Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

Terry Syrek will slap you silly if you even attempt a wank tap.

An inside look at how one key can affect the sound of another.

Here`s a great way to fatten up any guitar tone, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Give your picking a boost with German`s crazy ideas.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney suggests making your next live show an event.

Tom Hess with even more ideas on selecting and using a compositional process that works best for you.

Patrick DeCoste returns to bring music theory to life.

Have trouble fitting the "biz" into your daily life as a musician? Check out Metal Mike`s advice.

Before you come down for one technique or another, check out Philippov`s discussion on the issue.

Here`s some ideas to help you reach the front gate of shredhood.

The process and benefits of writing down and charting specific details of the things the composer wishes to express is explained.

Examples and tips intended to help everybody who seeks ways to improve on their instrument.

Travels with your musical tour guide, Canadian guitarist David Martone.

How to keep your performance but change the ampís sound after the fact.

Michael Knight looks at some activities for versatile composition and soloing.

What does it mean for one`s playing to be considered original? Let`s find out.

Enlist those underutilized picking hand fingers to facilitate string skipping and wider intervals.

Here are seven common problems guitarists encounter when learning to sweep pick, and what you can do about them.

The second part of the process and benefits of writing down and charting specific details of the things the composer wishes to express is explained.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney recommends cooperation, instead of competition.

Tom Hess with his third installment on ideas on selecting and using a compositional process that works best for you.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney urges you focus on the messages and ideas your music provokes.

Tom Hess with his fourth installment on songwriting, with more advanced, yet simple and overlooked concepts.

Exploring the best use of swept arpeggios in a rock guitar player`s bag of tricks.

Check out Sander Owen`s ultimate guide for the impatient and willfully weak musician.

If you`re sitting there with a pick in your hand, throw it away, you won`t need it.

A theory borrowed from psychology but adapted by the author to the musical realm.

Simple knowledge of pentatonics is all you need to utilize the modes in your lead guitar playing.

The Mad Scotsman is here with the first in a series of lessons featuring cliche busting musical ideas.

Great ideas for wicked tone, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

You can get so much from exposure to unfamiliar music styles.

Zack Uidl outlines key characteristics and work habits people look for in a studio/session musician.

Mike`s ideas will help you move up the neck very quickly.

Kevin Buck tackles the most technically challenging piece ever written.

Web sites give people all over the world a central place to find band information. Maximize this resource and fans will want to return to your site.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney takes on the overwhelmed artist with some helpful advice.

Part two of Scott Allen`s exploration into the wonderful world of arpeggios.

Take a tour of the live performance capable Digitruck, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Use the entire neck of your axe with these three octave ideas.

Here`s how you can go about creating a whole host of chords quickly and effectively.

Successful blogs keep their status by following these 20 rules from the start and throughout their blog`s lifetime.

Zack Uidl completes his outline of key characteristics and work habits people look for in a studio/session musician.