Second Annual US Air Guitar Finals at the Key Club Thursday, June 17, 2004

West Hollywood, CA June 5, 2004--This year's competition builds on the excitement of last year – when Brooklyn native David "C. Diddy" Jung captured the US title and went on to compete for and win the world title as the first-ever US entrant in the World Air Guitar Championships. "We set the bar high last year by taking the world title in the first year of US competition," said producer Jane Lipsitz. "But it's really not so surprising when you consider that the United States is the true home of guitar rock." Fellow producer Cedric Devitt added, "Now that the competition is in its second year there are some serious contenders coming out to challenge C. Diddy's title. We expect the competition to be fierce and the talent to be world-class"

Last year's first annual US Air Guitar Championships in New York and Los Angeles drew sell-out crowds and enormous TV, radio and print coverage including CNN, Newsweek, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, Fox News, Howard Stern, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, ESPN, NPR, the BBC and many more.

In addition, for the second year, the events will be recorded for the official US Air Guitar documentary project. The documentary is being produced by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves Inc., executive producers of HBO's "Project Greenlight" and NBC's "Last Comic Standing".

Contestants perform for one minute to a song of their choice and are judged on a combination of technical prowess, stage presence and "airness". "What we mean by that," said Devitt, "is really that elusive quality of transcending the imitation of an art form – ie playing guitar - and creating a new art form – air guitar."

The 2004 US Air Guitar Champion will move on to the Air Guitar World Championships, held every August in Northern Finland. Currently in its eighth year, the Air Guitar World Championships brings together the best air guitarists in the world for a fierce battle of national pride and rock and roll style. Currently, there are official national championships in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland and France, with more countries participating every year.

This year's competition promises to be even more intense. Can the USA pull off the first back-to-back victory since the UK's Zac Monro claimed the crown twice in a row? Will the next US champ beat C-Diddy in Finland?

The winner of each regional competition will receive a free trip (airfare and two nights lodging) to the US Finals, where he or she will compete against the other regional champions for the right to defend America's honor on the world stage.

The winner of the US Air Guitar Championships receives a free trip (airfare and four nights lodging) to the Air Guitar World Championships, held in Oulu, Finland in late August.

For more information:
Go to www.airguitarusa.com
Email: contact@airguitarusa.com





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