Instrumental Guitar Site Marks Anniversary

Guitar Nine Celebrates 8 Years Online

June-July 2004 · June 2004

Welcome to the June edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. June of 1996 marked our entry into cyberspace, and after eight years, Guitar Nine has become the leader in providing the widest selection of instrumental guitar recordings, news and information. To celebrate, we've added another 43 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Ferenzik, Zlatko Brodaric, Eric Normand, Joe Satriani, Bill Bruford, Buckethead, Bob Katsionis, Albert Calvo, Plankton, Bloyd, D. R. Auten, Lisa Baker, Ricky Furlani, Steve Smith & Vital Information, Vernon Reid & Masque, Kevin Russell, Behzad, Zeek Duff, Franklin Moore, J.A.M., Jesse Cook, California Guitar Trio, Steve Topping, Shadows, Carlos Montoya, Spontageous, Tomas Michaud, MCM, Shawn Lane Remembered, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, John Petrucci/Jordan Rudess, Adam Worrell, Susan McDonald, Razor Wire Shrine, Dillengers, John Scofield Trio, Michael Nissim, Gianluca Galli and Zoe McCulloch. You can now listen to and order 1419 instrumental releases by 806 different artists. Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you've released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine, and decide if it's right for your music (if you've released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).

In this issue

25 columns

Guest Columnists

Creating A Balanced Practice Schedule

Mike Walsh

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh will help you become a better musician with his keys to success.

Guest Columnists

Critical Disdain

David Vincent Jones

Guitarist Neil Brocklebank's logistics manager discusses the (dis)function of a music critic.

Guest Columnists

Double-Tracking Lead Guitars, Part 2

Randy Ellefson

Thicken up lines, phrases and solos with the second double-tracking installment. Play it again, Randy.

Guest Columnists

For Love Or Money

Tom Hess

Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess discusses the motivations of a true artist.

Guest Columnists

Fresh New Sounds With Triads, Part 2

Mike Campese

Mike Campese again turns the tried and true triad into an improvisational treat.

Guest Columnists

Harmony - Reaching For The Unreachable

Chris Juergensen

Small-handed Chris Juergensen shows you how to stretch to achieve great harmonic choices in chords.

Guest Columnists

How and Why Major Labels and Independent Labels Work Together

Bartley F. Day

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab talks about how labels of various sizes work together to achieve common goals.

Interviews

Interview: Steve Soest

Martin Schmidt

There's very few radio stations who play surf, rockabilly or blues, together with current folk or roots music. It's always Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or the Backstreet Boys. I just wish that the kids coming up would have a choice to be able to hear everything on the radio and be exposed to that stuff.

Guest Columnists