Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

How to control a potentially rebellious picking hand.

Hard questions to ask yourself before your next recording session begins.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas talks about a problem more common than anyone knows - and how to deal with it.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab talks about how to deal with a record industry in turmoil.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney on three little words that have a powerful meaning in your music career.

A complete primer on these amazing scales.

How does anybody know what key they’re in? Let's find out.

Systems and ways to organize large clumps of knowledge in the area of chord construction.

Gain control over your instrument and improve your ear for harmonies.

Ace mastering engineer and guitarist Paul Abbott discusses how mastering can mean the difference between a good-sounding CD and a professional CD.

Greg Rapaport discusses advanced tapping forms.

Fatting up your recorded sound with real double tracking, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

More ways to master the fretboard through the use of the pentatonic scale.

How you can add something different to your solos to sound a little more `out`.

Are you aurally challanged? Learn how to improve this vital skill.

How to get big, fat rhythm guitars even bigger and fatter, and other panning tips.

Steve Pappas is back with a beautiful Christmas carol arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney gets you to think beyond equipment and music-related companies.

How to view frustration as a positive thing. No, really.

How to avoid wasting your time learning things that will not help you achieve your goals.

Which way do you swing? Ace mastering engineer and guitarist Paul Abbott discusses each platform`s unique capabilities and characteristics.

Know who you are playing with before you play any super big, wide sounding chords.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab reveals a tried-and-true method of getting more knowledge about the music business.

Guitarist Jeff Scheetz` own blistering version of this holiday chestnut.

Getting a great signal from your guitar to your sound card, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Get a grip, pencilneck! A solid way to strengthen your fretting hand.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab with the numeric lowdown on getting your music in the stores.

How to expand your soloing arsenal by reworking some familiar ideas.

Sooner or later, you`ll want to make your solos more exciting. Start by making up new scale sequences.

Italian guitarist Salvatore Vecchio with a column on mixing various pentatonic scales to achieve something fresh.

Getting the left hand to keep up with the right hand sweep through hand synchronization.

Don`t be grabby! Taking the take that takes the cake, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

One of the things that makes the guitar different from other instruments is the fact that you can incorporate open strings into chord voicings. Here`s how.

Applying time-shifting to enhance tapped arpeggios.

Were you thinking, "Gee, there`s got to be a way to spice up a G...?" Zounds! You were right.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney discusses the use and abuse of Flash.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas talks about penetrating the mystery of time.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab discusses critical changes in the way recordings are sold and distributed.

Paul Nelson talks about the Ionian, or Major scale.

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) updates can be tricky, take it from Canadian guitarist David Martone.

How Chris satisfies both his financial and artistic needs and how you can too.

How to write something you cannot play, and then playing it.