Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

It`s easy than you think to play the fool.

Regular rehearsals and practice sessions can help take you to the next level.

Using simple guitar overdubs to great effect.

Stimulate your guitar practice and composition by finding alternative angles and methods of reinterpretation.

Direct from Brainworks, more useful tips on miking up a full drum kit, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess lays out an effective, step-by-step plan for developing speed.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney asks, "Are you including your new and existing fans, or are you excluding them?

Patrick DeCoste discusses the essential art of two handed muting.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab shows there are only two grades on a music retail report card - either you sold records or you didn`t.

Think in terms of five, as you work on these 3+2 ideas.

Tom Hess with ideas on selecting and using a compositional process that works best for you.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney helps you get through to writers and reviewers at newspapers, magazines and web sites.

Patrick DeCoste is back to help you push the boundaries of harmonics.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab reminds you that it takes money to make money with your music.

Want to make some extra money with your project studio? Check in with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Terry Syrek will slap you silly if you even attempt a wank tap.

An inside look at how one key can affect the sound of another.

Here`s a great way to fatten up any guitar tone, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Give your picking a boost with German`s crazy ideas.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney suggests making your next live show an event.

Tom Hess with even more ideas on selecting and using a compositional process that works best for you.

Patrick DeCoste returns to bring music theory to life.

Have trouble fitting the "biz" into your daily life as a musician? Check out Metal Mike`s advice.

Before you come down for one technique or another, check out Philippov`s discussion on the issue.

Here`s some ideas to help you reach the front gate of shredhood.

The process and benefits of writing down and charting specific details of the things the composer wishes to express is explained.

Examples and tips intended to help everybody who seeks ways to improve on their instrument.

Travels with your musical tour guide, Canadian guitarist David Martone.

How to keep your performance but change the ampís sound after the fact.

Michael Knight looks at some activities for versatile composition and soloing.

What does it mean for one`s playing to be considered original? Let`s find out.

Enlist those underutilized picking hand fingers to facilitate string skipping and wider intervals.

Here are seven common problems guitarists encounter when learning to sweep pick, and what you can do about them.

The second part of the process and benefits of writing down and charting specific details of the things the composer wishes to express is explained.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney recommends cooperation, instead of competition.

Tom Hess with his third installment on ideas on selecting and using a compositional process that works best for you.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney urges you focus on the messages and ideas your music provokes.

Tom Hess with his fourth installment on songwriting, with more advanced, yet simple and overlooked concepts.

Exploring the best use of swept arpeggios in a rock guitar player`s bag of tricks.

Check out Sander Owen`s ultimate guide for the impatient and willfully weak musician.

If you`re sitting there with a pick in your hand, throw it away, you won`t need it.

A theory borrowed from psychology but adapted by the author to the musical realm.