Guitar Nine Columns: Guest Columnists

Digging in with practical application of the pentatonic scale.

Mike is back to take your scales up to a whole new level.

Pursuing your lead guitar development by reducing the major scale to modes (or inversions) in the name of improvisation.

There are many pitfalls on the path to success, and that is particularly true in the music industry.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab discusses three important ingredients necessary for working your record to radio.

Here are some tips in order to gain a successful live show following.

Oscar plays devil`s advocate in the matter of a music, or music business, education.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney promotes the idea of the road less traveled.

Playing with another guitarist can open up a lot of new musical options.

Ten of the very best guitar kids from the past two months in a video format. You can submit your most terrifying videos.

Are you frustrated because you are not getting as many people to come to your live shows as you want?

Music industry guru Christopher Knab turns the mike over to his colleague Pete Salazar, with his Musician`s Blueprint for success.

How about opening your mind and opening yourself up to new styles of music? It can only help your guitar playing and musicianship.

Five of the very best guitar kids every month in a video format. You can submit your most terrifying videos.

A different perspective on the pentatonic scale using arpeggios.

Mike is focusing on the Japanese Hirajoshi scale in this lesson on exotic scales.

Guy`s second column in a series for experienced guitarists with very little formal knowledge.

Guy`s first column in a series for experienced guitarists with very little formal knowledge.

Canadian guitarist David Martone is back from the snowy Canadian Satriani support tour - with pictures.

Getting back to the studio after years away, and recapturing the fun and the magic.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab intensifies his crusade to help musicians with the business of music.

Internalize what you are learning and use it to develop your own style.

Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike`s back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.

Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise?

Scott Allen continues his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful ninth chord arpeggios.

There are a lot of ways to go about finding your signature tone.

Here are nine songwriting tips you can use right away, regardless of your current level of technique.

In this installment of CAGED Arpeggios, Guy puts individual shapes to work in replicating chord progressions.

Juan Coronado shows how playing circles with the pick can help you play scales faster by economizing the movement.

Mike Campese serves up a holiday treat - his take on the Grinch`s theme song.

Canadian guitarist David Martone enters the world of project management, as he preps for supporting the Satriani tour.

Scott Allen begins his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful seventh chord arpeggios.

Paul Tauterouff is back with an easy to play sequence that can help you to create some new and interesting sounds.

Nick has new ideas for making your own licks come alive.

Joe continues onward in the series of practicing techniques that require no physical practice.

The very best way to get more people to repeatedly come out and see your band play live is word of mouth.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab destroys the notion of the 10-step program to entertainment success.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab prods musicians and bands to get creative and think outside of the box.

Here are different ways of musical practice that do not have to be done at home or in a studio.

Putting the focus on the metaphysical aspects of the playing the guitar.

Guy`s great way of acquiring some useful improvisational tools, improving your techniques, sharpening your position shifting, and discovering new chord shapes.

You can use the Harmonic Minor scale to add exotic twists to your solos.