Welcome 2009 With New Instrumental Music
Guitarists From All Over The Globe Find Strength In Numbers
 elcome to the December holiday edition of Guitar Nine Records' 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 23 releases to the site in the past two months, including instrumental CDs by Gyula Schreiber, Bryan Beller, Brandon Campbell, Aaron Lewis, Shredding Across The World, John B., Revangel, Dojo, Jimmy Williams, Andre Tonelli, Kosta Vreto, Uthull, Freddie Fox, Lucas Fagundes, Bruce Bouillet, Doug Johns, Michael Angelo, Bluestone Company, Kevin Ferguson, Jimmy Herring, Guitar Idol 2008, Razl and Allen Hinds. You can now listen to and order
1993 instrumental releases by 1202 different artists. More Info Español
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Our December Issue Features
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The Power To Release: Dan McAvinchey
"Managing Expectations"
How to keep from destroying your confidence by setting realistic expectations for your recording projects...
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Guest Columnist: David Martone
"Zone Recording: Music Video"
Canadian guitarist David Martone shows how it's possible to make a great video with a small amount of coin...
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Guest Columnist: Mike Campese
"Melodic Minor"
Applying the melodic minor scale to rock music with Mike Campese...
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Guest Columnist: Alfredo Herz
"Uncommon Sense"
Topics as guitar players we tend to forget, but that are very important as far as making music...
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Guest Columnist: Chris Dunnett
"Anatomy Of A Cover Arrangement"
Dunnett offers some insight into his rendition of "Paint It Black", the Rolling Stones classic...
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Guest Columnist: Kevin Ferguson
"Vivaldi On Electric Guitar"
Kevin Ferguson offers guiding principles used to transcribe and arrange Vivaldi (and other Baroque) violin concertos to electric guitars...
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Guest Columnist: Kole
"The Minor 2nd"
The often misunderstood and underappreciated interval - the minor second...
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Guest Columnist: Robin Hulbert
"Eight Finger Tapping"
8 finger tapping opens up a world of new musical ideas, giving you the ability to play things that would normally be considered impossible...
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Dan McAvinchey
Interview with Razl
"I tend to discover guitarists that have been there for a long time and have many records, but hadn't catch my attention until recently, like Derek Trucks or Alex Machacek."
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Dan McAvinchey
Interview with Ben Kuzay
"We often cannot pinpoint exactly what it is we like about a certain piece
of instrumental music, but the music nonetheless resonates within us on a deep,
personal level."
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Guglielmo Malusardi
Interview with David Martone
"I will be back doing more instructional videos in January with Joe Satriani. I can't tell you how humbling it is to work with one of your mentors. Simply unbelievable!"
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What's the best way for new guitarists to become better known?
Play live shows - 32%
Create a MySpace page - 20%
Get positive critical reviews - 14%
Play guitar in support of an established artist - 8%
Write instructional columns - 6%
Tour the country doing clinics - 6%
Hire a music publicist - 6%
Produce a music video - 4%
Bite the head off a live bat - 4%
All survey results from 1997 through 2008
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Top Favorite Songs
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Jim Earp
"Be Thou My Vision"
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Santana
"Samba Pa Ti"
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Faraz
"Through The Passage Of Time"
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120
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Ventures
"Walk-Don`t Run"
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Alex Masi
"Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565"
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Rusty Cooley
"Under The Influence"
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Matthew Mills
"Arpeggio Travel"
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Michael Angelo
"No Boundaries"
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Eric Johnson
"Cliffs Of Dover"
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Paco De Lucia
"Entre Dos Aguas"
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Denny Freeman
"Drive"
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen
"Icarus Dream Fanfare"
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Francesco Fareri
"Days"
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76
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Steve Pappas
"Refuge"
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73
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Michael Romeo
"Carpathia"
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73
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Goncalo Pereira
"Capuccino"
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69
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McLaughlin/DiMeola/De Lucia
"Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho"
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69
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Thomas McRocklin
"Depths Of Despair"
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68
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Francesco Fareri
"Secrets Within"
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64
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Steve Vai
"Amazing Grace"
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Top Instructional DVDs All Time
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Tommy Angelo
"Angelo Guitar Method, Edward Van Halen, Vol. 3"
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Tommy Angelo
"Angelo Guitar Method, Steve Vai, Vol. 1"
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3
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Tommy Angelo
"Angelo Guitar Method, Steve Vai, Vol. 5"
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Paul Gilbert
"Hollywood Guitar Maniac"
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5
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John Petrucci
"Rock Discipline"
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6
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Stuart Bull
"Learn To Play Classic Rock Solos"
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Stuart Bull
"Ultimate Techniques: Sweep Picking"
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8
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Tommy Angelo
"Angelo Guitar Method, Michael Schenker, Vol. 4"
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Steve Morse
"The Definitive Steve Morse"
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10
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Eric Johnson
"Total Electric Guitar"
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11
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Danny Gill
"Learn To Play 50 Killer Metal Licks"
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12
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Stuart Bull
"Rock Profiles: Van Halen Guitar Techniques"
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13
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Danny Gill
"Learn To Play ZZ Top"
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Curt Mitchell
"Guitar Method: In The Style Of Van Halen 2"
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15
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Kiko Loureiro
"Tecnica E Versatilidade"
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