Guitar Nine Columns

Guitarist Garrett Smith serves up a classical prelude for two electic guitars.

Neil Haverstick completes his fantastic series on the myriad ways to make a good living playing the guitar.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas gives you insight into the challenges of improving as a player.

Everybody does this - but should you? Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney plays devil`s advocate on this important point.

Instrumentals Blending Rock & Jazz

Burnin' On All Instrumental Rock CD

Brazilian Guitarist Offers Eclectic Instrumentals

Powerful Acoustic Folk

Original Acoustic Adult-Rock

French Rock Instrumentalists Look Abroad

Duo Cranks Out Progressive Instrumentals

Fresh Acoustic Guitar Fusion

Instrumentalist Plans Rock Opera

Steel String Acoustic Originals

Music To Curdle Your Milk

Guitarist Seeks Music Industry Position

Music industry guru Christopher Knab is back to help you deal with the most striking and effective part of your promotional package.

Germany`s Martin Behr has made a career out of versatility and he`s willing to share his secrets with you.

Bill Peck did it, why can`t you? Well, you can.

Guitarist Gianluca Piersanti preaches a serious focus on phrasing.

Break out of those ol` common scales with Mr. Hughes.

How to add a really cool twist to your playing.

Canadian guitarist David Martone has first-hand advice on tone, tone and more tone.

Playing guitar in a purple haze, with no concept of the real world? Curtis relates his own take on musical devotion.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas is back with information for the practicing guitarist who wants to see real results.

Lots of musicians these days are pondering this issue. Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney is back with the skinny.

Italian guitar player Francesco Fareri adds more embellishments to his arpeggiated lines.

Swedish guitarist Sebastian Kalamajski takes his memorization ideas to the next level.

Ben Sherman offers time-tested advice on learning the ins and outs of modes.

Everyone wants to be loved, and for a musician guitar player that means to be heard and loved with unbiased ears. I want to keep the freedom I`ve attained by being a guitarist. That outlaw time zone I mentioned. It`s an achievement that`s ongoing, you could say I have achieved it, but you have to stay on the case, because things can change on any given day. You can`t let creativity stop.

Actually I started playing flamenco before playing electric guitar. It`s always been a love of mine. Unfortunately, when you`re doing pop records, I`d bring it out. The response I`d get is, `Save it for your own record.` So I have my own flamenco record which came out a couple of months ago.

Well, this a great time for bands and independent record labels. The exposure is endless and the quality is so much better than even 10 years ago. I think bands will get smart and start to depend less on the company to put it in stores and see more of the future music listeners downloading the album. This would cost less for the buyer and give more to the band.

I think that for these great guitar magazines the most important thing is to sell copies, so they are "compelled" to put on covers and dedicate as much space as they can to the most famous guitarists -- in fact, there are always the same names featured! It would be cool to some day see a cover with all the undiscovered ones!

Fastest Six-Stringer On The Planet?

The Freedom Of Jazz Blended With The Foundation Of Soul

Ensemble Tracks Featured On New CD

Classical Folk To Blues, Rock To Jazz

Homespun Bluesman Goin' Solo

French Shredder Shops Demo

Sweden's Experimental Instrumental Rock

Dark Gypsy Flamenco Guitar

Experimental Neo-Classical Jazz Fusion