DAISY ROCK GIRL GUITARS FOUNDER

TISH CIRAVOLO  GOES ONLINE

WITH MODERN GUITARS MAGAZINE MONTHLY COLUMN

LOS ANGELES, CA _ (May 5th, 2005) It is announced today that innovative female guitar pioneer Tish Ciravolo will pen a monthly column for Modern Guitars Magazine entitled ” Women Rock! ”

“What a privilege and an honor to be asked by Modern Guitars Magazine to contribute to such a wonderful guitar site and open up a forum where female musicians can share their stories, their dreams and hopefully, help each other out.  Again, thank you to Tom Watson and his crew!”  Said Tish Ciravolo when asked about her new column.

Modern Guitars Magazine ( www.modernguitars.com ) is an online publication presenting up-to-the-minute news and information from around the world about the guitar industry and a wide variety of guitar-related topics with an eye to all genres of music. Since its launch in November, 2004, the online publication has reached readers from literally every country on the globe with Internet access and has become one of the most frequently visited guitar information sites on the Internet according to Alexa web traffic data with several thousand unique readers per day.

Tom Watson, co-founder and news editor of Modern Guitars Magazine, had this to say about Tish Ciravolo’s new column: “We are excited to have the innovative Tish Ciravolo write a column for Modern Guitars to give our readership some perspective from the female guitarist point of view.  She is a perfect addition to our magazine due to the fact she has been a real-life working musician, an author, an industry board member and a musical equipment executive. We believe both sexes will be delighted by her insight!”

Tish Ciravolo is President of Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, author of Alfred Publishing’s successful Girl’s Guitar Method’s l and ll , and Girl’s Bass Method series and is a 2005 board member of The Guitar and Accessories Marketing Association (GAMA). She also is the bass player in “sASSafrASS” that she describes as “the coolest new punk band in the world!”

Tish Ciravolo’s debut online column for Modern Guitars Magazine will touch on her lifelong passion to level the playing field for dedicated female guitarists and bass players of all ages and the inspiration she receives from girls all over the world!

Tish Ciravolo’s debut column, “Women Rock!” can be found on the Modern Guitars Magazine website at: www.modernguitars.com/ciravolo/