October-November 2004

Vol. 9, No. 3: October-November 2004
1,500 Instrumental Titles Now Available
50% Rise Since December of 2002, When The 1000 Mark Was Reached

Welcome to the October edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Another milestone of sorts has been reached, as we added our fifteen-hundredth instrumental guitar title to the site in late September. Now it's on to two thousand! We've added 49 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Roy Vogt, Bill McCormick, Glenn Cannon, Shawn Lane Remembered, Patrik Carlsson, Faraz, Francis Kuipers, Armik, Marc Klock Group, Stanley Jordan, Calvin L. Coolidge, Spaces, Retroliners, Supertones, Todd Grubbs, Gary Hoey, John 5, Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble, Harald Weinkum, Jordan Rudess, California Guitar Trio, Al DiMeola, Ottmar Liebert, Roland Chadwick, Ominox, Dave Odegaard, Mike Keneally, Sheryl Bailey 3, Vital Information, Carvalho/Martinho, Alex Skolnick Trio, Neil Zaza, Travis Larson Band, Chas Williams, GuitarStew, Dave Villano, Joe Stump, Ozric Tentacles, A Guitar Supreme, Adrian Legg and Strunz/Farah. You can now listen to and order 1513 instrumental releases by 855 different artists. Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you've released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine, and decide if it's right for your music (if you've released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Don't fall into the same old trap of convincing yourself that now is not the time.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine Records October-November 2004 newsletter.

Jamie Andreas
Jamie Andreas

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas is back with tips on a technical area that is of major concern to players

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Do you know them? You must know them! Check out Mike Campese`s essential scales review.

Joe Bochar
Joe Bochar

Instrumentalist Joe Bochar, AKA Joboj, plants tongue firmly in cheek to help you burn up the fretboard.

Randy Ellefson
Randy Ellefson

How using only two fingers creates more advanced possibilities for interval riffs.

Dan Keller
Dan Keller

Do you want to play arpeggio-like melodies with "ear-caching" tensions? Let the Sultan of String show you how.

Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh can`t stress enough the importance of a music education.

Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney talks about alternate ways of interpreting both positive and negative feedback.

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab shares his crazy, bizarre and clueless electronic correspondence.

Dan Lambert
Dan Lambert

What Dan`s learned, from beginning on an instrument - to sustaining a career.

Ivan Bertolla
Ivan Bertolla

Ivan Bertolla is here to help you move music composition outside the normal I IV V zone.

David Vincent Jones
David Vincent Jones

Don`t try to do it all! Guitarist Neil Brocklebank`s logistics manager discusses the importance of a great support crew.

David Martone
David Martone

Canadian guitarist David Martone`s thoughts after a successful summer tour.

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Guitar Nine

Swedish Rocker Aims For CD Release

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Guitar Nine

Instrumental Demo Serves Notice

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Remember, if you look like everyone else, how do you stand out? Don`t rely on your technique to get you noticed, it won`t. Your songs might, but you`ve got to get people interested enough to listen to you in the first place.

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Guitar Nine

Honky-Tonkin' Electric Blues

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Guitar Nine

Improvisational Talent Releases CD

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Guitar Nine

Unusual, Double-Necked Technique

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Guitar Nine

Multi-Toned Christian Guitarist

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