Gigajam and MIA launch subscription-based online schools for music retailers

The UK’s leading e-learning music tuition producer Gigajam and the MIA (Music Industries Association) are offering retailers a new tuition opportunity.

This unique offer provides retailers with a free own-branded online music school. Retail stores’ existing customers, as well as new in-store and online visitors, can subscribe to the online music school for just £3 a month. Gigajam will reward MIA members with 33 percent of the net revenue (20 per cent for non-members). The service is designed to enhance retailers’ web presence and generate revenue, and all at no cost to the retailer.

CEO of the MIA Paul McManus explained: “The Gigajam Partner scheme affords our members the opportunity to offer tuition where perhaps it has not been possible. For stores with an existing in-store tuition programme, it provides online support, as well as expanding the reach of their tuition to customers online.”

Gigajam is well respected within UK education and is Yamaha’s e-learning partner for schools. The organisation currently has over 1,000 schools as clients and provides access to lessons and software in over 100 local authorities. For more information about becoming a Gigajam Partner, together with a simple online application, please visit http://musicschools.gigajam.net/

Gigajam Partner Scheme for Music Services and Schools

Gigajam's Music Service and Music Education Providers Partner scheme is now live; specially created to support affordable music tuition and add new revenue streams for public bodies facing funding cuts.

The full offer is here: http://freemusicschool.gigajam.net

Brian

Brian Greene
Managing Director
Gigajam
http://freemusicschool.gigajam.net

Gigajam to present at Kent Music Inset Day

Gigajam Presentation Overview - Kent Music Inset

Brian Greene is the Managing Director of Gigajam and founded Gigajam with the mission to provide greater access to popular music learning through the use of technology.

Prior to Gigajam, Brian was a professional freelance drummer, performing with artists such as; Cliff Richard, George Benson and The Drifters, as well as being a Lecturer and Head of Academic Drum Studies for Thames Valley University. Brian designed part of the course and wrote modules for the degree course in popular music performance.

Brian will be demonstrating Gigajam VLE - Online Music School, where all pupils can learn to play guitar, bass, keyboard and drums, as well as create bands, in school and at home.

The first part of the workshop will cover how the Music School works and how schools and students can access and interact with the lessons, software and resources. Videos of Gigajam in action will be presented to demonstrate the wide and varied use being made in schools across the UK.

The second part will be a hands on demonstration of the latest version of Gigajam, which includes an e-Portfolio that automatically scores and stores students’ performances, as well as produce certificates on the completion of lessons. Teachers are able to view and comment on students’ progress and use the portfolio as central to an assessment for learning engine that provides continual, formative and, summative assessment.

Gigajam is now being used to support Arts Award programmes.

Please feel free to visit http://gigajamvle.com to try for yourself and http://schools.gigajam.com for more information.

Email brian.greene@gigajam.com Tel 0800 055 6797/07976 208859

Gigajam Partner Scheme makes a great start

We launched our Gigajam partner scheme to retail stores in early August and we now have over 30 retail stores with their own online music schools.

We are looking to get to a figure of 100 stores by the end of the year so we have made a terrific start. I am keen that anybody who wants to learn music can go to their local trusted music retailer and either study in house with their local teachers and/or be able to study online in their own time, at their own pace and convenience.

More information on Gigajam's Business to Business Partnership scheme can be found here: http://musicschools.gigajam.net .

We will be targeting Music Services who wish to have an online provision to support the choice of offer for parents and students. There is a dedicated site for education providers at http://freemusicschool.gigajam.net

Brian

Brian Greene
Managing Director
Gigajam

www.gigajam.com

New Gigajam Stockist - Westmount Music

Paul Coombes is opening his first bricks and mortar music store and Saturday and will be stocking Gigajam CDROMs, Books and of course his own online music school http://westmountmusic.gigajam.net

You can find Westmount Music at

Unit 4 Brucewood Parade
Marlow Bottom
Bucks
SL7 3PE

You can also find them online at http://www.westmount-music.co.uk

All the best wishes to Paul and his team from all at Gigajam.

Brian

Brian Greene
Managing Director
Gigajam

www.gigajam.com