December-January 2011

Vol. 16, No. 4: December-January 2011
Welcome 2012 With New Instrumental Music
A 31 Day Salute To Instrumental Guitarists And Bands Worldwide

Welcome to the December holiday edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Instrumental guitar music is clearly considered underground by the mainstream music press, but it's an underground with a rabid and enthusiastic fan base. To do our part to serve that fan base, we've added 8 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by the Renaud Louis-Servais Group, Tony CC, Gianluca Galli, The Vara-Tones, James Evans and Ben Kuzay. You can now listen to and order 1098 instrumental releases by 715 different artists.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

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

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine Records December-January 2011 newsletter.

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

It`s essential to practice everything to a metronome to develop tight rhythm guitar playing skills, increase guitar speed and track musical progress.

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Here is the main guitar line from Campese`s version of this holiday classic, as featured on his Christmas album.

Neal Nagaoka
Neal Nagaoka

Five of the very best guitar kids from the past two months in a video format. You can submit your most terrifying videos.

Michael Knight
Michael Knight

Here are some great suggestions from Michael Knight on how to get a better live sound.

Dario Napoli
Dario Napoli

Dario Napoli has tips on how to prevent loss of mastery on your instrument.

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

Music industry guru Christopher Knab details potential significant radio airplay available to you.

Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney

Are "new" marketing ideas really as new as they sound? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney offers his expert opinion.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Today it is quite hard to set yourself apart in the instrumental rock domain. There are a lot of great guitarists! Unfortunately, lots of them do the same kind of stuff.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Aggressively Hopped, Full-Bodied Metal

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Making Jazz The Way It Used To Be Made

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

A Fingerstyle Guitar Showcase

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Country/Blues Instrumental Mix

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