U.S.A. Swelters; Cool Music To The Rescue
Welcome to the August edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. As many parts of the U.S. endure record high temperatures, savvy CD collectors take the opportunity to pick up hard-to-acquire titles in the music business' typically slow season. To help build your collection of instrumental guitar music, we've added another 29 titles to the site, including instrumental CDs by Floating Stone, Michael Caputo, Animacorda, David Wright, Jeff Berlin, Enlightenment, Mike Campese, Mike Martin, Jeff Beasley, Richie Kotzen, Michael Hedges, Guitar Garden, Franck Ribiere, Daniel Palmqvist, Tony De Gruttola, Gabe Cummins, Delirious Tremor, Strunz/Farah, Armik, Isbin & Iep, Si Hayden, Plankton, Elewout De Raad Project, Greg Rapaport, Natural Born Player and Thorbjorn Englund. You can now listen to and order 1927 instrumental releases by 1096 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
2 String Practice Techniques
More ideas to help you memorize your scales break out of the patterns and ruts you have been stuck in.
5 Paths To $100,000 Per Year - Part 3: Mac Daddi's Way
The third installment of strategies that successful independent artists use to profit from their passion for music.
The 80/20 Law: Maximum Results With Minimum Time
How long you practice is not always as important as what you choose to focus your practice time on.
Are You Including Your New And Existing Fans or Excluding Them?
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney is back promoting the idea of inclusion.
Becoming A Priority At A Record Label
Music industry guru Christopher Knab talks about keys to staying in a label's good graces.
Getting The Most Out Of Your Practicing
Danny Jones knows you don't have enough time to practive - or maybe you do.
Interview: Dan McAvinchey
I want to make it as easy as possible for instrumental guitar fans to find the music they really want, and that means constantly improving the site, a little bit every week and every month.
Interview: Terry Syrek
Music is one of the deepest forms of communication and when you stop focusing on trying to impress people and focus on trying to communicate with them, it goes to an entirely new level.
Newsletter August-September 2006
Guitar Nine Records August-September 2006 newsletter.
Theoretically Speaking
"Is learning music theory really necessary for me?" Patrick DeCoste explores possible answers.
The Undiscovered: Andreas Charalambous
Guitarist Of Few Words
The Undiscovered: Bob Gallo Quintet
Up Tempo, Chops-Heavy Jazz
The Undiscovered: Brett Phillips
Youthful Guitarist With A Nice Touch
The Undiscovered: Harri Stojka
Infectious Gypsy Swing Guitarist
The Undiscovered: Harry Tikander
Finnish Blueman In Thailand
The Undiscovered: King Karma
Turning It Up, Letting Go
The Undiscovered: Magdalene
Texan Power Rock
The Undiscovered: Marin Jerkunica
Classical, Flamenco And More
The Undiscovered: Orlando Blanco
Instrumentals At The Fringe Of Rock
The Undiscovered: Rich Newport
2006: Riffs And Excursions
The Undiscovered: Sean Brown
A Little Of This, A Little Of That
The Undiscovered: Troy LaRue
Ah Via Johnson
Zone Recording: NGW And The Mojo Room
A look at Canadian guitarist David Martone latest educational tour and photo op.