PRS Guitars announces record high with fifth annual pulse artist roster
03-10-2024
(STEVENSVILLE, Md.) October 1, 2024 – PRS Guitars today announced its largest roster in the five-year history of the PRS Pulse Artist program. Nearly 20% bigger than any previous year, the class of 2025 comprises 137 artists from 27 countries including the USA, reflecting the program’s global scope and range of playing styles. The 2025 PRS Pulse Artists, like their predecessors, are making waves in local music scenes throughout the world and in the online guitar community. Additionally, four artists from the class of 2024 will be graduating to Official Artist status, an increased level of support, effective October 15, 2024: Leoni Jane Kennedy (United Kingdom), Pannasit Sukahotu (Thailand), Tomo-Zo (Japan), and Dimitri Peters (United States).
“The global music scene is teeming with remarkable talent deserving widespread recognition,” said PRS Guitars Director of Artist & Community Relations, Bev Fowler. “We created the PRS Pulse Artist program five years ago to highlight and support these up-and-coming guitar players. Through their various genres, they are expressing themselves through music that needs to be heard on a massive scale. The program also serves to connect these musicians with each other and to their local guitar dealers, increasing opportunities for development through community.”
PRS Guitars launched the PRS Pulse Artist program to help influential guitar players form stronger relationships with their go-to retail store and each other. The goal is to amplify these musicians and their art and help to connect more people through music. Through the program, artists are granted exclusive discounts on guitars, amps, and accessories through their local Authorized PRS Dealer. They also receive exposure through editorial content on the PRS Guitars website and posts on its social platforms. Adding “PRS Pulse Artist” to their resume has also helped these players connect with venues and potential sponsors.
“Becoming a PRS Pulse Artist opened so many doors to me, industry wise and for my mentality as a full-time musician and songwriter,” said Leoni Jane Kennedy. “Having industry giants such as PRS supporting my creativity has not only been a dream come true, but has shown me what a team should really be. Now that I’ve graduated into the Official Artist roster, I feel I’ve achieved something so foundational to my career and I couldn’t have asked for a better brand to represent and work with to show the world what I’m really made of. Thank you PRS!”.
Watch a video playlist of PRS Pulse Artists from the current and previous years at THIS LOCATION.
About PRS Guitars:
Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-quality instruments in Stevensville, Maryland and has provided some of the world’s most renowned musicians with instruments since 1985. The PRS team of highly skilled craftspeople design and build a wide variety of musical instruments and gear for worldwide distribution, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as boutique-style guitar amplifiers and effects pedals. The PRS SE Series complements the Maryland-made PRS line by offering highly approachable and more affordable electric, acoustic, and bass guitars. Carlos Santana, Mark Tremonti, John Mayer, Jimmy Herring, Myles Kennedy, Zach Myers, Mark Holcomb, Tim Pierce, Orianthi, David Grissom, Mark Lettieri, and Rhonda Smith are among the artists currently playing PRS instruments and/or amplifiers.
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