Guitar Nine Columns

These two can be some of the most telling sign if a musician is good or great.

I personally love to hear melody and hooks in solos as well as lyrically slow/wide vibrato and story-telling phrasing capped off with shredding licks that make you want to fall to pieces.

Here`s a skill that saves you time and keeps you focused on the real issue that is causing you to make mistakes.

Guy`s article designed for aspiring improvisers who are keen to break out of the pentatonic scale.

X marks the spot with ways to gain freedom of expression and develop an ability to create original solos.

Express yourself with bends using Zammit`s exercises.

Scott Allen explores altered chords (such as the Jimi Hendrix chord) and more.

Jazz Guitarist Releases Remarkable CD

Percussive Acoustic Guitarist Plans Career

Classical Guitar Meets Electric Guitar

Surprising Program Of Jewish Music

Guitar Nine Records August-September 2010 newsletter.

Canadian guitarist David Martone talks about his latest clinic and show in Bucharest, Romania.

Mike Campese returns to revisit more ideas for the Phrygian Dominant scale.

Do you need immediate help starting a successful career in music? Here are four things that will put you on the right track.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab prods musicians and bands to get creative and think outside of the box.

Take one thing, one approach, one pattern - and master it.

Guy`s great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your techniques, sharpening your position shifting, and discovering new chord shapes.

Here are different ways of musical practice that do not have to be done at home or in a studio.

You can use the Harmonic Minor scale to add exotic twists to your solos.

Kole teaches three essential and very effective concepts for making music.

X marks the spot with simple but very powerful strategies on how to achieve more by playing less.

Putting the focus on the metaphysical aspects of the playing the guitar.

What works for me is a real life approach mixed with the internet stuff. The Internet by itself is just digital overkill for all of us suffering from ADHD. Everyone has 47 social media profiles, a web page, and ends up sitting in front of the computer all day.

Hard-Driving Guitar Surf Music

From The Heart Of The Blues

Welcome (Back) To The Jungle

Hard Edged Rhythms & Meditative Melodies

Guitar Nine Records October-November 2010 newsletter.

Mike Campese serves up a holiday treat - his take on the Grinch`s theme song.

The very best way to get more people to repeatedly come out and see your band play live is word of mouth.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab destroys the notion of the 10-step program to entertainment success.

Canadian guitarist David Martone enters the world of project management, as he preps for supporting the Satriani tour.

In this installment of CAGED Arpeggios, Guy puts individual shapes to work in replicating chord progressions.

There are a lot of ways to go about finding your signature tone.

Scott Allen begins his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful seventh chord arpeggios.

Paul Tauterouff is back with an easy to play sequence that can help you to create some new and interesting sounds.

Nick has new ideas for making your own licks come alive.

Here are nine songwriting tips you can use right away, regardless of your current level of technique.

Joe continues onward in the series of practicing techniques that require no physical practice.

Juan Coronado shows how playing circles with the pick can help you play scales faster by economizing the movement.

Austrian Instrumentalist Balances Melody & Virtuosity