Additional rhythmic variations to practice using the pentatonic scale as the vehicle.
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Additional rhythmic variations to practice using the pentatonic scale as the vehicle.
Mike delivers the keys to unlocking specific sounds, such as the Phrygian dominant mode, from the Harmonic Minor scale.
Having a solid strategy for promoting your music and building your fanbase is so important - the good news is that there are endless ways to promote your music online.
Deepen your knowledge of the Minor Pentatonic scale, free yourself from the “5 boxes slavery”, expand your phrasing vocabulary and stimulate your creativity.
Learning to use musical form will help you "cast" an idea into an entire song.
Deepen your knowledge of the Minor Pentatonic scale, free yourself from the “5 boxes slavery”, expand your phrasing vocabulary and stimulate your creativity.
Guitar Nine's April-May 2018 newsletter.
A visual retrospective on Guitar Nine promotional magnets.
a simple and fun trick that many professionals often use in their songs.
How to use your 'dead time' tp maximum advantage.
Rosocha teaches permutations - altered scale shapes based on fretboard position.
Exploding the myths surrounding talent, inspiration and writer's block.
Gaining fluency with triad arpeggios will help your soloing and rhythm playing.
Play great songs such as “Landslide”, "Dust In The Wind" and "The Boxer".
Tommaso delves into guitar solo harmonies - they are not as hard as they look.
Guitar Nine's February-March 2018 newsletter.
A visual look back at Guitar Nine pick promos and signature picks.
Plans for the future? Play more gigs in front of larger audiences! Playing live is the greatest thing to do as a guitar player.
Take you guitar playing to the next level with Tommaso's best advice for the intermediate player.
In order to increase your visibility and gain a position in the mind of your listener or target audience, I feel it's important to invest in a public relations firm that specializes in the entertainment industry.
Tips on how to ready yourself for your next burst of songwriting inspiration.
Slide guitar offers a very cool and unique sound that cannot be emulated any other way.
Anyone (including yourself) can learn to develop creativity by using the proven methods and strategies for reaching this goal.
Nothing beats being in a recording studio with professionals. It’s one of those moments you dream about as a kid learning to play.
Mark covers the essential picking styles new guitarists need to learn (or at least be familiar with).
Mike shows you several ways to spice up your riffs, lines and solos with some chromatic passing tones.
Guitar Nine's December-January 2017 newsletter.
A technique that allows you to play both the melody and accompaniment parts of a blues tune at the same time.
Online streaming is a good way of adding a new revenue channel to your live shows.
In my opinion, having a booking agent is more important than any other traditional aspect. Independent artists need to take their music to the people and having more opportunities to perform live is paramount.
Mike teaches you scale sequences (in the Hanon style, adapted from piano) that are great for your dexterity and precision.
These exercises will help you to focus on string crossing with alternate picking, and also to help you develop left/right hand synchronization, speed and stamina.
Melodies are what stick in the listeners mind and convey passion and emotion: creating coherence in your solos.
There's a chance you have too many unfinished songs sitting on your computer, or maybe even on your bookshelf - let's finish them.
Anyone (including yourself) can learn to develop creativity by using the proven methods and strategies for reaching this goal.
Not quite ready to release that record yet? You may be underestimating yourself.
Call-and-response practicing to enhance your phrasing and composing.
An article designed to help you on the road to achieving your dream of completing your first CD release.
Did you ever wonder where confidence comes from? How is it possible to have confidence at times, and suddenly lose confidence at critical moments?
Javascript-powered calculator automatically gives you the proper delay times to match the tempo of your music.
Self-assessement time. Can you go it alone? You might need the synergy of two people working together to kick start your label.
Are you a half-finisher? Always eighty percent complete? How you can finish what ya started.