PowerOn Roland Users Group Magazine for iPad
We?re excited to announce the launch of PowerOn Roland Users Group Magazine, our new digital magazine for the iPad. Available from Apple?s App Store, this fun, interactive tablet-zine features the latest Roland news, artist interviews, gear how-tos, product spotlights, and more. Best of all, it?s free?subscribe and download the premiere issue right now!
Breaking News from NAMM 2012
The annual NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, is always exciting. We?ll remember this one as the dawn of a new V-Guitar era with the debut of the G-5 VG Stratocaster® from Roland and Fender®, and the GK-Ready Stratocaster®. Guitarists will love the great-sounding GT-100 and the TU-10 clip-on tuner. For drummers, we?ve brought our killer SuperNATURAL® technology to the V-Drums® V-Pro® TD-30KV and TD-30K kits, and released the HD-3 V-Drums Lite, as well as DT-1 V-Drums Tutor software for PC and Mac. We?ve got gorgeous home pianos, the AT-900 Atelier organ, and the PK-6 Dynamic MIDI Pedal. And don?t miss the new CUBE? monitors, the FR-1x and FR-1Xb V-Accordions®, or the awesome BK-5 Backing Keyboard.
Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Roland is excited to announce our new partnership with StyleFlip, the leading source of custom skins for musical instruments. These high-quality covers help protect your gear without getting in the way, and they look so good. You can purchase designs from StyleFlip or even create your own skin using the new online Roland StyleFlip designer.
When We Go Nuts, You Win
Apparently, we?ve lost our minds again with the new Big BOSS Giveaway Facebook event. Just fill in a form and you get the chance to win an autographed BOSS pedal from a bonafide BOSS guitar hero, plus a shot at $1000 in BOSS gear. Easy-peasy. We?re giving away a pedal every two weeks to the end of the year, so enter now!
Roland AX Keytars: Artist Portal
Be sure to check out our new Pros Rock the AX page, where you can get exciting info about top touring artists who use Roland?s AX-Synth® and Lucina® AX-09 keytars. You?ll find videos, bios, artist web links, and much more?check back often, because we?re adding new content regularly.
Amazing Loop Artists at the BOSS Loop Station U.S. Finals
BOSS recently completed the U.S. Finals for the Loop Station World Championship 2, where six top loop artists gave some outstanding performances while competing for gear and a spot at the international finals in 2012. Visit our contest landing page and check out highlight footage, performances, pix, and more. You can even watch an archive of the entire show, courtesy of Guitar TV!
Z3TA+ 2 Presets Attack!!!
If you?re one of those smart people who own Cakewalk?s awesome Z3TA+ 2 waveshaping synth plug-in, you?ll want to enter Attack of the Presets, a new contest in which you get to show off your mad Z3TA+ 2 programming skills. Submit your best original preset along with an MP3 recording that shows it off for a chance to win a Roland GAIA® SH-01 Synth or Z3TA+ 2 Expansion Pack.
Brian Culbertson Collaboration Contest
Download the studio stems for ?It?s Time,? and create something amazing! Got some funk? Bring it! Got some jazz? Bring that too. Bring what you?ve got, and mix it up with Brian Culbertson. Brian has posted the original studio tracks to ?It?s Time? from his twelfth CD, aptly titled ?XII.?
Owl Things Bright and Beautiful
To help celebrate the release of Owl City?s new CD, All Things Bright and Beautiful, we?re giving away one copy of the CD along with an Owl City hoodie each week for the next three weeks. We?ll ask a question each Friday at noon based on the Roland INSIDER Owl City interview. Answer the question correctly, and your name will be entered in a drawing. We?ll announce each week?s winner the following Thursday at noon. Good luck!
It?s all About Your Connections
It?s fall, time for the annual CONNECT party, and we?ve got some very cool new products you?ll want to meet. Start with the SPD-SX Sampling Pad that brings together percussion and sampling in such a brilliant way you?ll wonder why it?s never been done before. The new RC-300 is an mind-boggling triple stereo mega-looper. We?ve got a new personal drum monitor, rosewood-look acoustic guitar amps, and new guitar pedals. For amazingly real recording, check out the R-26 portable recorder. And our new desktop/iPad audio processing software, R-MIX, introduces brand-new V-Mastering technology alongside our acclaimed VariPhrase tools. OK, go CONNECT.
GR-55 Guitar Synth: Artist Patches, Sound Demos, and More!
Check out our all-new microsite for the amazing GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer, where you can grab free downloads of patches created by pro GR-55 users, plus explore sound demos, videos, interviews, and lots more. Bassist Gary Willis (Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth) is our first featured artist, and you can not only download his great patches to use in your own GR-55, but you can watch him play ?em as well!
At the Intersection of Dreams and Reality
Roland?s new JUPITER-80 is an absolutely awesome synthesizer, and that?s why we?re doing everything we can to get you as excited about it as we are. We?ve got a JUPITER-80 microsite we?re packing with more and more sounds and videos, including tutorials featuring our own Scott Tibbs. Grab something to eat or drink and plan to stay a while. This is something special.
Chat Live with Guitar Great Skunk Baxter on Facebook!
Attention BOSS U.S. fans on Facebook: don?t miss the opportunity to chat live with Jeff ?Skunk? Baxter, session guitarist extraordinaire and past member of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers. He?ll be available on the BOSS U.S. Facebook page on Wednesday, July 27 starting at 12 p.m. PST, ready to answer your questions as they come. Check in on the morning of the chat for full details on how to participate.
No-Interest Financing on All Roland and BOSS Products
Roland has teamed up with GE Money to create a very special offer for our customers. Now through December 31, 2011, qualified buyers will receive interest-free financing when purchasing Roland and BOSS products (if paid in full within 12 months). With this great opportunity, the time is right to pick up that Roland and BOSS gear you?ve had your eye on, or get the perfect gift for your favorite music maker.
BOSS Loop Station World Championship 2
WANTED: The World?s Best BOSS Looper! Show us your best BOSS loop and earn a chance to perform at the international championship at Musikmesse 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Roland V-Drums Contest ? 2011 National Championship
Don?t miss your chance to make history! Compete for valuable prizes and a chance to represent the U.S. in the 2012 V-Drums World Championship.
Girl Scouts Rock! Powered by Roland
Roland U.S. and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have joined forces to create Girl Scouts Rock! Powered by Roland, a series of interactive events designed to inspire and empower girls through music. The first was held on March 19, 2011, at The Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown L.A., with over 100 enthusiastic Girl Scout Cadettes and Juniors and their parents attending throughout the day. On hand to offer their support were Charlotte Caffey of the pioneering all-female band the Go-Go?s and rising young Disney star Shelby Spalione.
Fresh as Spring
The Spring 2011 Musikmesse show in Frankfurt, Germany, saw the arrival of some great new Roland and BOSS products. The show?s highlight was undoubtedly the premiere of our stunning JUPITER-80, blazing a path to the future of synthesis. We unveiled the lightweight FP-4F Digital Piano and C-200 Classic Organ, as well as the beautiful dark-oak cabinetry of the C-330DA Classic Organ. The BOSS MICRO BR BR-80 is a portable, potent, and perfect little multitracker for recording on the go. And speaking of mobility, check out the BA-55 battery-powered amp and the QUAD-CAPTURE USB 2.0 audio interface that brings your life?s music to your laptop.
V-Drums® Friend Jam ? A Social Tool for Drummers
A new and exciting way to practice V-Drums is here! Interact with other V-Drummers around the world while improving your drumming skills with fun, play-along songs. V-Drums Friend Jam is the social networking tool for V-Drums you?ve been waiting for! Available as a free download for both PC and Mac.
Steady Yourself ? New Products at NAMM 2011
We?ve got great new Roland and BOSS products at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Maybe the most jaw-dropping is the GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer, which melds synthesis and COSM® guitar modeling into something mind-blowingly new. How about the powerful RC-30 and RC-3 loopers, and our CUBE-XL BASS amps? We?ve continued to refine our acclaimed V-Drums®, and added mesh heads and a hot new kick pedal to our mid-line kits. The affordable SuperNATURAL® RD-300NX Digital Piano is perfect for working pianists, and the V-Piano® Grand is just plain awesome. Check out the ?greatest hits? mix of features in the new ATELIER® Combo organ. And?yup?there?s more.
Exclusive V-Drums® Lessons with Gregg Bissonette
To commemorate the 50th episode of V-Drums® Lessons, we are excited to bring you an exclusive series of lessons with world-renowned drum set artist Gregg Bissonette. A true master of drumming styles, Gregg augments each episode with the stories behind each style, making each lesson informative and extremely entertaining.
BOSS Tone Radio 25 Now Online
We?ve just released the latest BOSS Tone Radio podcast, the milestone 25th edition of our popular podcast series that features discussions with the top guitarists in music today. This time around, host Paul Hanson talks with Nick Nolan, guitar shredder extraordinaire and music composer for the Emmy®-winning Curious George cartoon series.
The Nation?s Top Drummer Revealed
The search is over?after three exciting months of auditions, competitions, and anticipation, ?Go-Go Ray? Pollard from Kansas City, Missouri, was awarded the grand prize at the 2010 Roland U.S. V-Drums® Contest Finals.
Win a BOSS Pedal Signed by Lincoln Brewster
If you?re a fan of gospel artist Lincoln Brewster, BOSS has got a contest you?ll really want to know about. We?re giving away a BOSS CE-5 Chorus Ensemble Compact Pedal and a copy of his Real Life CD, both personally signed by Lincoln. There?s nothing to buy. Just fill out a form for a chance to win!
Roland Supports Powerful Voices
At Roland, we?re all about creating exciting new instruments, but there?s no instrument more thrilling, profound, or moving than the human voice. Roland is proud to be the sole musical instrument sponsor of the Most Powerful Voices gospel music contest, awarding the winning choir and artist with $5,000 worth of inspiring keyboard and recording gear. The contest is presented by GMC (formerly Gospel Music Channel) and the American Heart Association?s ?Power to End Stroke? Campaign.
