The past few years have seen the rise of several new ways to get your music promoted and selling, leveraging the strengths of the Internet.
The Guitar Player's Resource
Welcome to the February edition of Guitar Nine's online magazine. In the past month, we crossed an important milestone; now, well over 2,000 instrumental guitar CDs are available for purchase. Just in the past two months alone, we've added 21 new releases to the site, including instrumental CDs by Emiliano Sicilia, Michael Harris, Dave Beegle, Allen Hinds, Chris Mello, Jeff Kollman, Patrik Carlsson, Rullian, Lei Chen, Rick Brannon, Steve Fister, Byron Nemeth Group, Greg Reiter, Massimo Izzizzari, Canned Heat, The Alchemists II, Dimitar Nalbantov, John Wheeler, Tim Pitts, Jimmy Williams and Kiko Loureiro. You can now listen to and order 2012 instrumental releases by 1134 different artists. Visit the Instrumental Guitar Showcase to browse and listen to all of these dynamic recordings, or check out our recommendations page. If you've released an instrumental project, get all the details about merchandising through Guitar Nine, and decide if it's right for your music (if you've released a guitar-oriented CD with vocals, click here).
The past few years have seen the rise of several new ways to get your music promoted and selling, leveraging the strengths of the Internet.
Guitar Nine Records February-March 2007 newsletter.
Neo-classical guitarist Tom Hess lays out an effective, step-by-step plan for developing speed.
Patrick DeCoste discusses the essential art of two handed muting.
Revealing an altogether more subtle harmonic concept.
What`s the best way to organize vast amounts of musical information in your mind? Kevin Buck has some ideas for you.
Regular rehearsals and practice sessions can help take you to the next level.
Stimulate your guitar practice and composition by finding alternative angles and methods of reinterpretation.
It`s easy than you think to play the fool.
Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney asks, "Are you including your new and existing fans, or are you excluding them?
Music industry guru Christopher Knab shows there are only two grades on a music retail report card - either you sold records or you didn`t.
Direct from Brainworks, more useful tips on miking up a full drum kit, with Canadian guitarist David Martone.
Teen Power Thrash Instrumentals
