If you're a typical musician, you lack one or both of these critical qualities. Let's see how important they are to your success.
Welcome to the April edition of Guitar Nine's online magazine. After taking 5 years to reach 1000 titles, in the past few months the number of titles on the site has grown by over 10%. In the past two months, we've added another 38 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Steve Cunningham, Danny Jones Band, Nick Thompson, Michael Harris, Bob Ernst, Rik Wright, Ottmar Liebert, Mermen, Dave And Davis, GasHead, Julien Kasper, Tak Matsumoto, Warren Cuccurullo, Kotikoski/Kleutgens, Theodore Ziras, Shawn Persinger Is Prester John, Jason Becker, Glenn Zervas, Brett Garsed, OHM:, Hybrid Freak Division, Janos Varga Project, Mindflowers, Laszlo Halper, D Sound, Gyarfas Istvan Trio, Folk Ivan, Uthull, Ken Synder, Ozric Tentacles, Paolo Valli, Vince Mendoza and Zoe McCulloch. You can now listen to and order 1120 instrumental releases by 632 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).
If you're a typical musician, you lack one or both of these critical qualities. Let's see how important they are to your success.
Complete understanding of the modes has eluded many a guitarist. Here`s part one of Mike Campese`s multi-part lesson.
Sean Mercer teaches you a single right-hand finger tapping technique.
Add some excitement to your playing by playing outside the scale.
Steve Pappas is back with his arrangement of one of the most well known hymns of all time.
How to embrace the healing power of music.
Paul Nelson talks about the Ionian, or Major scale.
How to write something you cannot play, and then playing it.
How Chris satisfies both his financial and artistic needs and how you can too.
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney discusses live show promotion ideas.
Music industry guru Christopher Knab discusses critical changes in the way recordings are sold and distributed.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) updates can be tricky, take it from Canadian guitarist David Martone.
Blending New Age, Folk & Celtic
Music Encompassing Many Moods & Styles
Doin' It With Just Bass & Vocals
Mastering The Musical Use Of The Guitar
Mood-Driven Blues Instrumentals
Santa Margarita's Metal Mayhem
The main thing over here is, we have big media problems. People that do weirder kind of music, jazz, fusion or blues, there is not a big radio market for it, like there is in other countries. As a result of that, people don¥t get to hear the music and they don¥t show up at the gigs.
Rock Instrumentalist Seeks Contract
Fusing Funk, Blues, Jazz & Country
A Modern Approach To Flamenco