Guitar Nine Columns

Visually Evokative Instrumental Music

Singer-Songwriter Offers Guitar-Soaked Release

Jazz Instructor Leads By Example

Melodic And Cheery Acoustic Fingerstyle

Improvisational Instrumental Guitar

Contemporary Acoustic/Electric Instrumentals

Electronic Music For Guitar And Guitar Synth

New Caledonian GIT Graduate Goes Instrumental

French Instrumentalist Signs Deal For New CD

Busy Guitarist Keeps The Releases Coming

Electrifying Live Performer Offers Instrumental Work

Music industry guru Christopher Knab is back to discuss the business end of artistic success.

Tips on avoiding practice schedule overload. From the guitarist behind the unique "Highway 90" CD.

David Martone`s follow up lesson continues the quest for a change of color over dominant chords.

Add spice to your sonic stew with these harmonization ideas.

Neil Haverstick has made his living with his instrument for over 20 years - tips from a seasoned veteran.

Get a rhythmic grip on odd meters with the latest installment from Colin Mandel.

Believe it or not - you can play melodies and riffs without always pressing on the frets. Let Ray show you how.

Chopin`s swift piano piece adapted for the six-string.

Who bears the ultimate (and ironic) responsibility for the rise of peer-to-peer music swapping over the Internet.

I have done interviews with quite a few leading Japanese and European magazines. My experience with them has been very positive. As far as US magazines are concerned, it is hard for me to say how they are handling guitar-oriented music, because I haven`t dealt with them much in the past. There just doesn`t seem to be that much of a market for insturmental music in the US as there is overseas.

We`re definitely going to do another album this year. We`ve got a couple of concepts we`re throwing around. It will be an instrumental album. We`re ready to do that again ourselves. Like I said, we`re extremely proud of "Under The Lash Of Gravity" and we`re doing everything we can to get it out there. Initially, instrumental guitar fans didn`t buy it. But if they give it a chance, it does grow on you.

Don`t get jealous. Don`t put other people down for their playing. You have to concentrate on what you want to do and study and appreciate the works of other people. Don`t rip off works of your friends, take a little from them and add some originality. I have found that the people who take ideas and riffs from others blatantly without giving credit are usually mediocre musicians and writers.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab is back with the key ingredients necessary to make an impact in cyberspace.

No, no, no! This is about music! From the guitarist behind the amazing "First Light".

Direct from Canada, Martone`s lesson should help to obtain a change of color over dominant chords.

Do you wonder if you could ever be as good as your favorite guitar player? Will Landrum is back with good news.

And those that can`t do - scram! Teaching guitar for fun and profit.

Get a rhythmic grip on odd meters with this new column from Colin Mandel.

Lower Bach pain? A great exercise for right hand picking as well as left hand fretting technique.

A story about a guitar (well, a couple of guitars, actually).

Put down that guitar! How to dramatically affect your playing and creativity.

An original orchestration from "Gilbert Isbin Plays Nick Drake".

I never thought I`d be CEO of Virgin Independent, nor would I want to. I had material to release. No major or indie label wanted to hear about it, so I did it myself. And let`s face it: guitar music is a tough sell, so most majors won`t cut you any slack.

I love it at home, but you can`t play here. You can`t play in L.A. every night. We`re lucky to play once a week here. It`s just the nature of being a musician. People won`t pay to see you every single week. You have to travel and change your audience to be able to play every night.

The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine recall their mentors and heroes.

Blues Rock Band Poised To Explode

Fifteen Years Of Progressive Rock Fusion

Guitar-Based Improvisational Pieces Kick-Off Trilogy

High Energy, Blues/Rock Guitar

Music Creating An Uplifting Ambience

Meaningful Progressive Rock