Guitar World Lick of the Day Celebrates 500,000 Downloads!

March 21st, 2011 by John Liu

Guitar World Lick of the DayWe’re really excited to announce along with our partners at Guitar World, the world’s best selling guitar magazine, that Guitar World Lick of the Day for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch passed 500,000 downloads less than three months after its launch! We hope you’ll celebrate with us by downloading the latest release of Lick of the Day from the App Store and taking advantage of over 50% discounts on in-app subscriptions for a limited time.

Lick of the Day on iPadGuitar World Lick of the Day provides guitar players of all levels with a fun and engaging way to improve their guitar skills across a wide range of styles: rock, metal, blues, country, jazz, and more. Lick of the Day can be downloaded for free to evaluate its instructional content and features. To receive a new and challenging lick every day, subscriptions can be easily purchased within the app.

Guitar World Lick of the Day offers a one-of-a-kind feature set that includes:
  • high quality videos of Guitar World’s award-winning instructors and amazing guitar celebrities such as Joe Satriani, Zakk Wylde, and Gus G demonstrating licks.
  • scrolling tab and standard music notation for each lick.
  • practice mode settings that control music notation tempo, looping, audio synthesis, a metronome and more.
  • a visual fretboard that shows finger positions synchronized with the scrolling music notation.
The new release of Guitar World Lick of the Day introduces several new features, including sponsored licks that provide Lick of the Day users with a way to enjoy additional high quality licks for free.  Sponsored licks begin with a short video message about the sponsor’s product and include all the features that make Lick of the Day a groundbreaking guitar instruction app.  Other new features include AirPlay support on iOS 4.3 devices, full support for landscape orientation on the iPhone and iPod touch, synchronization of favorite licks across subscribers’ devices, and the option to receive notifications when new licks are available.

We hope you’ll celebrate with us by downloading the latest release of Lick of the Day and taking advantage of the special discounts on in-app subscriptions. After celebrating just a bit, we’ll be getting back to the next release that we’re already hard at work on!