Seven New Columns Featured For This Holiday Season
Welcome to the December holiday edition of the Guitar Nine on-line magazine. Songwriting and scale ideas are just two of the subjects found in this issue, giving guitarists more ideas for growth and improvement. In total, seven guest columnists have submitted brand new articles on a range of musical topics of interest to practicing musicians. Be sure to open and enjoy a seasonal beverage, while sampling some great music released by over 1000 musicians we've worked with over the past 17 years! Remarkably, over 190 musicians have written guest columns for this site since 1997.
In this issue
Composing Without Your Guitar, Part 1
Mike Campese is back with ideas on how to compose - anytime, anywhere.
Finding A Guitar Teacher
Pinpointing some very important factors that will help the student successfully go through and become a serious guitarist.
How To Compose Original Phrases On The Pentatonic Scale
You might think that the pentatonic scale is just an easy scale but with no depth - well, you are wrong.
How To Get Big Results From Taking Guitar Lessons
Perhaps you have considered taking lessons but because someone you know had a disappointing experience with a teacher, you began to doubt if lessons are worth investing your time and money.
How To Practice For Maximum Guitar Speed
Perhaps you have considered taking lessons but because someone you know had a disappointing experience with a teacher, you began to doubt if lessons are worth investing your time and money.
I Get E-Mails - Boy, Do I Get E-Mails
Music industry guru Christopher Knab with a few words of advice to one over-exuberant, well-intentioned,would-be music industry professional.
Newsletter December-January 2013
Guitar Nine's December-January 2013 newsletter.
The Rediscovered: Brent Gunter
Cross-cultural Fusion Of Music
The Rediscovered: Lou DiBello
Capturing His Fiery Playing
The Rediscovered: Mark "M.E." Edwards
Fist-Pumping Rock & Metal
The Rediscovered: Turning Point
Forging An Eclectic Sound
Writing Songs While Eliminating Songwriting Mistakes
There are four mistakes that you can fix that will drastically increase your musical creativity and help you come up with songwriting ideas much faster.