Guitar Nine Columns

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

Rockin` Tinsel Town With Furious Energy

Applying Wisdom To Blues/Rock

Wickedly Raw Blues Unleashed

I still discover a lot of music by word of mouth, seeing what my friends are listening to. I have always bought music and still do.

Guitar Nine Records December-January 2010 newsletter.

I am very fortunate to know and have worked with an amazing variety of musicians, so I can write a piece of music with someone in mind.

To play in places where they cannot pay the expenses for an entire band, I travel with only my guitar and a CD where I have my own backing tracks. And I noticed that the public reacts very well to these concerts!

Well, the Internet is a great thing, everyone now can have their own spot and sell their music. But it is becoming a jungle where everyone just thinks about themselves. There is too much quantity, and too little quality; too much competition instead of collaboration.

Canadian guitarist David Martone is back from the snowy Canadian Satriani support tour - with pictures.

Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike`s back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.