Mille, Mil, Tausend, One Thousand!

In Any Language, Over 1,000 Instrumental Artists Available Through G9

December-January 2005 · December 2005

Welcome to the December edition of Guitar Nine's online magazine. In the past month, we crossed an important milestone; now, over 1,000 guitarists and bands in the instrumental guitar arena are now represented on the Guitar Nine web site and store. Just in the past two months alone, we've added 36 new releases and reissues to the site, including instrumental CDs by Richie Kotzen, Steve Laputa, Liona Boyd, Milan Polak, Jim Horne, Williams/McCulloch, Tim Pitts, Jeff Scheetz, Craig Chaquico, Neil Zaza, Adam Moore, Greg Griffin, Eric Johnson, Jay Geils, Jason Sadites, Michael Angelo Batio, Lars Eric Mattsson, De Gladas Kapell, Gregg Sweeney, Ken Hatfield, Armik, G3, Garaj Mahal, Project Z, Sandgarden, Steve Smith, Vital Information, Oz Noy, Frank Wallace, OHM:, Roger Scannura, Chris Dunnett and Alan Williamson. You can now listen to and order 1769 instrumental releases by 1001 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

29 columns

Guest Columnists

40 Years With the Guitar

Neil Haverstick

Neil Haverstick reflects on a long and interesting relationship with the instrument to which he has dedicated his entire career.

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Chromatic Swirl

Sven Stichter

Scare your audience (or even make someone hurl) with this ascending (yet descending) pattern.

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The Earliest Solo Guitar Recordings

Tom Ball

Guitarist Tom Ball discusses the simple question: Who made the first solo guitar recordings, and when? Check it out.

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Harmony - Slash Chords, Part 1

Chris Juergensen

If you think a Slash Chord is only found on a Guns 'n' Roses album, you really need this article.

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How To Nail A Solo

Jamie Andreas

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas helps you get beyond "moving fingers" to actually "making music".

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Interval Riffs: Simple Counterpoint

Randy Ellefson

Guitarist Randy Ellefson introduces two basic ideas in counterpoint: oblique motion and contrary motion.

Interviews

Interview: Bumblefoot

Guglielmo Malusardi

Guitar music isn't for everybody. Can't expect to sell as much as pop vocal music, and that's OK. Guitar music is for those who enjoy it, and it's great that Guitar Nine Records gives us a place where we can easily get it.

Interviews

Interview: Randy McStine

Dan McAvinchey

I have many goals and options, but I'll take it day by day. It's kinda scary to think what could happen in five years. I hope to accomplish something really special by that time.

Guest Columnists