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Striving For The Big Time

Stoner Rock EP From England

Squeezing Vitamin "G" From Boundless Intensity

I was never a fan of direct guitar sounds but for some reason this album ("Zone") is full of direct guitar. All of the rhythm tracks, clean and dirty, were recorded direct. I find that this gives the punchiest sound out there. The Sans-Amp rack really helped also. It is one of those `plug and play` pieces of gear which tone just oozes out of.

Instrumental Guitarist Records Solo EP

Swedish Guitarist Plans To Leverage Skills

Instrumentals Highlighting The Low End

Microtonal Musician Explores 19 & 34 Tone Guitar Music

Eclectic Instrumental CD Oozes Raw Energy

Part two of our e-mailbag dump, answering some of the most commonly asked questions about releasing and promoting records.

Paul Abbott discusses the phenomenon of sound.

Highlighting the ways that other instruments and their players can profoundly effect us.

Putting yourself in the shoes and sticks of the drummer.

As far as instrumental goes, when you can`t sing yourself, you tend to write without a vocal part in mind. If you could add vocals to it, that would be one thing, but I decided that I would like the guitar to shine through on what I was doing. So I decided to make the project instrumental.

Progressive Instrumental Guitarist Releases EP-CD

Delivering Impressive Guitar & Heartfelt Music

Two-Handed, Melodic Mood Music

Guitar Company Releases Instrumental Artist Collection

Heavy Metal Guitar Instrumentals

Duo Creates Stylistic Melting Pot

Hard Rock Group Looks To Enter The Popular Mainstream

Dedicated Guitarist Plans Solo Instrumental Project

Four-Piece Instrumental Group Releases First CD

Instrumental Heaviness With An Emphasis On Composition

Demon On The Fretboard Releases CD

Guitar Student Demos Instrumental Compositions

Furiously Fast French Guitarist Seeks Producer/Sponsor

Authentic, Hard-Edged Blues/Rock

Killer Texas Trio Releases First CD

Instrumental Blend Of Rock And Fusion

Melodic Songwriting Meets Intense Guitar Riffs

Bassist, Drummer Combine With Fusion Greats

Guitarist Paul Kuntz is back with some thoughts on how to avoid that feeling of being `lost without a map`.

Kick-start your musical development with these essential tips from Curtis.

Learn the essentials of the swept arpeggio from one of the masters of the technique.

Gerry Magee begins his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with the benefits of thinking like a composer.

Don't make the mistake of thinking this is someone else's job. As an independent artist, the ball is in your court.

For Europe my music is not aggressive enough and in the US I didn`t have anybody to present it to. So rather than making so-called industry contacts and "wait until it happens" I decided to do it myself, which turned out to be much faster and got me and my music much more respect. I highly recommend a musical statement such as this to all musicians who intend to be a part of this complex industry.

I hope my music, although there are no words, communicates and reaches people on an emotional, spiritual and entertaining level. I try to incorporate various instrumentation, and contemporary compositional influences.

We have tried to record as much of our playing as we possibly can, both in practice and "jamming" sessions, and when we perform live, to give ourselves some feedback. When playing it`s very difficult to listen to yourself because you`re too busy thinking about what`s going to happen next, while in critical listening you concentrate on the blend of what has just happened. By listening to recordings of ourselves we can pick out the improvisational parts that work well, sound great, or have promise, then try to concentrate on developing them.

Acoustic Progressive Jazz Meets New Age Fusion

Guitarist Blends Progressive & Neo-Classical Influences

Guitarist Makes Mark In Music Mecca

Instrumental Rock For The Hungry Heart

Trio Releases Instrumental Rock Demo

Duel Guitars, High-Tech Shred

Electric Release From Multi-Instrumentalist

Maniacal Instrumental Madness With An Elfin Flavor