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The August-September edition is now online!
Be sure to check out our sales charts to quickly get a handle on the hottest titles on the site. Charts can be viewed for weekly, monthly and yearly sales, and are broken out into 23 different genres and groupings.
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August brings a number of excellent contributions by our guest columnists, who cover studio recording, technique, and the music business. We've got nine new articles altogether - eight returning columnists and a single first timer. First off is Mike Campese, G.I.T. graduate and instructor, with "2 String Practice Techniques". Canadian guitarist David Martone is back with another interesting article entitled "Zone Recording: NGW And The Mojo Room". Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess contributes his essential piece called "The 80/20 Law: Maximum Results With Minimum Time". Danny Jones takes a break from his shredding licks series with "Getting The Most Out Of Your Practicing". Indie marketing and promotions expert Tim Sweeney has contributed an article entitled "Are You Including Your New And Existing Fans or Excluding Them?" Band coach Sean Farrington returns with "5 Paths To $100,000 Per Year - Part 3: Mac Daddi's Way". British guitarist Guy Pople is back with "7 Strings Good, 6 Strings Bad: Evolutionary Leap". Our only first time contributor is guitarist Patrick DeCoste with "Theoretically Speaking". Finally, music industry guru Christopher Knab returns with "Becoming A Priority At A Record Label".
Christopher Knab
Mike Campese
Sean Farrington
Tom Hess
Patrick DeCoste
Guy Pople
Tim Sweeney
Danny Jones
David Martone
August updates include new interviews with guitarists Tony De Gruttola, Terry Syrek and Dan McAvinchey.
Tony De Gruttola Interview
Terry Syrek Interview
Dan McAvinchey Interview
This edition we're featuring another group of unknown talent through our Undiscovered Artists program. The music ranges from hi energy jazz to eclectic shred, and from classic hard rock to gypsy swing. These artists offer continuing evidence that the independent music community is alive and well, and brings the total number of artists we've profiled over the 650 mark!
Guitar Nine has added another 29 new instrumental guitar CDs to the site in the past two months. This brings the total number of instrumental guitar CDs available to 1917!
CDs are now online and shipping for 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.
With the blend of the world's best Independent Artists along with our Distributed Artists Series, Guitar Nine aims to provide one-stop shopping for instrumental guitar enthusiasts.
Check out the Latest Additions/Releases and Listening Room at:
Latest Releases
Listening Room
To order any of the 1917 discs:
Price List
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For general ordering information/checkout, visit:
Ordering Information
If you'd like more information about selling your instrumental guitar release with us:
Merchandising Program
We've added some of the hottest guitar-oriented, concert DVD releases recently, now available are titles by artists such as Pink Floyd, Gipsy Kings, Joe Pass, Rush and Buddy Guy, among others.
DVD SoundCheck
More titles are also available in the area of guitar instruction. For example, we've recently added DVD titles hosted by John Entwistle, Andy Summers and George Benson.
Instructional SoundCheck
The latest and greatest additions to the Guitar Nine sister site, Guitar Music 9, include:
PainmuseuM - Heavy Metal
Pat Torpey - Hard Rock
Richie Kotzen - Hard Rock
Michael Schenker Group - Hard Rock
Chaz DePaolo - Blues
Mike Keneally Band - Rock
Fred Hamm - Funk
There are now 576 guitar-oriented vocal titles available, with MP3 samples provided for previewing each artist.
Guitar Music 9 Main Page
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Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Nine