Musicians love to receive a new musical instrument for many reasons. One is just the joy that anyone feels to get something new. But that feeling fades fast. What lasts is the learning and experimenting that can go on for months, taking the musician out of their comfort zone (or worse, their rehearsal rut) and allowing a new platform for their self-expression. This contest might be the perfect elixir for three musicians in Canada since we are giving away one Kramer guitar and two Yamaha keyboards.
Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar delivers the fat-strat sound you love
You know you want this guitar. I know I do. It brings me back to the great hair bands of the eighties. The Best Buy Blog review by Nikolai should be your first stop to learn more about this instrument. He discussed why the Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar is a fun instrument to play and demonstrated it’s tone and range with a selection of songs (including one Van Halen piece).
Yamaha keyboards expand musical abilities of any level of player
Learning new songs has never been more fun than it is on one of the two Yamaha keyboards we are giving away in this contest. Again, to learn more about the PSR-E273 or the PSR-E373, you should read the reviews by Nikolai Olekhnovitch. He discussed many of the features of these two instruments and demonstrated how Yamaha makes learning fun and easy. These two keyboards are incredibly versatile and offer something for every keyboard player, from beginner to experienced.
Imagine playing a new instrument right now
Some people say musical ability comes mostly from practice; others say it’s from talent. Both are likely involved, but to get the most enjoyment, I believe you need to exercise your musical imagination. I love the lyric, “Picture yourself in a boat on a river,” because it’s a great example of the marriage of imagination and music. I challenge you to picture yourself with a Yamaha or Kramer, learning to play Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds or some other song you’ve heard a million times and want to be able to reproduce on your own. Then enter this contest for your chance to win a great instrument from Best Buy.
How to enter
Entering this contest is easy, but you can only enter once. First, picture yourself sitting in a quiet room in your home with a new guitar or keyboard from Best Buy, and then tell us in a comment below what song you are going to learn first and why you chose that song.
What you can win
At the end of this contest we will randomly select three winners from all eligible comments on the blog. One person will win the black Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar that Nikolai reviewed, one will win the Yamaha PSR-E373 that Nikolai reviewed, and one person will win the Yamaha PSR-E273 that Nikolai reviewed.
This contest runs from July 29th to August 15th.
Remember, you can only enter once by leaving a comment beneath this article. However, there are many people in your life who would be inspired after winning one of these instruments, so share this contest and give them a chance to win too.
Win a Kramer guitar or Yamaha keyboard Contest Rules and Regulations
Good Luck
My first choice would be Moonlight Sonata (on keyboard).
I would learn Smoke on the Water because it seems like a good beginner song
If I were to win a guitar or keyboard from Best Buy, the first song I’d try to learn is Africa, by Toto. It lifts all moods!
i’d love to give as a gift to brother for bday.
I would love to have the grand kids learn to play the guitar like Santana.
I’d probably go with something simple like happy birthday because it would be the easiest and it would please my tiny humans. Eventually, I’d learn something like concierto de aranjuez because classical music is so pleasant and soothing. I could definitely get lost in playing a song like that.
Bridge Over Troubled Water, because it’s my favourite song and I love to sing it.
I would love to play some Rolling Stones songs, starting with Jumpin’ Jack Flash first.
“Little Wing” – Hendrix. That’s about all I can say.
I would love to learn Let it Be by The Beatles because it’s my go to when I feel down.
The Eagles – “Take It Easy” because that is what I want to do in retirement.
I would not learn any song. I would want to win the keyboard for my wife to replace her old one. She is a nurse and sing-songwriter Tuzee. She would possibly play her song Incredible that is coming out soon.
I would learn “Breathe” by Alexi Murdoch
I would like to learn how to play ‘Another Love’ by Tom Odell as I have listened to that song over 100 times just to listen to the beautiful melody played by the piano. It makes me want to learn how to play the instrument as soon as possible!
I would like to learn how to play ‘another love’ by Tom Odell as I have listened to that song over 100 times just to listen to the beautiful melody played by the piano.
The song I would learn first would be Stairway to Heaven
We were just in Nashville and I Have Friends in Low Places is in my brain.
I would love to play Achy Breaky Heart by Miley Cyrus. I liked it when I was younger and think it would be easy enough for me to learn in a short period of time and yet be fun .
Favourite Crime by Olivia Rodrigo … it’s just the way she sings about the bridge … it just hits a cord with my daughter and me and I’d love to surprise here by playing it.
The Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar. AC/DC back in black to remind me of the awesome time I had at the SARS concertin Toronto
Definitely More than a Feeling by Boston!
I would learn to play my wedding song so I could surprise my husband on our anniversary and play the song for him!
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright, by Bob Dylan.
I would love to win the Kramer guitar & would learn to play Apache. It would be a dream come true !
I’ve given up piano for years and am looking to get back into it. that yamaha would be a great fit! I will be learning some rolling stones since they were the last concert I saw before the pandemic!
I would learn Candle in the wind because it is a classic that would be great to play.
Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and it would be nice to learn and play Tears in Heaven.
I’d definitely go for “Candle In The Wind” by Elton John as it’s a favourite of mine!
My first choice for a song to learn would be “Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison.
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin because it is legendary. Ballad to Rock all in one. How can that be beat!?
I would learn Wonderwall by Oasis because I love that song.
I would like to learn Bohemian Rhapsody first as I know it would take ages to learn and drive my family crazy hearing it over and over again before I could actually play it very well.
I’d learn a classic Van Halen tune, Panama
Wow, I would learn to play Led Zeppelins Stairway to heaven. I love old rock songs.
Anything Beatles
Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
I would love to learn The Reason by Hoobastank. such an awesome song
I want to learn We’ve Only Just Begun by the Carpenters because it was the song that was sung at my wedding.
I would want to learn how to play one ok rock music because i’ve always loved their music.
ill have to start with “row row row your boat”
I would learn to play “Yesterday” by the Beatles because It is one of my favorite tunes
I would love to learn to play Angel by Sarah McLachlan.
joni’s river
At the age of 62, taking up the guitar – again. Took lessons at the Happy Time School of Music when I as 12. Didn’t last long. Had an acoustic but wanted an electric! First song I learn would be Ventura Highway – I like the song and would be easy to learn.
Dancing Queen as it is a fun song to play
The song I want to learn is Taciturn by Stone Sour. It is about two people separated by the sea. Thanks to covid I have not been able to meet my girlfriend as she lives in Moscow, Russia but wants to move here to London, Ontario, Canada. It’s been almost two years and could be almost another year before we can be together.
Toxic
Linkin Park songs
Numb by Linkin Park. That’s my favorite song
My first choice for a song to learn would definitely be Toxic by Britney Spears. Have to start ambitiously so that any progress feels like a great achievement!
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