The Guitar Player's Resource
The April-May edition is now online. Dozens of great releases have been addred recently by guitar players from all around the world. Here's a couple of links to some of the many albums:
Italian Guitarists
Hungarian Guitarists
French Guitarists
Chinese Guitarists
You can access pages dedicated to players from every culture by going to the SoundCheck page and using the drop down box at the top.
April's guest columnists bring understanding, knowledge and creativity to the table, and cover topics on studio recording, technique, and the music business. We've got eight fresh articles altogether - six returning columnists and two first timers. Canadian guitarist David Martone is back with another article entitled "Zone Recording: Voice Overs". Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess contributes his column entitled "Songwriting, Part 1". Paul Nelson returns from a hiatus to pen "Lydian: The 5 Key". Indie marketing and promotions expert Tim Sweeney has contributed an article entitled "Getting More Reviews From The Press". Guitarist Patrick DeCoste has written another ear-opening column entitled "Six Degrees of Seperation". First time contributors include guitarist Terry Syrek with "Wank Tapping & The Fine Art Of Eating Cheesy Poofs" and German born axeman German Schauss with "3+2 Concepts". Finally, music industry guru Christopher Knab returns with "Artist Income Sources".
German Schauss
Tom Hess
Tim Sweeney
Patrick DeCoste
Christopher Knab
David Martone
Terry Syrek
Paul Nelson
April updates include three new interviews: guitarists Daniel Palmqvist, Edward Box and Massimo Izzizzari.
Daniel Palmqvist Interview
Edward Box Interview
Massimo Izzizzari Interview
This edition we're featuring another group of unknown talent through our Undiscovered Artists program. The music ranges from acoustic ambient to eclectic rock, and from prog to new flamenco. 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 690 mark!
Guitar Nine has added another 30 new instrumental guitar CDs to the site in the past two months. This brings the total number of instrumental guitar CDs available to 2029!
CDs are now online and shipping for Saro Tribastone, Doug Markley, Star & Key Of The Indian Ocean, Speedball Jr, Insect Surfers, I Fantomatici, Mutants, Moe Greene Specials, Oz Noy, Prashant Aswani, Tassos Spiliotopoulos Quartet, Martone, Vitalij Kuprij, David Valdes, O.P.A., Julien Carayon, Carlo Fimiani, Brett Michael Spunt, Urban Noises, Janos Varga, Gyarfas Istvan Trio, David T. Chastain, Sturm Brothers, Rolf Sturm, Armik, Russ Pettit, Mortimer Nelson, Francesco Fareri and Bryan Aspey.
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 2029 discs:
Price List
T-Shirts
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 Kada and Santana/Shorter, among others.
DVD SoundCheck
You find over 200 titles in the area of guitar instruction to pick from, including recently added DVD titles by Albert Lee, Kurt Mitchell and Danny Gill, a book/CD by Tobias Hurwitz, and the hot selling country DVDs featuring Paul Chapman and Brent Mason.
Instructional SoundCheck
The latest and greatest additions to the Guitar Nine sister site, Guitar Music 9, include:
Paco De Lucia - World
Stratospheerius - Fusion
Sun Caged - Heavy Metal
Eric Gales - Blues
Man Vs. Himself - Fusion
Southern Meets Soul - Soul/Gospel
Puleo - Fusion
Sacred - Progressive Metal
Moonlight Comedy - Progressive Metal
There are now 603 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