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The August-September edition is now online!
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August's guest columnists bring new ideas, creatively packaged old ideas, and experience to the table, and cover topics on the music business, technique, and songwriting. We've got nine fresh articles altogether - eight returning columnists and one first time contributor. Canadian guitarist David Martone is back with another in his series entitled "Zone Recording: NGW Summer Tour". Mike Philippov helps the techincal guitarists out there with his column "Common Problems With Learning Sweep Picking". Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess contributes his column entitled "Songwriting, Part 3". Scott Allen takes a break from guitar technique columns with his article "Original Sin". Guitarist Kole serves up the next part of his series, "The Art Of Pre-Composition, Part 2". Michael Knight is back after a long absence with "Mind Games". Guitarist Randy Ellefson returns with his column entitled "How To Re-Amp". First time contributor Ioannis Anastassakis has written a new column entitled Intermediate/Advanced Hybrid Picking". Finally, indie marketing and promotions expert Tim Sweeney returns with "Music Artists Working Together".
David Martone
Randy Ellefson
Michael Knight
Scott Allen
Ioannis Anastassakis
Mike Philippov
Kole
Tim Sweeney
Tom Hess
August updates include a new interview with guitarist Scott Allen.
This edition were shining a 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.
Guitar Nine has added another 39 new instrumental guitar CDs to the site in the past two months. This brings the total number of instrumental guitar CDs available to 2092!
CDs are now online and shipping for Chris Poland, Dave Kulju, Jimmy McIntosh, Alien Guitar Abduction, Michael Keller, Roger Scannura & Ritmo Flamenco, Neil Zaza, Shawn Needham, Rodrigo Alves, Michael Knight, Cosmosquad, Tomo Fujita, CountItOff, I Fantomatici, El Ray, Daniel Christopherson, Christian Andersen, Incredible Mr. Smith, Joop Wolters, DC Slater, Craig S. Snyder, Johannes Linstead, Steve Vai, John Kline, Doug Stapp, The Seth Chaplas, Tim Jenkins, Michael Mucklow, Stephane Pilette, Patrick Butler, Superkeltic. Freeway Jam (Beck Tribute), Danny Gatton, Steve Smith & Vital Information, Dave Justo, Guitarristas, Nebojsa Buhin and Randy Ellefson.
With the blend of the world's best Independent Artists along with our Distributed Artists Series, Guitar Nine aims to provide one-stop shopping for instrumental guitar enthusiasts.
Check out the Latest Additions/Releases and Listening Room at:
Latest Releases
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To order any of the 2092 discs:
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Guitar-oriented, concert DVDs recently added include titles by Terminal A and Richie Kotzen, among others.
DVD SoundCheck
Select from nearly 250 titles in the area of guitar instruction, including recently added DVD titles by Danny Gill, Michael Casswell, Jamie Humphries, Andy James, the POD 2.0/XT/Live DVD guide, and the new book/CD package "The Book Of Six Strings" featuring Tobias Hurwitz.
Instructional SoundCheck
The latest and greatest additions to the Guitar Nine sister site, Guitar Music 9, include:
Symphony X - Progressive Metal
John Macaluso/Union Radio - Hard Rock
Twinspirits - Heavy Metal
Awake - Heavy Metal
Hybrid GR - Heavy Metal
Gazpacho Andalu - Flamenco
There are now 616 guitar-oriented vocal titles available, with MP3 samples provided for previewing each artist.
Guitar Music 9 Main Page
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