August-September 2014

Vol. 19, No. 2: August-September 2014
"Unusual Pentatonic Runs", "Streaming Music", 5 Others
Seven Articles From Six Guest Columnists Featured In This Issue

Welcome to the August edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Pentatonic scales and streaming music revenue are just two of the subjects found in this issue, giving guitarists more ways to improve their playing ability and educate themselves about the business of music. In total, six guest columnists have submitted excellent articles on a range of musical topics of interest to practicing musicians. Also, please enjoy sampling some great music released by over 1000 musicians we've worked with over the past 18 years! Of note, over 190 musicians have written guest columns for this site since 1997.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

No man is an island. No indie label is an island either. The importance of cooperation.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine's August-September 2014 newsletter.

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

Mike Campese delivers patterns that foster some of the fastest, most accurate picking you can imagine.

Tommaso Zillio
Tommaso Zillio

See how one of the least exciting concepts in music theory can actually help you create awesome licks.

Jean-Pierre Zammit
Jean-Pierre Zammit

Try these cool runs which be very beneficial, get take you out of trouble.

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

Tom Hess` ideas for creating massive positive change in your ability to improvise rock guitar solos.

Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney offers up positive approaches to negative circumstances

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

Music industry guru Christopher Knab talks about the money flow.

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

Tom Hess takes on your teaching business, helping you avoid mistakes that may be costing you big money.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

A Musical Concept Of Reality

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Although social media can be great to connect with fans, who knows when Facebook or Twitter will disintegrate? My advice to other musicians would be to not put all your eggs in one basket, especially if you don`t own that basket!

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

The upside of the democratization of music production is that anyone can create and market their own music. The downside of the democratization of music production is that anyone can create and market their own music.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Progressive, Hard & Melodic

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