The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine relate stories of their best, worst or most memorable live dates.
The Guitar Player's Resource
Welcome to the February edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. A whopping thirty-one new titles have been added recently, including instrumental CDs by Don Lappin, Michael Fath, Martone, Barrett Tagliarino, Neil Haverstick, Slav Simanic, Polygenes, Steve Rotter, Trance Lucid, Howard Hart, Bon, Joe Satriani, Igor Belsky, Gongzilla, Vic Stevens' Mistaken Identities, Jeff Curtis, Daniel Lehmann, Kopeky, Rock/Zaza, Jeremiah J. Snyder, Andy Timmons, Chris Shahin Band, Electrum and Joboj. You can now listen to and order 124 instrumental releases by 100 different artists. Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you've released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine, and decide if it's right for your music (if you've released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).
The talented artists associated with Guitar Nine relate stories of their best, worst or most memorable live dates.
Don Lappin discusses the endless possibilities of the 5-tone tapping technique.
Gerry Magee continues his multi-part series on expanding your mind, as well as your fretboard, with an article on focusing your mental energy.
Peter Neri on how to get those fingers (and thumbs) flying.
The odds of doing anything significant in the music business are long from the start, but artists who can't think beyond the short term have it thousands of times harder.
A few words of practical advice from Tonya`s new book "Hidden Secrets To Making And Promoting Your Music Revealed".
Instrumentals Highlighting The Low End
Microtonal Musician Explores 19 & 34 Tone Guitar Music
I was never a fan of direct guitar sounds but for some reason this album ("Zone") is full of direct guitar. All of the rhythm tracks, clean and dirty, were recorded direct. I find that this gives the punchiest sound out there. The Sans-Amp rack really helped also. It is one of those `plug and play` pieces of gear which tone just oozes out of.
Eclectic Instrumental CD Oozes Raw Energy
Surf Meets Jazz -- South Of The Border
Hi-Fidelity Six String Blast
Squeezing Vitamin "G" From Boundless Intensity
Instrumental Guitarist Records Solo EP
Swedish Guitarist Plans To Leverage Skills
