Spring Begins With Stampede Of New Music

Titles From France, Chile, Hungary, Australia, Germany (And More) Pour In

April-May 2004 · April 2004

Welcome to the April edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Grammy-quality music (congrats to Jeff Beck for his Best Rock Instrumental Performance award for "Plan B") has been coming in at an astounding rate recently; we can't remember a period in which so many top notch titles have been made available to our customers. In the past two months we've added another 50 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Alejandro Silva, Manu Livertout, Laurent Fleury, Garaj Mahal, Truth Squad, Zeroesque, Inkabb Holnap, Logic?, Project Steiger, Ken Hatfield Trio, Roger Scannura & Ritmo Flamenco, Matt Konfirst, Double Heart Project, Alex Masi, Vitalij Kuprij, Paul Yates, Confusion, 7for4, G3, Uli Jon Roth, Johnny A., Steve Morse, MVP, Jose Luis Encinas, Giacomo Castellano, Cover Guitarra, Yanliang Lee, Magic Red, Michael Henson, Electrocution 250, Rob Eberhard Young, Ozric Tentacles, OHM:, Michael Romeo, Terry `Buffalo` Ware, Pierre Bensusan, Richard Hallebeek Project, Howland/Imboden Project, Howland/Laug/Morrison/Pinnick, Upright, Jose De Castro, Sultan Of String, Code 3, Gerald Gradwohl and Corbin King. You can now listen to and order 1389 instrumental releases by 785 different artists. Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you've released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine, and decide if it's right for your music (if you've released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).

In this issue

25 columns

Guest Columnists

Creativity And Expression - Part 2

Tom Hess

Tom Hess is back with a second installment on how creativity can be enhanced to improve songwriting and improvisation.

Guest Columnists

Do You Have To Worry About Sound?

Peter Stankov

How picky is too picky when recording your music; an opinon by Peter Stankov.

Guest Columnists

Double-Tracking Lead Guitars, Part 1

Randy Ellefson

Creating a fuller, chock full o' tone sound with double-tracking. Play it again, Randy.

Guest Columnists

Fresh New Sounds With Triads

Mike Campese

Mike Campese turns the tried and true triad into an improvisational treat.

General Information

Guitar Nine Logos

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A selection of historical Guitar Nine logo variations.

Guest Columnists

How Do Your Shoes Affect CD Sales?

Tim Sweeney

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney discusses the importance of connecting with your audience.

Guest Columnists

How To Write A Music-Related Press Release

Christopher Knab

Music industry guru Christopher Knab teaches you the proper form for a press release geared towards movers and shakers in the music industry.

Interviews

Interview: Rob Eberhard Young

Dan McAvinchey

Being independent allows you to totally escape A&R, and do whatever you want. In the next three years I am releasing a solo acoustic guitar record, a fusion record, and a record with no guitar on it. I would never be allowed to do that with PolyGram. Being independent allows you to always be in control of your own music.

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