December-January 2010

Vol. 15, No. 4: December-January 2010
Let's Get Physical This Holiday Season
The Real Deal Still Offers The Best Sound Quality

Welcome to to the December holiday edition of Guitar Nine's on-line magazine. Consider giving the gift that continues to offer the best sound quality out there. Whether it's for yourself, your family members, or for your best friend, the CD is still a great stocking stuffer for the musical enthusiast in your life. Recently we've added another 19 titles to the site, including instrumental CDs by Logic?, Alex Ehrsam, Nili Brosh, Jai, Gregg Bissonette, Marty Friedman, GuitarChina.com, Michael Harris, Prashant Aswani, Hrant Bedoyan, Doug Johns, Dave Celentano, Mike Orlando, Robert Dzurilla, Phi Yaan-Zek, Jason Sadites, T.D. Clark and Bruce Arnold. You can now listen to and order 1816 instrumental releases by 1155 different artists.

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

Completely subjective, straightforward tips in the areas of promotion, publicity and your career.

Guitar Nine Newsroom
Guitar Nine Newsroom

Guitar Nine Records December-January 2010 newsletter.

Guy Pople
Guy Pople

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

Mike O'Malley
Mike O'Malley

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

Scott Allen
Scott Allen

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

Paul Tauterouff
Paul Tauterouff

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

Nick Layton
Nick Layton

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

Joe Pinnavaia
Joe Pinnavaia

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

Juan Coronado
Juan Coronado

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

Mike Campese
Mike Campese: The Fire Within

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

David Martone
David Martone

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

Tom Hess
Tom Hess Opus 2

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

Christopher Knab
Christopher Knab

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

Brian Hunsaker
Brian Hunsaker

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

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

I am very fortunate to know and have worked with an amazing variety of musicians, so I can write a piece of music with someone in mind.

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Austrian Instrumentalist Balances Melody & Virtuosity

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Rockin` Tinsel Town With Furious Energy

Guitar Nine
Guitar Nine

Applying Wisdom To Blues/Rock

Dan McAvinchey
Guitar Haus

I still discover a lot of music by word of mouth, seeing what my friends are listening to. I have always bought music and still do.

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