The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. In its fourteenth year, with the very newest technology and gear, the Bus continues to be dedicated to providing young people with tours of the studios and participation in free songwriting and multimedia production workshops. With the assistance of three on-board engineers, students learn how to write, perform, record, and produce original songs, produce and shoot music videos and documentaries and complete a broadcast quality music video – all in one day!
The interior is divided into three separate studio environments that can be opened to create one large studio. The front studio is a cutting-edge audio and video production room. The rear studio offers pro-level recording and mixing at the highest possible resolution, as well as an iso booth for acoustic recordings, and a Chromatte (green screen) booth. Featuring the full line of Avid audio and video solutions, the studios, powered by Apple computers, utilize Gibson and Epiphone guitars, M-Audio keyboards, Roland V-Drums, Neutrik connectors, and the latest Sony HD professional cameras. Also on board is an Avid P.A. system enabling performances on the side of the Bus.
All guitars on the bus are provided by Gibson and Epiphone. Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson’s HD.6X-PRO Digital Guitar and the Gibson Robot Guitar — and the subsequent Gibson Dark Fire and Gibson Dusk Tiger guitars — represent the biggest advances in electric guitar design in over 70 years. With a storied history all its own, Epiphone joined the Gibson family of companies in 1957 and has continued to produce quality instruments to this very day.
The Lennon Bus is committed to providing students with increased access to music, audio, video, and broadcast technologies. The program works together with local partners to create free events for middle, high school, and college age students to tour the bus, and participate in the production of music, video and digital photography projects reflective of their ideas and concerns, regardless of their levels of expertise.
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by an agreement with Yoko Ono Lennon.
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Yoko Ono with Epiphone Guitar on Lennon Bus
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and Yoko Ono recently helped to celebrate the 5th anniversary of The Beatles™ LOVE™ show by Cirque De Soleil® at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The Lennon Bus was onsite for special tours and Yoko Ono signed several Epiphone guitars for select winners of the event. (Photo above)
Announcing the Winners of the Musician's Friend presents The John Lennon Songwriting Contest VIDEO CHALLENGE!
