STEVE VAI Sets World Record For Largest Online Guitar Lesson
March 25, 2011, 13 years ago
Noisecreep reports:
STEVE VAI and Berkleemusic.com, the online continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, have accomplished their goal of setting the Guinness World Record for the world's largest online guitar lesson. The lesson attracted over 7,000 students who participated in a celebration of online music education and earned Vai a spot in the record books at the same time.
Guinness certified the world record after Berkleemusic.com attracted 4,455 students over the first 15 minutes to the lesson. Berkleemusic.com donated $7,000 - a dollar for each student that took part in the lesson - to the Steve Vai Online Scholarship Fund. The fund assists outstanding students in Berkleemusic.com's multi-course certificate programs.
Read the full report at this location.
Check out BW&BK; recent feature from Deb Rao, in which Vai talks about attempting to break the world record, at this location.
