Why surveys?
You may as well ask, why are perceptions important? The need to find out what music fans are thinking has never been greater than it is today. This applies not only to the world of guitars and music. It is just as true in other areas of business and research.
Knowing what the visitors to our site think helps us maintain a powerful competitive edge. It helps us strengthen our performance, implement necessary changes to the site, acquire new products, and protects our future.
If we know what our visitors are thinking, it will allow us to focus our products and services to meet their needs, assiting us as we grow the business and build customer loyalty - not to mention awakening the sales potential in all those fans of music (and the guitar in particular) that are not already our customers.
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Guitar Nine Records Surveys: Historical Results
Here are the results of the surveys we conducted on the Guitar Nine Records site in 2007.
February, 2007 Survey Results
Would you prefer instrumental music become more popular, or remain as a cool, underground musical option?
| More popular | 66.7% |
| Remain underground | 33.3% |
April, 2007 Survey Results
The most creative new instrumental guitar music seems to be coming from?
| United States | 22.9% |
| Northern Europe | 17.1% |
| Southern Europe | 8.6% |
| Canada | 7.1% |
| Africa | 7.1% |
| Northern Asia | 5.7% |
| Mexico/Central America | 5.7% |
| Southern Asia | 5.7% |
| South America | 4.3% |
| Caribbean Islands | 4.3% |
| British Isles | 4.3% |
| Far East | 4.3% |
| Australia | 2.9% |
June, 2007 Survey Results
If you could have one month to pick the brain of any G3 guitarist, who would it be?
| Steve Vai | 22.9% |
| Joe Satriani | 14.9% |
| Eric Johnson | 14.3% |
| Yngwie J. Malmsteen | 12.0% |
| John Petrucci | 9.7% |
| Paul Gilbert | 9.1% |
| Robert Fripp | 6.9% |
| Uli Jon Roth | 4.6% |
| Michael Schenker | 2.3% |
| Adrian Legg | 1.7% |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd | 1.7% |
August, 2007 Survey Results
Which G3 guitarist has the greatest influence over instrumental music today?
| Joe Satriani | 29.2% |
| Yngwie J. Malmsteen | 26.9% |
| Steve Vai | 18.9% |
| John Petrucci | 11.3% |
| Paul Gilbert | 5.2% |
| Eric Johnson | 2.8% |
| Robert Fripp | 2.4% |
| Uli Jon Roth | 1.4% |
| Michael Schenker | 1.4% |
| Adrian Legg | 0.5% |
October, 2007 Survey Results
What is the one quality you rate highest when evaluating new instrumental music?
| Incredible performance | 34.4% |
| Musical originality | 30.0% |
| Stylistic variety | 12.2% |
| Stylistic cohesiveness | 11.1% |
| Dynamic production | 7.8% |
| Accessibility/Familiarity | 4.4% |
December, 2007 Survey Results
What`s your opinion of the guitar-oriented instrumental Christmas and holiday music out there?
| Love it; listen to it every year | 34.1% |
| Heard it, don`t really seek it out | 20.5% |
| Sure beats Mitch Miller and Burl Ives | 20.5% |
| Dislike all holiday music | 15.9% |
| Haven`t checked it out | 6.8% |
| Dislike it; prefer traditional arrangements | 2.3% |
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