Guitar Nine Columns

Mike Campese is back with exercises to help you improve your picking, dexterity, and overall technique.

A lot has been written on Blues soloing, but preciously little on creative Blues rhythm playing. Don`t get caught playing the usual three power chords.

Tom Hess talks about how you can by use creative rhythm guitar practice methods to write your own rock and metal guitar riffs.

Mike Campese is back with additional ideas on how to compose - anytime, anywhere.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney has advice for artists on ways to cope with the annual holiday seasons.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab gives a basic introduction to your rights and other issues regarding your original songs and recordings.

Guitar Nine's February-March 2014 newsletter.

An Expression Of Various Styles

Seriously Robotic Riffage

An Edge Rock Instrumental Band

Delivering Memorable Instrumental Rock

Using the same guitar soloing approach as everyone else can only lead to one result: a guitar solo that has a very similar sound to nearly every other guitar solo out there.

Jean-Pierre teaches you about modes, with a small introduction and the `why` and `how` of their existence

Mike Campese is back with ideas on how to compose - anytime, anywhere.

You might think that the pentatonic scale is just an easy scale but with no depth - well, you are wrong.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab with a few words of advice to one over-exuberant, well-intentioned,would-be music industry professional.

Forging An Eclectic Sound

Capturing His Fiery Playing

Guitar Nine's December-January 2013 newsletter.

Cross-cultural Fusion Of Music

Perhaps you have considered taking lessons but because someone you know had a disappointing experience with a teacher, you began to doubt if lessons are worth investing your time and money.

There are four mistakes that you can fix that will drastically increase your musical creativity and help you come up with songwriting ideas much faster.

Fist-Pumping Rock & Metal

Pinpointing some very important factors that will help the student successfully go through and become a serious guitarist.

Perhaps you have considered taking lessons but because someone you know had a disappointing experience with a teacher, you began to doubt if lessons are worth investing your time and money.

Mike Campese is back with excerpts from his latest CD, "Chameleon".

Many guitarists play truly inspiring guitar phrases without playing in a very technical manner, and you can do this to when you follow the steps in this article.

Mike`s tips are designed to help you maximize your guitar practice efficiency and effectiveness

Opening your mind to new ideas and new intuitions about ways to improve your guitar playing.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab reminds musicians that streaming music is still in its infancy.

It does not necessarily have to take you a very long time to gain the skills needed to accurately express yourself through music.

Guitar Nine's October-November 2013 newsletter.

Acoustic Wall Of Sound

Naughty, Wicked Fingerstyle

These Guys Rock!

Look What The Stork Brought

There`s always a lot of discussion about what to practice, but you should also consider how to practice.

An arrangement for fingerstyle guitar from the 1978 horror flick, written by the director John Carpenter.

Guitar exercises, in and of themselves, do not guarantee (or produce) massive progress in your musical skills.

Unity and variety in songwriting are essential to keeping a song balanced and maintaining interest throughout the entire piece of music.

Beautifully Intimate Fingerstyle

Ripping Hard Rock From Finland