Instrumental Guitar Site Marks Anniversary

Guitar Nine Celebrates 9 Years Online

June-July 2005 · June 2005

Welcome to the June edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. June of 1996 marked our entry into cyberspace, and after nine years, Guitar Nine has become the leader in providing the widest selection of instrumental guitar recordings, news and information. To celebrate, we've added another 42 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Milan Polak, Allen Hinds, Dave Weiner, Doppler, Inc., Nat Janoff Group, JRZ System, John Danley, Violet Samudra, Mike Campese, Borg And Vella, Carl Hupp Project, Alex Goulden, Too Old To Rock, Nebojsa Buhin, Berkana, James Ryan. Kiko Loureiro, Alex Masi, Armik, Jesse Cook, Sam Yelda, Rogerio Maudonnet, Michael Nicolella, Patrick DeCoste, David Fiuczynski & Rufus Cappadocia, Matt Cafissi, Fiuczynski`s Headless Torsos, Mark Magnuson, Rez Abbasi, Phi Yaan-Zek, Danny Jones, Logic?, Gary Meyers, Torben Enevoldsen, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Morse, Strunz/Farah, Cosmic Farm, Souls In Harmony and Ken Snyder. You can now listen to and order 1668 instrumental releases by 944 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

26 columns

Guest Columnists

The Acoustic Guitar In The Mix, Part 2

Tony Koretz

Making an acoustic guitar sound good in the mix, part deux.

Guest Columnists

Can You Really Become a Great Guitar Player?

Tom Hess

What separates those who do from those who don't? Here's how you can succeed where others have failed.

Guest Columnists

Changing Bad Habits

Jamie Andreas

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas can help you 'manage' the process of changing bad playing habits.

Guest Columnists

Getting The Most Out Of Your Scales

Mike Campese

Mike Campese demonstrates that you can get many unique sounds out of just one scale.

Interviews

Interview: Al Estrada

Dan McAvinchey

The advantages to working with a label is the feedback you get while writing. On my previous CDs I was pretty much on my own so it was nice to get some feedback for a change.

Interviews

Interview: Kiko Loureiro

Guglielmo Malusardi

Music is the highest form of art. It is the most abstract art, while being the one that reaches deep emotions in all of us. Instrumental music is Pure Music. It gives to the listener only vibrations to get inspired and emotional.

Interviews

Interview: Rob Balducci

Guglielmo Malusardi

This is one of the great things about being an artist on Favored Nations. I am in control of my art. When I write songs, I never think about how long a song is - my songs and arrangements are done the way I envision it.

Guest Columnists