Creative Guitar Music Bounces Back
Welcome to the April edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. There isn't an over-compressed download in the world that can compete with some of the speaker-melting music we've heard from the crop of independently released new albums to enter our store this year. Just have a look at the 24 releases we've added to the site just in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by George Bellas, Rick McKown, Victor Gann, Shredding Across The World (Vol. 2), Pete Northcote, Bob Evans, Jose De Castro, Jeff Aug, Ralph E. Hayes, Nordal Twang, Tony Hernando, Coste Apetrea, Lee Carlson, Germano Seggio, Michael Keller, Fractured Dimension, Jimi Hendrix Tribute, Johnny Roth, Luay Rifai, Bob Katsionis, Warren Robert, Roland Nipp and Guitar Masters (Vol. 2). You can now listen to and order 1974 instrumental releases by 1200 different artists.
In this issue
Adding Color to Your Music (Replacing 1 With 9)
Adding color to the bland, unifying lyrics, and other compositional techniques.
Control Your Picking Hand
Designing specific exercises to improve the picking hand, and develop right hand coordination.
How To Practice Guitar With A Limited Amount Of Time
Do you struggle with not having enough time to practice guitar? How to practice effectively when time is at a premium.
How To Practice Scales
Practicing scales in an interesting and systematic way.
I-Tunes Pricing - Problems For Independent Artists?
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney talks about the latest changes in download pricing, and its effect on marketing independent music.
Improvisation Masterclass
You can come up with listenable and interesting solos if you know just how to "word" everything.
Improvisation: Letting The Music Play You
Coming to a rational conclusion as to what improvisation could be.
Interview: Jose De Castro
When you play with somebody else, you have to worry about playing well and being in your place at every moment. When you play your own songs, in any venue, you show how you are, because they are your own work.
Interview: Wolfgang Zenk
Try to become a better musician every day. Listen to music actively - try to understand what those great musicians felt when they wrote your favorite song or played your favorite solo.
Lessons From The Academy Awards For Musicians
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney points out some not-so-obvious connections between the red carpet and you.
Newsletter April-May 2009
Guitar Nine Records April-May 2009 newsletter.
Preparing To Record
What is the most important thing you can bring to a recording studio? Mike O'Malley has his own thoughts on the subject.
The Rediscovered: Andrew Kelly Back
Blazing Instrumental Funk Rock
The Rediscovered: Howard And The White Boys
Chicago's Hardest Working Blues Band
The Rediscovered: John Di Ruzza
Italian Instrumentalist Distributes Demo
The Rediscovered: Steve Pierson
Searing, Yet Soulful Blues
Soloing Strategies, Part 2
The second part of Scott Allen's new series delves into the ways of the harmonic minor.
String Skips
Here's some new ideas for looping string skipping ideas, with your instructor, Mike Campese.
The Tree Of Possibility, Part II
Andre Tonelli has great ideas to get you out of playing in boxes, and into playing music.
Zone Recording: Old School
Canadian guitarist David Martone reveals that old school recording techniques are still being used with success.