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Guitar Nine Records Marks An Anniversary
Leading Instrumental Guitar Site Celebrates 13 Years Online
June-July 2009
 elcome to the June edition of Guitar Nine Records' on-line magazine. June of 1996 marked our entry into cyberspace, and after thirteen great years, Guitar Nine Records has become the leader in providing the widest selection of instrumental guitar recordings, news and information. To celebrate, we've added another 15 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by David T. Chastain, Lyle Workman, Joe Stump, Strings 24, One Spirit, Adam Nitti, Pete Marinovich, Neil Zaza, Leandro Chernicharo, Ad Astra, Dave Cross, Bill Perry, Barish Kepic, Gele Van Vaso and Travis Larson Band. You can now listen to and order
1961 instrumental releases by 1200 different artists.
Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you`ve released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine Records, and decide if it`s right for your music (if you`ve released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).
Be sure to visit the Guitar Nine SoundCheck page, which allows you to 'peek in' to the order system to find out the latest CDs bought online through Guitar Nine Records. You'll also find a list of the eighty-five (85!) newest releases and additions available from our extensive list of instrumental guitar CDs. Also browse the comprehensive style-specific SoundChecks, special category SoundChecks, state and country SoundChecks, and guitarist nationality SoundChecks.
Last edition's survey results are in! We asked respondents how they respond when they hear a great new guitarist for the first time. The top answer (at 53%) was to find out more about the artist, which no doubt would result in a lot of Google searches. We've got a great new, very simple, anonymous survey that you can answer in about five seconds to let us know how a guitarist who wishes to make an impact on the music world should focus their energies.
June's guest columnists bring soloing ideas, practice strategies and picking to the table, and cover areas such as guitar technique, guitar instruction and beating the recession. We've got twelve fresh articles altogether - nine by returning columnists along with three new contributors. Canadian guitarist David Martone is back with another in his series entitled "Zone Recording: Summer Schedule". Tom Hess returns with a new column for guitarists called "How To Instantly Improve Your Guitar Teaching Business". Mike Campese puts out yet another technique column, "Harmonic Minor Scale". Michael Knight returns with his "Survival Guide To Lean Times For Musicians, Part II: Your Fans". Guitarist Scott Allen is back with his column entitled "Soloing Strategies, Part 3". Guitarist Jirakit Somame returns with his new column "Control Your Fretting Hand". Jean-Pierre Zammit also rejoins us with his article, "Octave Arpeggios". Guitarist Mike O`Malley is back with helpful advice in, "Practicing Strategies". New contributors include Pete Marinovich with his "Starting Out" article, John Slaughter with "Picking Positions", and Ben Kuzay with "Self-Expression Or Cosmic Reflection?". Finally, indie marketing and promotions expert Tim Sweeney returns with food for thought in "Lessons From The Academy Awards For Musicians".
June updates include new interviews with American guitarists Allen Hinds and Peter Gusmano, and an exclusive interview with the three Italian axeman who make up Strings 24.
This edition we're shining the spotlight on four of the most outstanding artists from the eleven years of the Undiscovered series profiles - we're calling it, The Rediscovered. Think of it as the best of the best of The Undiscovered artists - another chance to check in with guitar oriented musicians and bands you may have missed the first time around.
Our June edition also features new books recently published and new editions of classic books on our resource pages -- Label Resources, Recording Resources, MIDI Resources and Guitar Tabulature Resources. Be sure to stop in and check out some of these excellent books.
We return, as always, with promotional material, audio clips and ordering information for Guitar Nine Records releases. Our overall mission continues to be to help you to achieve your musical goals, whatever they may be.
 Guitar Nine Records is a guitar-oriented record label located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our lastest CD is the compilation "Handz Of Danz", fourteen tracks of hard rock, fusion, metal and blues from six guitarists named Dan. Our first CD, 'Guitar Haus', was released in 1997 by guitarist-composer Dan McAvinchey. McAvinchey also has written the "The Power To Release" columns in our on-line magazine that can help you to understand the steps that must be taken to release your own record. McAvinchey is currently working on his second solo CD for Guitar Nine Records.
Guitar Nine Records is dedicated to the idea that the guitar is probably one of the most expressive instruments ever invented, and with the use of effects and recording techniques, has an unlimited sonic palette. As much as we admit that there are only twelve notes, and all twelve have been played at sometime or another on a guitar, we firmly believe that the surface has only been scratched in terms of the creative uses for guitar and of the sounds that have yet to be discovered. We want to make sure that the quest for new uses for the guitar continues, and is celebrated and encouraged. This on-line magazine is our way of spreading the wealth of creative ideas around the globe and of keeping the guitar as an essential instrument in recordings well into the next century.
We believe there is so much you can do with your guitar playing besides learning riffs however. There are numerous sites on the internet that offer guitar lessons, techniques, licks, etc., but you may wish to explore the possibility of using your abilities on the guitar as a springboard into other areas. You may have a desire to write music, record songs, build a studio, or even release your own CD. We hope that this web site will, over time, inspire you to set greater goals for yourself than you may have ever thought possible.
We would appreciate hearing from you via e-mail if you have any comments or ideas on how to make this web site even better.
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