New York, August 29, 2000 - There are only 8,760 hours in a year. Nevertheless, from August 1999 through August 2000, Christopher Sung managed to give over one million guitar lessons, averaging over 100 lessons per hour! In each of these lessons, Mr. Sung has explained important techniques to his students and illustrated them through the use of musical examples relevant to their playing ability and genre focus. He has shown them how to play these musical examples note for note, played the music for them faster or slower depending upon their needs, focused on the particular sections which the students needed the most help with, even switched between acoustic and electric instruments according to the student's taste. Because of the competence and care with which Mr. Sung administers his lessons, thousands of eager disciples from all over the world take lessons from Mr. Sung each day. Throughout all of these sessions, however, none of Christopher Sung's students has ever seen his face!

How is it possible for one guitar teacher to affect the lives of so many guitarists in such a short time period? Mr. Sung has been able to do this using technology that he developed for the popular guitarist website WholeNote - The On-Line Guitar Community (www.wholenote.com). In fact, at WholeNote it is possible for anyone to give other guitarists playing tips and show them how to play their favorite passages, using a point-and-click tool called the LessonEngine that automatically converts the lessons into guitar tablature with customizable audio playback. Mr. Sung is just one of almost 100 guitarists to have posted roughly 500 lessons on the site for others to learn from.

The lessons on WholeNote have far more to offer the guitarist than instructional books, because they offer audio playback which can be sped up or slowed down to meet the student's needs, as well as numerous other customizable features. In addition, if a student has difficulty he or she can e-mail the lesson author to get quick answers to any problems. Because they are so personalized, the lessons on WholeNote are much closer to a one-to-one guitar lesson than to an instruction manual. Some of the lessons on the site have been viewed over 100,000 times!

"The Internet has turned out to a be a great mechanism both for the creation and delivery of musical instruction. Using the LessonEngine technology, cyber-teachers and on-line musicians are now composing more compelling instructional material with greater ease and at a faster rate, and distributing it to a wider audience than any printed counterpart that has preceded it."

About eTonal Media, Inc.

eTonal Media, Inc. is a leading developer and operator of community, informational and educational websites for musicians. eTonal's first website was the award-winning WholeNote.com - The On-Line Guitar Community, which is joined by ActiveBass - The On-Line Bass Community. WholeNote™ and ActiveBass represent the first full-service community websites for their respective audiences, bringing together musicians of all interests and skill levels. At eTonal's websites, visitors can select from vast libraries of interactive music lessons, jam along with tracks that they design for their own practice purposes, review extensive databases of information on musical equipment and publications, and share their knowledge and ideas on all related topics. eTonal's unique technology enables musicians to communicate with each other musically as well as verbally, by showing each other how to play their favorite pieces and licks. No other website can match this capability. Further details can be obtained at the websites www.wholenote.com and www.activebass.com.

eTonal Media, Inc. is based in New York City.

"WholeNote" is a trademark of eTonal Media, Inc.

For further information please contact:

Jim Burger
eTonal Media, Inc.
biz@etonal.com