Not quite ready to release that record yet? You may be underestimating yourself.
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Welcome to the December holiday edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Instrumental guitar music could be considered underground by the mainstream music press, but it's an underground with a devoted and enthusiastic fan base. To do our part to serve that fan base, we've added 8 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Gerald Gradwohl Trio, Matt Kroll, Eric Roberts, Tommy Ermolli, Simone Fiorletta, Salvatore Russo, Toby Knapp and Glenn Cannon. You can now listen to and order 1923 instrumental releases by 1200 different artists.
Not quite ready to release that record yet? You may be underestimating yourself.
Guitar Nine Records December-January 2009 newsletter.
Mike Campese takes you through another section of this excellent Niccolo Paganini piece.
Five steps to better phrasing and cooler guitar solos.
Getting the most from a single sequence, with Tommaso Zillio.
Guy talks about the odd, weird and even useful augmented chord.
It`s not what you play, it`s how you play it. Read this column for more as it applies to your solos.
How to get a better handle on the fretboard by concentrating on one string at a time.
Without stamina and strength, the fretting hand won`t respond and will let you down! Use Zammit`s trills workout to build your hand.
Taking you behind the making of Scott`s upcoming album "From The Blindside".
How do you want your band remembered? Great ideas from Draven Grey.
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney with an old-school approach to boost show attendance.
Music industry guru Christopher Knab bemoans the lack of interesting and innovative music.
Canadian guitarist David Martone uncovers video tips and techniques as he describes recording gear demos.
No matter your level, these five tips will greatly improve your compositional ability.
Is the ability to write songs a gift, or can it be learned? Lou Lombardi has the answer.
Classical Folk To Blues, Rock To Jazz
I like to compose instinctively. First of all, I imagine a theme to follow up, as if I was writing a story, using my guitar instead of a pen, and from that point on, it`s all about improvisation.
Most of the songs were the result of me sitting by myself in my living room and fiddling around with the bass guitar, completely directionless - which is the setting I find most conducive to songwriting.
