August-September 2011

Vol. 16, No. 2: August-September 2011
Hot Summer, Hotter Music
Beat The Heat With Cool New Music Available Now

Welcome to the August edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Hot, humid summers are the rule here in North Carolina, but in spite of that, we've been working as hard as ever. From the headline, you'll notice that music is one of the few things in life that can be both 'hot' and 'cool' at the same time. Fans of instrumental guitar music have a lot to listen to this summer; we've completed 20 new additions to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Jarle H. Olsen, Demi Show, Rob Carlton, Next Order, Christian Muenzner, Dean Cascione, Casey Harshbarger, Al Marconi, Jake Dreyer, Strings 24, Yuji Fukuda, Danny John Trio, Randy Pevler, Chris Taylor, Wayne Krantz, Abstract Logix Live, Dolcetti, TevorX and David Pritchard. You can now listen to and order 1730 instrumental releases by 1116 different artists.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

How to keep from destroying your confidence by setting realistic expectations for your recording projects.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine Records August-September 2011 newsletter.

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

You`ve grouped in fives; now add two, and we`ll group in sevens.

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

Avoiding critical mistakes in learning to increase your guitar speed.

Scott Allen
Scott Allen

Scott Allen focuses on licks that grab attention of the listener.

Neal Nagaoka
Neal Nagaoka

Five of the very best guitar kids from the past two months in a video format. You can submit your most terrifying videos.

Michael Knight
Michael Knight

You eventually have to leave the warm comfort zone you`ve assembled for your creativity.

Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney says its time for your music to pay you what you are worth.

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

Music industry guru Christopher Knab can`t believe his own ears in this installment.

Guy Pople
Guy Pople

This month`s lead guitar element focuses on using the major scale to build other scales.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Percussive & Melodic Fingerstyle

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Melding Classical, Latin & Flamenco Styles

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Phrasing is what makes the big difference between just mindless noodling and a great guitar solo in my opinion. Think more about which notes you play and when you play them.

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