Melt The Winter Blues With Fiery Music
Welcome to the February edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Stylistic variety within the instrumental guitar specialty market continues to be our hallmark, as 21 primary styles are in the spotlight in our new style-specific SoundCheck pages (click on 'View Other SoundChecks...'). In the past two months we've added another 17 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Stuart Hamm, Petr Henych/G-BOD, Visual Cliff, Luna Blanca, Anthimos Manti, Les Sabler, Dan Lambert, Kermheat, Salvo Vecchio, Seree Lee, Alien Guitar Abduction and Greg Chako. You can now listen to and order 1776 instrumental releases by 1135 different artists.
In this issue
10 Tips For Lazy Musicians
Music industry guru Christopher Knab intensifies his crusade to help musicians with the business of music.
At Sonic Ranch: Recording The New CD
Getting back to the studio after years away, and recapturing the fun and the magic.
Extended Arpeggios, Part 2
Scott Allen continues his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful ninth chord arpeggios.
Finding Your Own Voice
Internalize what you are learning and use it to develop your own style.
How To Improve Your Guitar Technique, Part 2
Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise?
Interview: Marcos De Ros
To play in places where they cannot pay the expenses for an entire band, I travel with only my guitar and a CD where I have my own backing tracks. And I noticed that the public reacts very well to these concerts!
Interview: Salvo Vecchio
Well, the Internet is a great thing, everyone now can have their own spot and sell their music. But it is becoming a jungle where everyone just thinks about themselves. There is too much quantity, and too little quality; too much competition instead of collaboration.
Newsletter February-March 2011
Guitar Nine Records February-March 2011 newsletter.
The Rediscovered: Hydra
Bass-Oriented, Rhythmically Heavy Fusion
The Rediscovered: Joe Richardson Express
Black Sheep Of The Blues
The Rediscovered: Pino Forastiere
Expanding The Possibilites Of Solo Guitar
The Rediscovered: Vargas Blues Band
Releases Dynamite Chicago Blues CD/DVD
Triad Arpeggios
Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike's back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.
Zone Recording: Experience On The Road
Canadian guitarist David Martone is back from the snowy Canadian Satriani support tour - with pictures.