail the plastic guitar, and the profit it brings! |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
For Those About to Rock It's a battle of the brands when it comes to band simulation games. Harmonix developed both Viacom's new Rock Band game and Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Real Guitar? Toy Guitar? Same Difference The gap between video game guitars and the real thing is closing fast, with more realistic gear finding its way into the hot selling Guitar Hero games, and actual guitars moving into cyberspace. |
AskMen.com
September 19, 2001
Justin Becker |
How To: Play The Guitar With the right amount of guidance, practice and motivation, playing the guitar can be simple. Just add it to one of your many talents, and use it to your advantage... |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Meet the Real Guitar Hero The music gear retailer's stock is trading 7% higher after blowing past analyst estimates. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
September 8, 2009
Seth Porges |
Rock Band's Beatles Take on Guitar Hero 5's Eclectic World Another year, another dueling release from the Rock Band and Guitar Hero franchises. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center's Hammering Solo News of a sluggish finale to 2006 hits a bad note with investors. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What I Like About You, Activision The video game company boosts its expectations for the current quarter and fiscal 2008; its Guitar Hero franchise continues to be a megahit. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Is Well-Tuned The musical gear specialist wrapped up the year with $1.5 billion in sales, a 19% improvement over the previous year. The stock has risen by better than 50% over the past year, and the pieces are in place for 2005 to be another solid year. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Guitar Center Rocks On The musical gear retailer is really learning to carry a tune. |
Wired
September 14, 2007
Chris Kohler |
Full-On Rock Band Makes Jamming Follow-Up to Guitar Hero Rock Band, the new video game by Harmonix, allows you to play in your own band without the instruments. |
CRM
January 2012
Marshall Lager |
Music Lessons Businesses can benefit from adding game elements. A training schema built around how a new process will put more money in your paycheck is going to win every time over a nuts-and-bolts curriculum. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Coda at Guitar Center Guitar Center is kicking off a farewell tour this morning, announcing that it will be acquired by Bain Capital in a $2.1 billion deal. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Will Rock Band Shut Off Guitar Hero's Mic? Can EA successfully compete against Activision's rockin' franchise? Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Seth Porges |
Rock Band 2 May Be the Best Party Game Ever: Hands-on Review Rock Band 2 does not repeat Rock Band's quantum leap in game-play design and technical innovation, but it does expand on and improve the original game enough to supplant it as the most fun party game of the year. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2004 |
Music 101 As the music industry relies more on computers, software-based music education continues to mature along with it. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Activision Goes "Crazy" Over Aerosmith Video game designer Activision announces another installment of its ultra-popular Guitar Hero franchise, built around the material and career of rock legends Aerosmith. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Activision Rocking Wireless Guitar Hero groupies, get ready: A third entry in the musical franchise is on the way, and it will have a wireless controller! Investors, make no mistake about it -- this is an extremely important asset for Activision. |
AskMen.com
March 20, 2002
Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Classic Rock Live Acts 10 live Classic Rock artists and bands that shook the foundation each and every time they took the stage... |
InternetNews
March 24, 2008 |
Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero And Rock Band Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom's MTV Networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular Rock Band video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, Guitar Hero. |
PC Magazine
February 16, 2007
James Mendelson |
Guitar Pro 5 The top tablature editing software gets even better. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2006 |
Guitar Center Making Noise: Fool by Numbers The music gear retailer released third-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights... |
AskMen.com
Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part I Steps to help you land your own record deal and become a recording artist. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
Bill Machrone |
A Notion and a Black Box Notion music scoring and composition software doesn't satisfy some of the basic needs of its users, but M-Audio Black Box offers a great interface for guitar and voice recording. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
While My Guitar Center Gently Weeps Guitar Center has a sluggish quarter, but it's not necessarily singing the blues. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
December 6, 2007 |
Gibson's Robot Guitar Tunes Itself, Makes Concerts Longer Using microprocessors and motors to automatically tune the strings in seconds, the Gibson Robot Guitar puts an end to manual peg-twisting. |
Inc.
October 2008
Don Steinberg |
Just Play As the makers of the games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band settle into their success - check that, their utter domination of the world's basements and dorm rooms - it's worth asking why the first hit was so painfully long in coming. It seems they had forgotten something: fun. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Steven Wishnia |
Home Music Studio Home recording has leapt to another level with the Tascam DP-01FX, an eight-track hard drive recorder for home musicians that costs less than a decent electric guitar. |
The Family Room
December 2000
Gary Foreman |
Looking For Mozart (Not) I had one of those moments yesterday where I wished, 'why can't I just have ordinary children. Both of my children are considered to be 'gifted'. I loathe the word, and saying it always makes it sound like you are bragging. I am not bragging, I consider it to be a liability! |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Guitar Hero: More Than a Video Game The music industry, and artists, see rock 'n' roll sensation Guitar Hero as a powerful promotional tool. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You Call This a Rebound, Gamers? The video game industry's flat September is a problem. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2011
Anders Bylund |
It's the End of "Guitar Hero" As We Know It Guitar Hero is dead, but Activision goes right on making money. |
Macworld
December 23, 2005
Jim Dalrymple |
Guitar Rig 2 Digital guitar studio shines with new amps and effects. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Anders Bylund |
It's On! It's On! It's On! Activision Blizzard and Viacom are staring each other down across the music-game playground. |
