Who wrote it
Contributors
238 people have written the 2,622 columns here — players, teachers and producers, most of them working guitarists who had
something worth saying and wrote it down. Some wrote once; some wrote for a decade.
19 contributors of 238
Martin Behr
7 columns · 2001–2003
Martin Behr is a guitarist from Germany who has studied at M.G.I. (Munich's Guitar Institute), released two solo CDs, and stays busy with studio sessions.
His latest CD is entitled "Law Of The Jungle", which documents his command of many musical styles, his great technique, his tone and feel.
Martin Behr's web site ↗
Joe Bochar
7 columns · 1998–2004
Joe Bochar is an original guitarist originally from Rhode Island. When he's not playing with his guitar or Lego's, Joe can be found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, pedaling crack to lonesome, down and out 3-legged mice who suffer from fromagaphobia.
His latest project is "X", a self-produced instrumental guitar CD release.
Chris Brooks
3 columns · 2002–2003
Chris Brooks is an amazing Australian guitarist setting the instrumental guitar world on fire with his unique brand of progressive metal and fusion.
His instrumental CD is entitled "The Master Plan".
Chris Brooks' web site ↗
Kevin M. Buck
3 columns · 2007–2021
Kevin M. Buck is a world renowned virtuoso. His first solo album Initiation is a collection of inspired rock guitar music.
He teaches and performs professionally, and has been praised by Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Uli Jon Roth, Leslie West, Roger Daltrey and many more.
Kevin M. Buck ↗
Fc Bester
2 columns · 2004–2005
Fc Bester has over 20 years of audio experience, and almost 8 in full-time CD mastering.
His clients include Sony Music (SA), Zomba Records (SA), Jermaine Jackson and Neil Zaza, to name a few.
FCB Mastering ↗
Steve Booke
2 columns · 2000–2003
Steve Booke is a guitarist and producer from New York who is on a quest to find ways to express his emotions and raw energy through his music.
His latest CD is entitled "Rare Earth".
Greg Brown
2 columns · 2002–2003
Greg Brown is a guitarist and instructor from Texas who has written instructional books and authored videos and CD-ROMs designed to help a wide variety of guitar students..
His latest work is a method called the "Master All Strings Visual Learning System" that leads a guitar player into total visualization of all chords and scales as opposed to memorizing everything.
Greg Brown's web site ↗
John Baboian
1 column · 2006
John Baboian has been on the faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1980. Before beginning his teaching career at Berklee, he received his bachelors degree from the school and later received a masters degree from New England Conservatory Of Music.
His compositions and arrangements have been heard on television shows "Walker, Texas Ranger", UPN's "Seven Days", and HBO's "The Soprano's".
Baboian is a member of the "Be-Bop" Guitars, an all-faculty band from Berklee.
Be-Bob Guitars ↗
Tom Ball
1 column · 2005
Chicago-style blues bands provided the milieu for Tom Ball's talents throughout the '60s. He spent much of the '70s abroad before settling in Santa Barbara, CA, in 1978.
A noted blues historian, he has written countless articles on the music for various publications, and has taught harmonica at the university level.
His latest instrumental CD is entitled "18 Pieces For Solo Steel String Guitar".
Joy Basu
1 column · 2003
Like many guitarists from the 80's, Joy Basu grew up in the world of shred guitar. His favorite guitar players were Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Neal Schon, Paul Gilbert and Jake E. Lee. Since then Joy's musical tastes and abilities have grown a lot. His recent influences are artists/producers like BT, Dezrok, Mac Quayle, Hex Hector, and Thunderpuss.
As a recording artist, Joy has released two solo CDs and is featured as a performer on nine others. Joy's solo music has been used by MTV (Undressed), NBC (Passions) and by CBS for promoting over a dozen different shows.
Joy Basu's web site ↗
Kurt Bell
1 column · 2006
Kurt Bell is a highly skilled and experienced interviewer, who also has skills such as producing professional quality presentations and engaging educational tutorials.
He also has extensive experiencing in planning, shooting and performing in more than 3000 standalone video productions.
Ivan Bertolla
1 column · 2004
Ivan Bertolla is a Melbourne Based composer, producer and guitar instructor who has released his debut CD worldwide of Cinematic music "Beyond The Skies Eternity".
He runs Mastermind Productions and Macleod Guitar School.
Ivan Bertolla's web site ↗
Beurks
1 column · 2001
Beurks is an 18-year-old French guitar player, who, in his own words, is a, "big, fat, hairy guy, who speaks crappy English."
His focus is not or hot speed licks and scales, but on ways to help you develop originality.
B.J. Black
1 column · 2012
B.J. Black is an American guitarist who has recorded or performed with dozens of acts in the Raleigh, North Carolina area.
Building on the influence of a contemporary (Jay Blackburn), he contributed his expertise and ideas to the Guitar Nine site as far back as 1996, when the world experienced the internet via 2400 baud modems.
Black is also an instructor, and was an artist in residence at Blues Alley.
Guitar Nine ↗
Chris Brown
1 column · 1997
Chris Brown is a studio guitarist/solo artist residing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Chris has been playing for twelve years, both solo and in several bands. He has played in several studio sessions in Nashville and the Nashville area and is called upon regularly to play with back-up bands in events and productions.
He is most noted for his adventurous acoustic guitar work, but also plays rock and other styles proficiently.
Alex Bruce
1 column · 2020
Alex Bruce is a writer for Guitartricks.com and 30Daysinger.com.
Roz Bruce
1 column · 2019
Roz is a versatile songwriter who has written 4 albums with her band, The Roz Bruce Infusion. Their most recent album is "Shelf Indulgence" - musical adaptations of 10 literary classics. She’s also explored mental health, dark concepts and heartbreak in her songs, to name a few.
Roz Bruce ↗
Ken Burtch
1 column · 1998
Ken Burtch, a guitarist and composer from Washington, has recently taken the big step from entering guitar competitions to releasing his own record. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, his eponymous debut CD features five instrumental tracks that combine soaring melodies with a blend of contemporary techniques.
Ken is also featured on the Generation Ibanez Project compilation CD, "Across The Miles", along with Eric Sands, Rusty Cooley and other devotees of the Ibanez seven-string family of instruments.
Ken Burtch's web site ↗
Chris Byrd
1 column · 2018
Chris Byrd has been a professional guitar instructor and session musician for almost 20 years.
He has had the honor of playing with some of the greats, including Lionel Richie.