Guitar Nine Columns

Selling CDs not as easy as mailing them out to stores and sites? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney enlightens you on what else you can do to generate sales.

Tips on adjusting your thinking and broadening your style to expand your audience.

A look at ornamenting interval riffs with melody fragments.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas shows how to do both, and most importantly, how to combine them into one activity.

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.

I have a lot of experience thanks to my debut album. In fact, for "Suspension" I did everything by myself - production, distribution, promotion - so I know what to do. I know which magazines will be interested and which will not.

Naughty, Wicked Fingerstyle

Welcome To The Other Side

Acoustic Wall Of Sound

Ready To Blaze

Inspired By North American Roots

Cross-cultural Fusion Of Music

Never Wonder Who They Are Again

Capturing His Fiery Playing

Passionate Italian Neo-Classicist

Flushing's Instrumental Rock

Showcasing Musical Compositions

Returning To Instrumental Music

Guitar Nine Records October-November 2005 newsletter.

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.

I have many goals and options, but I`ll take it day by day. It`s kinda scary to think what could happen in five years. I hope to accomplish something really special by that time.

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

Forging An Eclectic Sound

Constant, Relentless Groove

Baritone Guitar Excursions