Guitar Nine Columns

Wide-Ranging Instrumental Music

Melodic Songwriting Meets Intense Guitar Riffs

Broadening The Appeal Of Instrumental Rock

Bassist, Drummer Combine With Fusion Greats

Professional Guitarist Plans Progressive Instrumental CD

Instrumental Guitarist Readies New Release

Maniacal Instrumental Madness With An Elfin Flavor

Fusion Guitarist Expands Reach

Electrifying, Emotional Blues-Rock Instrumental Music

Crunchy Riffs, Infectious Guitar-Laden Grooves

Dedicated To Great Progressive Instrumental Music

Instrumental Blues, Funk & Jazz

Texas Blues... From Wyoming

Promoting A Better Appreciation Of The Versatility Of Flamenco

Music industry guru Christopher Knab is back with the key ingredients necessary to make an impact in cyberspace.

No, no, no! This is about music! From the guitarist behind the amazing "First Light".

Direct from Canada, Martone`s lesson should help to obtain a change of color over dominant chords.

Do you wonder if you could ever be as good as your favorite guitar player? Will Landrum is back with good news.

And those that can`t do - scram! Teaching guitar for fun and profit.

Get a rhythmic grip on odd meters with this new column from Colin Mandel.

Lower Bach pain? A great exercise for right hand picking as well as left hand fretting technique.

A story about a guitar (well, a couple of guitars, actually).

Put down that guitar! How to dramatically affect your playing and creativity.

An original orchestration from "Gilbert Isbin Plays Nick Drake".

The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine recall their mentors and heroes.

Aggressive, Unorthodox Fingerstyle Wins Fans

Visually Evokative Instrumental Music

Singer-Songwriter Offers Guitar-Soaked Release

Jazz Instructor Leads By Example

Melodic And Cheery Acoustic Fingerstyle

Improvisational Instrumental Guitar

Contemporary Acoustic/Electric Instrumentals

Electronic Music For Guitar And Guitar Synth

New Caledonian GIT Graduate Goes Instrumental

French Instrumentalist Signs Deal For New CD

Busy Guitarist Keeps The Releases Coming

Electrifying Live Performer Offers Instrumental Work

I have done interviews with quite a few leading Japanese and European magazines. My experience with them has been very positive. As far as US magazines are concerned, it is hard for me to say how they are handling guitar-oriented music, because I haven`t dealt with them much in the past. There just doesn`t seem to be that much of a market for insturmental music in the US as there is overseas.

We`re definitely going to do another album this year. We`ve got a couple of concepts we`re throwing around. It will be an instrumental album. We`re ready to do that again ourselves. Like I said, we`re extremely proud of "Under The Lash Of Gravity" and we`re doing everything we can to get it out there. Initially, instrumental guitar fans didn`t buy it. But if they give it a chance, it does grow on you.

Don`t get jealous. Don`t put other people down for their playing. You have to concentrate on what you want to do and study and appreciate the works of other people. Don`t rip off works of your friends, take a little from them and add some originality. I have found that the people who take ideas and riffs from others blatantly without giving credit are usually mediocre musicians and writers.

The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine reveal offbeat and unusual ways to get noticed.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab is back to discuss the business end of artistic success.