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The Raleigh Rescue Mission
Hope for the poor and homeless. Each year Raleigh Rescue Mission helps more than 1,500 people who come to our door in need. We couldn't do it without the help from compassionate people.
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Past Surveys: 1999
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Past Surveys: 1999
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Guitar Nine Records
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Why Surveys?
You may as well ask, why are perceptions important? The need to find out what music fans are thinking has never been greater than it is today. This applies not only to the world of guitars and music. It is just as true in other areas of business and research.
Knowing what the visitors to our site think helps us maintain a powerful competitive edge. It helps us strengthen our performance, implement necessary changes to the site, acquire new products, and protects our future.
If we know what our visitors are thinking, it will allow us to focus our products and services to meet their needs, assiting us as we grow the business and build customer loyalty - not to mention awakening the sales potential in all those fans of music (and the guitar in particular) that are not already our customers.
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Guitar Nine Records Surveys: Historical Results
Here are the results of the surveys we conducted on the Guitar Nine Records site in 1999.
February, 1999 Survey Results
Which guitar effect do you like the best?
| Distortion | 28.1% |
| Delay/Echo | 17.0% |
| Wah-wah | 15.7% |
| Chorus | 11.8% |
| Reverb | 9.8% |
| Compression | 5.9% |
| Overdrive | 5.9% |
| Flanging | 2.6% |
| Phasing | 2.0% |
| Pitch shift | 1.3% |
April, 1999 Survey Results
The Internet has made the situation for independent musicians:
| Better, but with new problems | 35.1% |
| Creatively free, but financially challenging | 20.3% |
| Into a gold mine | 17.6% |
| Into a `level playing field` | 16.2% |
| Unrealistically optimistic | 5.4% |
| More competitive | 4.1% |
| More confusing | 1.4% |
June, 1999 Survey Results
Select an instrumental guitarist you`d like to see available on our site:
| Shawn Lane | 9.2% |
| Garsed/Helmerich | 8.6% |
| Shaun Baxter | 6.6% |
| Michael Angelo | 5.9% |
| Michael Manring | 5.3% |
| Richie Kotzen | 3.9% |
| Jason Becker | 3.3% |
| Jan Cyrka | 3.3% |
| Wishbone Ash | 3.3% |
| Blues Saraceno | 3.3% |
| Marc Bonilla | 2.6% |
| Jan Akkerman | 2.6% |
| Danny Gatton | 2.6% |
| Frank Zappa | 2.6% |
| Stu Hamm | 2.0% |
| Vinnie Moore | 2.0% |
| Tony MacAlpine | 2.0% |
| Michael Lee Firkins | 2.0% |
| Pete Haycock | 1.3% |
| Joey Tafolla | 1.3% |
| Bernd Steidl | 1.3% |
| Chris Poland | 1.3% |
| Paul Hanson | 1.3% |
| Alex Masi | 1.3% |
| George Lynch | 1.3% |
| James Byrd | 1.3% |
| Chet Atkins | 1.3% |
| Greg Howe | 1.3% |
| Dave Sharman | 1.3% |
| Scott Henderson | 1.3% |
| Darren Householder | 1.3% |
| Steve Howe | 1.3% |
| Brad Gillis | 0.7% |
| Steve Hunter | 0.7% |
| Jamie LaRitz | 0.7% |
| John Macey | 0.7% |
| Dave Uhrich | 0.7% |
| Tony Young | 0.7% |
| Guy Mann-Dude | 0.7% |
| The Ventures | 0.7% |
| Glenn Phillips | 0.7% |
| Al DiMeola | 0.7% |
| Mark Wood | 0.7% |
| Doug Doppler | 0.7% |
| Scott Stine | 0.7% |
| Albert Lee | 0.7% |
| Marty Friedman | 0.7% |
| Derek Taylor | 0.7% |
August, 1999 Survey Results
Do you currently `collect` and listen to songs in the mp3 format?
| No | 35.4% |
| Yes, I have 1-20 songs | 23.2% |
| Yes, I have 101-300 songs | 9.8% |
| Yes, I have 21-50 songs | 8.5% |
| Yes, I have 51-75 songs | 8.5% |
| Yes, I have over 1000 songs | 6.1% |
| Yes, I have 76-100 songs | 6.1% |
| Yes, I have 301-1000 songs | 2.4% |
October, 1999 Survey Results
How much would you pay to download a song in the mp3 format?
| Why pay when they are free? | 52.7% |
| Not interested; prefer CDs | 18.8% |
| 1 dollar | 10.7% |
| 25 cents | 6.2% |
| 75 cents | 6.2% |
| 50 cents | 5.4% |
December, 1999 Survey Results
How many CDs have you bought online in the past six months?
| Over 20 | 26.6% |
| Between 1-5 | 21.9% |
| Between 6-10 | 18.8% |
| None | 14.1% |
| Between 16-20 | 9.4% |
| Between 11-15 | 9.4% |
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Other Information in English
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- And 58 more in the Other Information in English series, view the index
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