Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess helps you to identify those inevitable weak areas in your playing.

Want to break out of the blues rut? Danny Jones offers some great starting points.

Get out your brooms and... no wait, check that - here are Mike`s hottest sweep picking techniques.

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh offers great tips for accurate self expression.

Where can a music lover currently find diversity in music programming? The answer may surprise you.

Using your feet to get great sounding tracks, presented by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab talks about arguably the most important aspect of a music artist`s career.

Are you losing thousands by not knowing more about your fans? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney gives some real world examples.

Scare your audience (or even make someone hurl) with this ascending (yet descending) pattern.

Here are Mike`s sweep picking techniques applied to a revered classical caprice.

How will you achieve what you really want (goals) without knowing why you want them, and how you will get there (plans)? Let`s discuss.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you get beyond "moving fingers" to actually "making music".

If you think a Slash Chord is only found on a Guns `n` Roses album, you really need this article.

Give your listeners a little bit more by throwing in an unexpected time change.

Danny Jones is back with blues licks taken from his recorded solos.

Neil Haverstick reflects on a long and interesting relationship with the instrument to which he has dedicated his entire career.

A few ideas that will help make up the next great guitar solo.

Guitarist Randy Ellefson introduces two basic ideas in counterpoint: oblique motion and contrary motion.

Guitarist Tom Ball discusses the simple question: Who made the first solo guitar recordings, and when? Check it out.

Get ready for the latest in on-line guitar lessons, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Mike Campese offers an unusual technique that can yield some surprisingly cool results.

Times are perfect for releasing your own CD and this article will give you some planning and recording ideas.

Getting it done? Or wishing you had? Maybe it`s not too late to make your future.

No time to market or promote your music? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney can help you turn this negative into a positive.

Developing riffs and melodies into complete, interesting and listenable pieces of music.

Adding tremendous color and personality to your music through the use of rhythm.

Jason Parker tells you what to expect and how to get a foot in the door.

Guitarist Toshi Iseda reminds musicians that live shows should also be an engaging entertainment experience.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas explores the relationship between musical expression and technique.

Danny Jones is back with blues licks featuring dynamic double stops.

Annihilate your tendencies to rely on reflexes, and use the force instead.

Need more ways to make a simple melody more interesting? Let the Sultan of String show you how.

You`re all doing this, right? No? Maybe it`s time to get your tracks slamming, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Will Landrum shows you how to inject your own personal timing and inflections into your playing while staying in groove with the real timing of the music.

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab sounds his beginning-of-the-year wake-up call to financial planning.

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab discusses what can happen if you get the industry`s attention.

Motivation. Where did it go? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney can help you reconnect with your passion.

Here`s how to spark the inspirational flame, and reignite your inner fire.

Strategies that successful independent artists use day in and day out to profit from their passion for music.

Danny Jones is back with licks that will help you break the scale pattern syndrome.

UK guitarist Alan Williamson shows you how to use more fingers, tones and frets in your licks.

Can you deliver interesting and musical solos? Do it by looking for ways to add more variety.