Guitar Nine Latest Releases: Other Products

Abstract Logix Live! "New Universe Music Fest" DVD

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST

On November 20 and 21, 2010, maverick record label Abstract Logix hosted a series of spectacular performances, featuring an array of artists who handily defy genre categorization in favor of unbridled expression. The first New Universe Festival was a die-hard music lover's dream, defined by artists who seamlessly mingle compositional ingenuity and improvisational grace and fervor.

Among the featured musicians were pioneering guitarist John McLaughlin and his current band the 4th Dimension with special guest, world music legend tabla maestro Zakir Hussain; Widespread Panic guitar hero Jimmy Herring with his electric band; Return to Forever Drummer Lenny White; the all-star quartet Human Element (keyboardist Scott Kinsey, bassist Matt Garrison, percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan; fearless guitarist and improviser Wayne Krantz appearing with the amazing Anthony Jackson on bass; visionary Indian composer and drummer Ranjit Barot; and emerging guitar visionary Alex Machacek.

Special DVD features include: Bonus Tracks, Artist Interviews, Godin Guitar Feature, High Definition Wide Screen Presentation, 2.0 Stereo.

($21.50 includes US shipping)

Will Ray "Street Survival Guide" DVD

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST

Street Survival Guide To Scales And Modes is Will Ray's long awaited video where he explains his unique system for understanding and utilizing scales and modes for guitar. He simplifies what is normally one of the most difficult and complex topics to understand in music. Will has used this unique system of his over the years in his work with The Hellecasters, Carlene Carter, Michael Nesmith, Steve Earle, Solomon Burke, Joe Walsh, Tom Jones, and he shares his many secrets and shortcuts to lead guitar solo building.

Will likes to call this a "Street Survival Guide" because it's a very unconventional approach to understanding how scales work, when to use them, which ones are important and which ones are not. In the DVD he divides the major scale into 5 bite size digestible sections, complete with charts and examples. He also explains the 5 different chord positions for each chord and how they interact with the different scales and string patterns to create all the different musical spices and flavorings. Included in the DVD are also 13 blues, country and jazz licks where Will slows down the phrases and shows you how to apply the scales amd modes you've just learned into different songs. This helps to reinforce the licks in a more practical and fun approach.

At the end of the DVD are several appendixes with charts showing important chord positions and scale patterns for quick referencing. Whether you're a beginner or a Jedi-guitar master, this video will likely take you on a musical voyage to places you've never been before. ($28.00 includes US shipping)

De Ros & Bergozza "Pecas De Bravura" DVD

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Guitarist Marcos De Ros and pianist Eder Bergozza join forces in this amazing DVD and bonus CD package. Pecas De Bravura (Pieces de Resistence) is a absolute new kind of music! De Ros and Bergozza combine the tradition of classical music with some Brazilian rhythms such as Choro, Milonga and Baiao, among others. On the DVD, piano and guitar are featured in a astonishing live performance, creating some athmosferic, energic and virtuosistic music. The CD is enhanced with some percussion, played by Marcelinho Silva.

Special DVD features include: Widescreen Presentation, Dolby Digital Stereo, Bonus CD. ($25.00 includes US shipping)

Lei Chen "Eight Hands" PAL DVD

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Lei Chen, guitarist in the Tang Dynasty Band, was born into a musical family. At the age of seven, he got into touch with music, deciding at age twelve that music was to be his destiny. Chen started his first band at the age of sixteen, New Outline, and then moved to Bejing in 1998 to improve his musical skills. At the end of 2000, he joined the first rock band in China - Tang Dynasty Band. Eight Hands is his first DVD with 11 live or clinic songs from various concerts and situations, which showcase his terrific skills on electric guitar - speed picking, tapping, sweep picking, bar, mute, and skip picking. These skills have made people excited, amazed and inspired. Also included are 6 music videos featuring Lei Chen on guitar. The help and guidance from several famous musicians has made the record much better. Chen has become a hero in the hearts of many young guitarists, just like previous players such as Liu Yijun, Xie Si and Li Yanlang. He will certainly have his place in the history of the guitar in China.

Special DVD features include: Dolby Stereo. ($19.75 includes US shipping)

GuitarChina.com "2008" PAL DVD

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

GuitarChina.com 2008 is the official bootleg DVD featuring Chinese guitarists live, backstage, in various musical situations - as well as in a couple of slideshows to open the DVD. Twelve tracks of this kind of material open the DVD, and are followed by six bomus tracks of hand recorded material and slideshows from various performers who traveled to China to play shows. Hard to describe the material on this DVD exactly, it's content is unlike a typical American or European DVD.

Special DVD features include: Dolby Stereo. ($19.75 includes US shipping)

Carl Roa "High Intensity Rock" DVD

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST

Magic Elf guitarist Carl Roa has completed his first instructional guitar DVD, entitled High Intensity Rock: Lead Guitar. The lessons found on this DVD will help you become a better player! Check out the preview on YouTube.

In this information-packed 90 minute DVD, you'll find sections on phrasing, building an intense solo, voice leading, concepts for playing over common rock music chord types including Major Scale Modes, Pentatonic and Blues, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Triads and Arpeggios.

There are also bonus features including full song performance, detailed interview and a section on Carl's gear. Available now!

Special DVD features include: Stereo, Full Song Performance, Detailed Interview, Gear Section.

DVD Video, NTSC, Regions: All ($15.00 includes US shipping)

Marty Friedman "Exhibit B: Live In Japan" DVD

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST

Marty Friedman is an American guitarist (ex-Shrapnel Records recording artist) who is known as the lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth for ten years, and as a solo artist. He also worked with Jason Becker in the band Cacophony. The Japanese DVD release entitled Exhibit B: Live In Japan. from Marty Friedman, features footage of his performances in Japan in support of his latest album "Loudspeaker". "Loudspeaker" was an almost all instrumental, all aggressive guitar, and an all-out attack! The most aggressive of Friedman's career, according to Marty.

Special DVD features include: Widescreen Presentation, Back Stage Chat With Marty (In Japanese, No Subtitles), PCM Stereo. ($19.75 includes US shipping)

Travis Larson Band "Rate Of Change Live" DVD

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST

In celebration of their 10 years together, the Travis Larson Band performed an anniversary concert the night of September 18, 2008. Rate Of Change Live represents a decade of the band's work, growth and the one constant that has always been, the integrity of the song. Each has its own life, its own story and breathes its own breath.

The performers are dazzling, the audience extraordinary, as each celebrates the other with esteem and happiness. May these creators continue to inspire, to challenge and to live by their purpose... to ROCK!

The Rate Of Change Live 2-DVD set includes 2 hours of special features.

Special DVD features include: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0, Full-length Band Commentary, Tip of the Ice Cube - A Documentary, ROC Guitar Rig, ROC Gallery, From The Vault 1997-1998, Musicians Institute - 1999, Burn Season Sessions - 2004, From The Vault Gallery ($22.00 includes US shipping)

Paul Gilbert "Silence Followed By A Deafening" DVD

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST

Paul Gilbert's Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar is another amazing DVD and CD-ROM package in the style of his previous release, "Hollywood Guitar Maniac: Get Out Of My Yard" containing over 2 hours of personal guitar instruction, shred annex and performance from the world's most insane shred guitarist, Paul Gilbert. Gilbert adds, "We'll go over the songs from my instrumental album "Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar". Here I'll take you into my world of intense guitar techniques and creative musicality as I explain the details of the album track by track. Get ready to rock out and roar!" Warning: Your guitar playing will never be the same again!

Special DVD features include: Dolby Digital Stereo, Special Sections on Arpeggios, Picking, Phrasing, Legato, Rare Concert Footage, Complete Backing Tracks (mp3 on CD-ROM), Downloadable Tablature (pdf on CD-ROM).

DVD Video, NTSC, Regions: All ($22.00 includes US shipping)

Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto "Live 2007" DVD

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST

Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto (ASPC) is Chilean guitar-oriented instrumental rock quartet. Since 1999, the quartet has released four CDs and 2 DVDs. Live 2007 was recorded in Santiago after a successful tour promoting the band's latest studio work "Orden & Chaos". Two concerts in a row were captured on the same day, and the actual tracks included here were chosen from the best of both shows. The recorded audio is faithful to the band's true live performance. No overdubbing, post recorded tracks nor any extraneous sound samples in frums or strings were used.

What you'll see and hear happened that day.

Special DVD features include: 5.1 Surround Sound, Song Selection, Video Clip, Road Tour, Concert Leftovers. ($24.50 includes US shipping)

Cosmosquad "Lights... Camera... SQUAD!" DVD

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST

For the first time ever, Cosmosquad fans are finally treated to a live concert movie of one of the hottest instrumental bands performing today. Recorded on their home turf of Hollywood, California, the band (Jeff Kollman, guitar; Chritopher Maloney, bass; Shane Gaalaas, drums) plays a bone crushing set for the students of the world-renowned Musicians Institute. Filmed in High Definition, Lights... Camera... SQUAD! includes songs from Cosmosquad's thre studio CDs as well as Jeff Kollman's solo effort, "Shedding Skin". In addition to several bonus features available on this DVD, a secret online password found on the insert of this DVD package can be used at www.cosmosquad.com to watch a 20-minute interview with the band and 25 minutes of behind the scenes footage from the band's Japan Tour of March 2008.

Special DVD features include: Widescreen Presentation, PCM Stereo, Executive Producer Buddy Jo Kollman, The Many Guitars Of Mr. Kollman, Photo Montage, Online Extras. ($24.50 includes US shipping)

Martone "Live In Your Face" DVD

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

The Canadian group Martone is back on their second concert DVD, Live In Your Face, this time rocking the Montreal Drum Festival in 2007, with group members Dave Martone (guitars), Daniel Adair (drums) and David Spidel (bass). Dynamic, Instrumental, progressive and aggressive are but only four words that describe the show, which features tracks from Dave Martone albums such as "Shut Up 'N Listen" and "Zone", as well as his latest Lion music releases "A Demon's Dream" and "When The Aliens Come". Live In Your Face captured the band as live as live gets. The audio is a 2 channel board mix with a 3 camera shoot. What you see is what you get for camera angles. Raw and unedited! Hope you enjoy an official bootleg of this concert.

Check out some sample footage here.

Special DVD features include: PCM Stereo, Drum Solo, Two Slideshows, Spidel Beat Box, 5 Second Beer. ($20.00 includes US shipping)

David Valdes "Ejercicios 1" PAL DVD

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST

[NOTE: DVD is in the European PAL format. In the U.S., you may be able to play in your computer's DVD/CD drive - check your system.] An instructional DVD in Spanish, with available English subtitles, Ejercicios 1 features the incredible neo-classical and shred guitarist David Valdes highlighting his technique. Chapters include Warming Hands, Picking, Hammer On-Pull Off, Legaro, String Skipping, Diminish, Sweep Picking, and the special Valdex Licks.

Special DVD features include: Audio/Text In Spanish With English Subtitles (spoken parts).

DVD Video, PAL, Regions: All

($19.50 includes US shipping)

John McLaughlin "Meeting Of The Minds" DVD

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST

For the first time, an intimate view of what happens at a John McLaughlin recording session in Meeting Of The Minds. Filmed over a period of five days, during the making of John's new record "Floating Point", you can see how great musicians work together with spontaneity and vitality. For this 'meeting of the minds' John invited some of the most outstanding instrumentalists including Indian vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Through the interviews of all musicians, you will get to know how they approach John's compositions. In addition, there is an extra audio track with John commenting on the entire recording. This movie lifts the curtain on the making of music today.

For "Floating Point", which was recorded in India, McLaughlin used several of the best Indian musicians in the world. McLaughlin calls these players the 'young lions' of India. They include keyboardist Loiuz Banks, drummer Ranjit Barot, electric sitarist Niladri Kumar, flautists Shashank and Naveen Kumar, percussionist Sivamani, vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, electric mandolinist U.Rajesh, and Hindustini slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. Joining them were other Western stars, saxophonist George Brooks and bassist Hadrien Feraud. With a line-up like that, you would expect a very Indian experience. But, McLaughlin says not necessarily so.

"Now while the CD features predominantly Indian musicians, we are in quite another form compared to the group Shakti,' McLaughlin says. 'The music is for the most part 'Jazz-Fusion' if a label has to be put on it. But with the musicians involved in this project, it has also a 'world' kind of atmosphere."

McLaughlin adds, "I really am happy with the outcome of the CD which actually came about quite spontaneously and without any real planning. You can hear in the music where I am in my development, and in which directions I'm moving. It was a real thrill to play with these players, and I offer my thanks to them for their unique contributions. I truly wish and hope that it brings something to the listeners. I also offer my deep thanks to them for their continued support to my dedicated work."

Special DVD features include: 2.0 Stereo Audio.

($21.50 includes US shipping)

John McLaughlin "The Gateway To Rhythm" DVD

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST

Konokol is the universal system of mastering rhythm without drums. Guitar legend John McLaughlin, who has advocated this system of learning rhythm for over 30 years, brings it all together on The Gateway To Rhythm with Konokol master Selvaganesh Vinayakram, one of the foremost percussionists from India. Divided into six chapters, the student moves from basic understanding of rhythm into the wonderful world of improvisation. Exercises are explained and demonstrated followed by improvisations which include all the exercise material of that particular chapter. You will learn through this course how to improvise rhythmically and how this system can help in your compositions. Following this, John McLaughlin explains and demonstrates on the guitar the benefit Konokol has had on his improvisations, and its usefulness in his compositions over the past 30 years.

Special DVD features include: 2.0 Stereo Audio, Subtitles in French, German, Spanish and English.

DVD Video, NTSC, Regions: All ($24.50 includes US shipping)

Paul Speer "Oculus" DVD

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

Grammy nominated musician/video artist Paul Speer releases his latest DVD project entitled Oculus. As one of the architects of the multi-platinum selling video albums Natural States and Desert Vision, he traveled down a different path on this release. That path lead to several locations in Italy: Rome, Florence, the Italian Riviera, Tuscany, and Sicily.

The Pantheon's Oculus (the opening on top of the rotunda) offers a portal to the open sky. This music video transports one through the Oculus and on to a remarkable visual journey, giving the viewer a unique look at Bella Italia. Shot in Cinema Verite style, it is a work of art that pays homage to the beauty and history of one of the most enchanting places in the world.

Paul composed a modern instrumental soundtrack (mixed in 5.1 surround sound) for each piece that evokes an extraordinary mood, which takes the viewer deep into each location for a consummate audiovisual experience.

Special DVD features include: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. ($10.50 includes US shipping)

David Valdes "Iniciacion Guitarra Solista" PAL DVD

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST

[NOTE: DVD is in the European PAL format. In the U.S., you may be able to play in your computer's DVD/CD drive - check your system.] An instructional DVD in Spanish, with available English subtitles, Iniciacion A La Guitarra Solista features the incredible neo-classical and shred guitarist David Valdes focusing on helping guitarists who only have 30 to 120 minutes a day to improve their technique. Valdes concentrates on ways to keep up speed and precision while soloing, while gearing the lessons towards guitarists who have learned to play by ear. Valdes has chosen 40 of his best exercises, a routine that can be played daily, that includes picking, legatos, sweep picking techniques, basic scales, whammy bar exercises, slides, vibrato and even a hand warm-up exercise to help avoid injuries.

Special DVD features include: Audio In Spanish With English Subtitles.

DVD Video, PAL, Regions: All

($22.00 includes US shipping)

Will Ray "B-Bender Mania" DVD

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EST

Will Ray is one of the world's leading experts in the use of the B-Bender. Armed with his trusty Hip-shot String Bender, Will leads you step by step through nineteen of his most dazzling country licks. You'll learn double stops, pedal steel licks, B-Bender scale runs, amazing right hand technique, chicken-pickin' pluckin', plus a whole lot more. Will's B-Bender work with the Hellecasters is legendary. Their award winning debut album, "The Return Of The Hellecasters" was voted Album of the Year and Country Album of the Year in Guitar Player Magazine. In addition, Will has played with Carlene Carter, Michael Nesmith, Steve Earle, Joe Walsh and Tom Jones.

In this DVD, each lick is played first at normal speed, then slowed down, and finally as example in a song. Will also tells you about certain State and Federal laws that may be broken using some of these licks. ($28.00 includes US shipping)

Will Ray "Mojo Blues Backing Tracks" CD-R

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EST

Will Ray's Mojo Blues Backing Tracks featues all the songs from his blues album "Mojo Blues", minus the lead vocals and guitar. Few guitar pickers can out-slide, out-bend or out-torture a Telecaster the way Will Ray can. As a member of the pyrotechnical twang trio The Hellecasters, Will has created a place for himself among some of the worlds guitar greats. In recording Mojo Blues, Will has returned to his roots and wears his influences proudly on his sleeve. Special guests include Jerry Donahue, Steve Duncan, Ted Greene, John Jorgenson, Juke Logan and more! Have a blast jamming along with Mojo Blues Backing Tracks.

Features the following tracks: "Wait A Minute", "Santa Cruizin", "Bad Bad Day", "I Hate My Day Job", "Oh Me, Oh My", "Shenandoah", "Sister Theresa", "219 Orange Avenue", "Holy Smokes", "Trouble" and "Sparks".

($17.50 includes US shipping)

Will Ray "Hellecasters Jam Tracks" CD-R

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EST

Hellecasters Jam Tracks are Will Ray's favorite songs from the Hellecasters. In addition,Will has included several cuts off his first solo album, "Invisible Birds". Some of these backing tracks have been edited to enhance their "jamability" factor. These are the same backing tracks that Will uses for his guitar clinics and workshops. Have a blast jamming along with Hellecasters Jam Tracks.

Features the following tracks: "Hellecaster Stomp - A", "Help I've Fallen - E", "Dangerman - Am/C", "Hanging At Tom And Ritas - E", "Major Troutage - A", "Ghosts Of 42nd Street - F#M", "Mad Cows At Ease - G", "Mr. Natural - C", "Gaylord's Dock - A", "Slippery When Wet - G/E", "Bucket Of Fish - A". "SW Dreams - G" and "Obs - E".

($17.50 includes US shipping)