1,500 Instrumental Titles Now Available

50% Rise Since December of 2002, When The 1000 Mark Was Reached

October-November 2004 · October 2004

Welcome to the October edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Another milestone of sorts has been reached, as we added our fifteen-hundredth instrumental guitar title to the site in late September. Now it's on to two thousand! We've added 49 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Roy Vogt, Bill McCormick, Glenn Cannon, Shawn Lane Remembered, Patrik Carlsson, Faraz, Francis Kuipers, Armik, Marc Klock Group, Stanley Jordan, Calvin L. Coolidge, Spaces, Retroliners, Supertones, Todd Grubbs, Gary Hoey, John 5, Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble, Harald Weinkum, Jordan Rudess, California Guitar Trio, Al DiMeola, Ottmar Liebert, Roland Chadwick, Ominox, Dave Odegaard, Mike Keneally, Sheryl Bailey 3, Vital Information, Carvalho/Martinho, Alex Skolnick Trio, Neil Zaza, Travis Larson Band, Chas Williams, GuitarStew, Dave Villano, Joe Stump, Ozric Tentacles, A Guitar Supreme, Adrian Legg and Strunz/Farah. You can now listen to and order 1513 instrumental releases by 855 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

Are Lessons And Music School Really Worth It?

Mike Walsh

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh can't stress enough the importance of a music education.

Guest Columnists

Easy Bar Chords

Jamie Andreas

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas is back with tips on a technical area that is of major concern to players

Guest Columnists

Going "Outside The Zone"

Ivan Bertolla

Ivan Bertolla is here to help you move music composition outside the normal I IV V zone.

Guest Columnists

I Get So Many Clueless Letters!

Christopher Knab

Music industry consultant Christopher Knab shares his crazy, bizarre and clueless electronic correspondence.

Guest Columnists

Interval Riff Basics

Randy Ellefson

How using only two fingers creates more advanced possibilities for interval riffs.

Interviews

Interview: Neil Brocklebank

Dan McAvinchey

Remember, if you look like everyone else, how do you stand out? Don't rely on your technique to get you noticed, it won't. Your songs might, but you've got to get people interested enough to listen to you in the first place.

Guest Columnists