The Guitar Player's Resource
The August-September edition is now online!
You may not have realized this, but the guitarists selling their instrumental CDs on the site are from all over the world. In addition to the many musicians from the United States, we're representing guitarists from the following countries (the number signifies the number of CDs): Germany (40), France (5), Canada (28), New Caledonia (2), Brazil (14), Netherlands (8), Italy (24), Denmark (6), Australia (33), Russia (4), England (85), Spain (30), Portugal (6), Cuba (2), India (2), Slovenia (1), Ireland (2), Hungary (10), Poland (3), South Korea (1), Finland (10), Greece (5), Trinidad (1), Sweden (13), Turkey (2), Mexico (5), Japan (4), Belgium (6), China (3), Chile (6), Haiti (1), Argentina (1), South Africa (1), Serbia (2), Austria (1), Estonia (1), Czech Republic (1), Costa Rica (11), Iran (12), Switzerland (3) and Ukraine (3).
August's guest columnists bring tech talk, the music business, and practice tips to the table, and cover topics on guitar technique, marketing advice, and rut busting. We've got ten fresh articles altogether - eight by returning columnists along with two new contributors. Canadian guitarist David Martone is back with another in his series entitled "Zone Recording: Major Album Deal". Mike Philippov returns with another technique article, appropriately called "Taking Your Guitar Technique To The Next Level". Tom Hess returns with his self-help column "Practicing Guitar: Self Discipline or Fun?". Hungarian guitarist Jonas Tamas serves up another technique column, "Sliding With Both Hands While Tapping". Scott Allen continues his series with "Gearing Up: I've Got Woods". Guitarist Jamie Andreas is back with her column entitled "On Memorizing, Part Two". Kole returns to guide you with, "Getting Into The Flow: Opening Yourself To The Muse". Christopher Knab will test your knowledge with "What Do You Know About Getting Signed And Working With A Record Label?". New contributors include Jimmy Williams with "Chromaticism" and Nashville guitarist Dave Isaacs with a technique column, "Strum-a Strum-a Strum: A Rhythm Primer For Songwriters". Finally, indie marketing and promotions expert Tim Sweeney returns with great advice in "Consider The Source of Internet Information".
Tim Sweeney
Mike Philippov
Kole
Christopher Knab
Tom Hess
Scott Allen
Dave Isaacs
Jamie Andreas
Jonas Tamas
Jimmy Williams
August updates include a new interview with guitarist Kiko Loureiro.
This edition we've selected four more of the most outstanding artists from the eleven years of the Undiscovered series profiles - it's called The Rediscovered. Think of it as the best of the best of The Undiscovered artists - another chance to check in with guitar oriented musicians and bands you may have missed the first time around.
Guitar Nine has added another 18 new instrumental guitar CDs to the site in the past two months. This brings the total number of instrumental guitar CDs available to 1929!
CDs are now online and shipping for Matthew Mills, Jartse Tuominen, Petr Henych, Esseness Project, John McLaughlin, Mckay Tebbs, Jennifer Batten, Greg Howe, John 5, Niko Tsonev, Rob Metz, Tonio Ruiz, Pete Laramee, Workshop, Hematovore, Carl Roa, Koji Tsumoto, and Soul To Strings.
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 1929 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
Guitar-oriented, concert DVDs recently added include titles by Martone, David Valdes, ZZ Top, Stanley Jordan, Allan Holdsworth and John McLaughlin among others.
DVD SoundCheck
Browse over 260 titles in the area of guitar instruction, including a number of the newest Lick Library DVD titles such as their Quick Licks series, Pure Theory series, the Gear Guides series, and the Metal Edge series, taught by Andy James, Danny Gill and Michael Casswell. Also instructional titles by David Valdes and Tomo Fujita have recently been added.
Instructional SoundCheck
The latest and greatest additions and reissues to the Guitar Nine sister site, Guitar Music 9, include:
Light Crust Doughboys - Rock/Easy Listening
Gospel People Love Revue - Gospel/Easy Listening
Pierre-Marie E. Reverdy - Shred/Fusion
Bumblefoot - Hard Rock/Shred
Johnny Winter - Blues
Johnny Winter - Blues
Live At Blind Willie's - Blues
There are now 550 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