April-May 2010

Vol. 14, No. 6: April-May 2010
China, France, Germany, Canada Take Center Stage
Attractively Priced International CDs Add Diversity And Balance To The Site

Welcome to the April edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. We're happy to report a number of stellar instrumental releases have come in from all over the globe (from places such as New Caledonia, China, Canada, Germany and France), keeping the international flavor of the site alive and well. With that in mind, we've added 9 new releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Tristan Klein, Plankton, Soren Jordan, Ducks Can Groove, Manu Livertout, Relocator, Greigg Fraser, Lei Chen and Pascal Allaigre. You can now listen to and order 1841 instrumental releases by 1168 different artists.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

How to start and organize your own record label. It's a lot easier than you may think.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine Records April-May 2010 newsletter.

Jean-Pierre Zammit
Jean-Pierre Zammit

Zammit`s back with the second part of his challenging and beneficial chromatic exercises.

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike Campese gives you exercises and tios on how to pedal your way to musical nirvana.

Ysrafel
Ysrafel

Ysrafel covers vibrato technique in great detail in this informative lesson.

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

Tom Hess offers three reasons why you may not be getting big results from taking guitar lessons.

Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

Music is a synthesis of technique and art; making sure you include both in equal measure.

Jirakit Somame
Jirakit Somame

Here are more exercises to develop and improve outside picking and alternate picking.

Guy Pople
Guy Pople

Here is a great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your technique, and more.

Mike O'Malley
Mike O'Malley

Don`t let yourself get worse but not trying to get better.

David Martone
David Martone

Canadian guitarist David Martone has been busy lately, and has a full clinic schedule this summer.

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

Music industry guru Christopher Knab delivers the truth to a lot of musicians who may not be ready to hear it.

Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney wants to help you turn that situation around today.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Music is a language, it comes from your soul and your body. I`m not hung up on technique or theory; that`s why I love Santana as much as Vai. What they play just comes from the heart.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

When you hear generic music, you can bet the composer wasn`t inspired, rather they were stringing riffs together and trying to impress.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

One I stopped procrastinating and making excuses and decided that I really wanted to make an album that I would be the first in line to buy - an album that really excited my heart.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

A great solo works like a powerful and moving speech. Something that grabs your attention, keeps you interested, tells a story, and wraps up leaving you feeling like you got something from it.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

I`m very fortunate in that I get to tour and play live quite a bit. I`m also happy to say that my fan base continues to grow, so considering the state of the music biz these days I`ve got no complaints.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Guitar-Oriented Rock/Blues Band

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Sweden`s New Instrumental Progressive Rock

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Evocative, Guitar-Driven World Music

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