December-January 2019

Vol. 24, No. 4: December-January 2019
Happy Holidays; 6 New Columns You Must Unwrap
Take This Opportunity To Supercharge Your Guitar Playing

Welcome to the December holiday edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. We're closing out 2019 and welcoming in 2020 with a half-dozen new columns in this issue, as well as exciting ideas for the site in the coming year. We wish you all the best for the holiday season and hope you'll take this time to improve your playing and educate yourself about the business of music. In total, four guest columnists have submitted six excellent articles on a range of musical topics of interest to practicing musicians. After working through the information and lessons, please sample some great music released by the over 1400 musicians we've worked with over the past 23 years! To date, we've now published over 220 artist interviews, while over 210 musicians and industry experts have written nearly 1200 guest columns for this site since 1996.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Part two of our e-mailbag dump, answering some of the most commonly asked questions about releasing and promoting records.

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

This scale is most common in jazz, but can be applied to any style of music.

Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

It’s really not about how fast technically advanced it is, but rather how it is phrased.

Vlad De Briansky
Vlad De Briansky

Learn the essence of blues, in the key of G.

Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Creativity takes practice, just like anything else.

Andy Martin
Andy Martin

A complete primer on these amazing scales.

Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

The pentatonic scale contains 5 notes; the melodic combinations you have to work with are endless.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's December-January 2019 newsletter.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

A look back at the Guitar Nine Attic Inventory of uncovered items, as of December 2019.

Spotlight on Interviews