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SGB Media Group was formed in 2006 by music industry pundit Steve “Dude” Barr after 10 years in the musical instrument wholesale, distribution and retail industry as well as print media having been published in “Bassics” and “Vintage Guitar Magazine” and serving as the Associate Editor and Acting Editor In Chief of “Bass Frontiers Magazine” and was also a contributing writer to “The Vintage Guitar Price Guide”. He was also published as a live performance photographer with some of his photos appearing in numerous magazines and manufacturer catalogs such as Fender, Ludwig, Lakland and Jackson and many artist websites. His Vintage Bass Trading Company website was one of the first online only retailers to hit the scene in the late 1990’s and gain full recognition and membership by The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and he was also an early eBay Powerseller
Prior to his career in the music industry he served as the Founder, President and CEO of American Residential Appraisers based in Los Angeles with many branch offices located through out the Southwest region as well as acted as the Operations Manager at his family’s Sable Ridge Vineyards. He is a multiple gold medal winning winemaker having produced some the world's most renowned Petite Syrah's, and Red Zinfandels in Sonoma County, CA. SGB Media Group is the parent, administrative arm of a consortium of smaller internet based companies serving narrowly defined, demographically targeted, market segments via several business models including affiliate marketing portal websites, blogs, niche market social networks, e-zines, virtual malls, direct to consumer shopping carts, discussion boards & online forums and eBay stores. His "Dude Pit" online forum for bass guitar players has been receiving over 3 million visits per month since early 2001 and is now in its third incarnation with a social network platform now in development scheduled to debut in January 2008.
Steve is a founder, sole owner and Executive Producer of The School of Bass located in Scottsdale, AZ and has designed three critically acclaimed limited edition series basses manufactured by Lakland Basses in Chicago, IL and is currently working on a coffee table book of a private collection with over 1,200 rare and vintage guitars and basses which will be the first hardcover book published by SGB Media Group scheduled for printing in the fall of 2008. Barr is also an industry leader in the affiliate marketing industry and maintains an advertiser client base of over 750 of the world's leading corporations through his Premium Value Club and Net Values Club channel networks and he is the host and moderator of “The Affiliate Marketing Forum” syndicated on The Fast Pitch Network and author and publisher of the syndicated weekly “Affiliate Marketing Publishers Report” as well as the “Net Media Report” covering major online media events, and news stories. He is an approved publisher for most of the major affiliate management companies such as Commission Junction, DoubleClick/Performics, LinkShare, Kolimbo, ShareASale, Shopzilla, Amazon and ShareResults. He publishes over a dozen other weekly syndicated blogs and is in the formation stages of publishing the bass guitar e-zine "Distant Thunder" and the human sexuality e-zine “Erotomania” both slotted to debut in early 2008. SGB Media Group is based in Phoenix, AZ and will serve as the central publishing arm for all social networks, books, newsletters, blogs, print and & video ads for the consortium as well as independently owned websites and publications.
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