Guitar Nine Columns

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney on why perception may not always be reality.

Ace mastering engineer and guitarist Paul Abbott helps you avoid a muddy, undefined low to low-mid sound.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab talks about an overlooked area of importance, CD packaging.

How to personalize and colorize our old friend - the blues.

Learning the fretboard through scales by Mike Campese.

Using harmonics to get a great shimmering sound, from an award winning guitarist.

The changes to John Coltrane`s classic can result in inspiration for original solos.

Why you need a number of tones to impress, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

The Internet itself is a huge jungle. I believe it gives a chance for those who don`t make it via a traditional label or distributor, if they know how to reach the audience.

Let`s face it, it is hard to get a label to pick you up and understand your visions. On the other hand, doing an independent release, you have control and you learn a lot. Sure, it is hard work, but I love to work hard for a dream!

Old Instrumental Groove Is New Again

Part Jazz, Part Fusion, Part Electronic

Welcome (Back) To The Jungle

Reggae Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter

Blues Rocker Races Towards Slide Guitar Fame

Absorb This Divergent Heavy Progressive Rock

Rock Fusionist Promotes Latest Demo

Italian Rock Instrumentalist Looks For Label

Hard Edged Rhythms & Meditative Melodies

Austrian Instrumentalist Balances Melody & Virtuosity

Instrumental Rock From Kazakstan

Young New Yorker Aspires Towards First CD

How to develop the ability to use right hand figers along with the pick.

Steve Pappas is back with another piece for solo fingerstyle guitar originating from Ireland.

How to control a potentially rebellious picking hand.

Hard questions to ask yourself before your next recording session begins.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas talks about a problem more common than anyone knows - and how to deal with it.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab talks about how to deal with a record industry in turmoil.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney on three little words that have a powerful meaning in your music career.

A complete primer on these amazing scales.

How does anybody know what key they’re in? Let's find out.

Systems and ways to organize large clumps of knowledge in the area of chord construction.

Gain control over your instrument and improve your ear for harmonies.

Ace mastering engineer and guitarist Paul Abbott discusses how mastering can mean the difference between a good-sounding CD and a professional CD.

Greg Rapaport discusses advanced tapping forms.

Fatting up your recorded sound with real double tracking, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

More ways to master the fretboard through the use of the pentatonic scale.

I had always wanted to do a solo album, but it was all talk. One day I mentioned it again to my wife and she said don`t talk about it, do it. So I did. As soon as the real decision was made things started to fall into place, as they often do.

I think that the best promo is playing live, and to be seen as much as possible. I do many clinics for Digitech, Parker and now Vox amplifiers. This is a great way for people to hear your music and to sell discs at the performances.

How you can add something different to your solos to sound a little more `out`.

Are you aurally challanged? Learn how to improve this vital skill.

How to get big, fat rhythm guitars even bigger and fatter, and other panning tips.