Have you tapped out your inner Guitar Hero or Rock Band God? Then head to Music Camp!

by: Dan - posted: 2/9/2009 7:24:00 AM

 Power Chord academy, a music camp or teens, has launched two new programs designed to make your teenager a better plastic controller player. GameROCKERS and iRocker programs are design for Guitar Hero and Rock Band enthusiasts respectively. GameROCKERS is a 3-day music program that is "competitions and prizes, students play in bands, write songs, record songs, and play a final concert and Battle of the Bands!" according to the release.

If Rock band is more your thing, then maybe iROCKER, the one-day version of GameROCKERS program that also is "filled with fun, competition, Battle of the Bands, training and prizes".

Pricing and locations weren't announced in the release, but if you head over to http://www.powerchordacademy.com, you can request all kinds of info on the programs.

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***
Power Chord Academy, The Premiere Rock 'n' Roll Music Camp for Teens, Launches GameROCKERS™ and iROCKER™ – cutting edge camp programs for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero™ or Rock Band™!

LOS ANGELES, CA – February 6th, 2009
Power Chord Academy™, the nation's leading summer camp for amateur musician training, is excited to announce the addition of two new Summer programs!

GameROCKERS™ is our exclusive 3-day cutting edge game-musician program for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Loaded with competitions and prizes, students play in bands, write songs, record songs, and play a final concert and Battle of the Bands!

iROCKER™ is our 1-day version of the GameROCKERS program. Also loaded with competitions and prizes, these students get a 1-day course filled with fun, competition, Battle of the Bands, training and prizes. Move over Beethoven, here come the 21st Century Digital iROCKERS!

We're proud to be the first and only to offer such programs!

About Power Chord Academy:
Since its inception in 1999, Power Chord Academy has witnessed an exponential growth directly attributable to the intrinsic value of its acclaimed curriculum, where dedicated musicians ages 12-18 are put through the most inspirational, educational, and intensive time of their young careers.

PCA Music Program attendees experience a week of virtual rock stardom! At Power Chord Academy, music and creativity are larger than life. Students professionally record a CD single with an established producer, shoot an MTV-caliber music video with a renowned director, and perform several huge concerts for awestruck friends and family. Students also receive guidance, inspiration, technical pointers, and exclusive performances from some of today's most prominent and influential bands and industry executives. This is truly a dream experience for teen musicians.

The 2008 Summer Sessions included Mystery Guest appearances from Andrew W.K., Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Pat Sansone of Wilco, Page Hamilton of Helmet, The Agency Group, Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio, Trail of Dead,The Oohlas, The Human Abstract, The Dollyrots, Rocket, Shock Cinema, Mustard Plug, Maps and Atlases, Nurses, The Start, Gibson Guitars, Zildjian, The Eels, Semisonic, The Giraffes, Sargent House, Ian Moore, The Fray and many more!

For complete information, please visit Power Chord Academy on the web at http://www.powerchordacademy.com