Welcome to the April edition of the Guitar Nine on-line magazine. Songwriting myths, lyric writing, scale shapes and mental practicing are just a few of the subjects covered in the second issue of 2018. In total, six guest columnists have submitted seven original articles on a range of musical topics of interest to practicing musicians. After working through the information and lessons, please sample some excellent music released by the over 1400 musicians we've worked with over the past 21 years! Interestingly, we've now published over 220 artist interviews, while over 210 musicians and industry experts have written close to 1100 guest columns for this site since 1996.