Guitar Nine Columns

Steve Pappas is back with a beautiful Christmas carol arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney gets you to think beyond equipment and music-related companies.

How to view frustration as a positive thing. No, really.

How to avoid wasting your time learning things that will not help you achieve your goals.

Which way do you swing? Ace mastering engineer and guitarist Paul Abbott discusses each platform`s unique capabilities and characteristics.

Know who you are playing with before you play any super big, wide sounding chords.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab reveals a tried-and-true method of getting more knowledge about the music business.

Guitarist Jeff Scheetz` own blistering version of this holiday chestnut.

Getting a great signal from your guitar to your sound card, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

Get a grip, pencilneck! A solid way to strengthen your fretting hand.

Steel-String Fingerstyle Instrumentals

Rockin' Tinsel Town With Furious Energy

Combining Jazz, Indian Music, Breakbeats & Effects

Applying Wisdom To Blues/Rock

Setting Their Eye On The National Spotlight

Wickedly Raw Blues Unleashed

Legacy Of Great Twin Guitar Rock

Live-In-The-Studio Free Improvisations

Defining England's Instrumental Rock

Music For Fretted & Fretless, Electric & Classical

Blending Jazz/Rock With Pop Arrangements

Instrumental Mayhem From UK Shredder

I sent Lion Music a CD and they emailed me saying they were interested in signing me. I`m really happy to be with Lion. Some of the guitarists I grew up listening to are on that label, and that`s cool for me because it kind of lets me know that I`m finally on their level.

Music industry guru Christopher Knab with the numeric lowdown on getting your music in the stores.

How to expand your soloing arsenal by reworking some familiar ideas.

Sooner or later, you`ll want to make your solos more exciting. Start by making up new scale sequences.

Italian guitarist Salvatore Vecchio with a column on mixing various pentatonic scales to achieve something fresh.

Getting the left hand to keep up with the right hand sweep through hand synchronization.

Don`t be grabby! Taking the take that takes the cake, by Canadian guitarist David Martone.

One of the things that makes the guitar different from other instruments is the fact that you can incorporate open strings into chord voicings. Here`s how.

Applying time-shifting to enhance tapped arpeggios.

Were you thinking, "Gee, there`s got to be a way to spice up a G...?" Zounds! You were right.

Indie marketing guru Tim Sweeney discusses the use and abuse of Flash.

Virtuoso classical guitarist and instructor Jamie Andreas talks about penetrating the mystery of time.

Releases Dynamite Chicago Blues CD/DVD

Black Sheep Of The Blues

Rhythmic Brazilian Fusion/Jazz/Rock

Over The Edge Instrumental Rock

Reflective Classical/New Age Instrumentals

My, What Loud Guitars You Have

Atmospheric Electric/Acoustic Instrumentals

Fluid, Organic, Bluesy Rock