Here's Ivano Icardi interview in audio. Ivano, it's all the passion of Italy on a Stratocaster!
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Video chronicle with news and interviews from Richie Kotzen, Sheehan and Bibb
Monday, 14 October 2013
Here's a video chronicle in a magazine format packed with news, mini gear reviews and interviews from Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan who were in Paris for the european tour of the Winery Dogs and Eric Bibb, a great bluesman who is about to release a superb album called Jericho Road.
Summary
News from The Guitar Channel
Giveaway to win the great book from Jean-Pierre Danel The Legend of the Fender Stratocaster
Mini gear reviews of picks : the Chicken Picks and the ergonomic Niglo
Eric Bibb interview (short version) - The long version is here for the Backstage pass owners
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Billy Sheehan interview: the legendary bass sound with the Winery Dogs
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Here's the short version of the Billy Sheehan interview done when he was in Paris for the european tour of the Winery Dogs (Richie Kotzen on guitar and lead vocal, Mike Portnoy on drums) on Sept. 15th 2013.
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Richie Kotzen interview: the magical voice and guitar for the Winery Dogs
Monday, 07 October 2013
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Here's the short version of the Richie Kotzen interview done when he was in Paris for the european tour of the Winery Dogs (Billy Sheehan on bass, Mike Portnoy on drums) on Sept. 15th 2013.
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Malina Moye sings well, plays lead guitar and is able to be a real performer on stage. An artist who puts a good dose of six strings in Funk, a style of music where our favorite instrument does not play a leading role in general, deserved an interview on The Guitar Channel.
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Exclusively for the Backstage pass owners, here's the full version of the Eric Bibb interview I did with him for the release of his album Jericho Road.
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Exclusively for the Backstage pass owners, here's the long version of the Billy Sheehan interview done when he was in Paris for the european tour of the Winery Dogs (Richie Kotzen on guitar and lead vocal, Mike Portnoy on drums) on Sept. 15th 2013.
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Exclusively for the Backstage pass owners, here's the long 20min version of the Richie Kotzen interview done when he was in Paris for the european tour of the Winery Dogs (Billy Sheehan on bass, Mike Portnoy on drums) on Sept. 15th 2013.
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Yossi Sassi interview: an exciting mix of instrumental guitar and oriental music
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Yossi Sassi is a guitar player from Israël and when I listened to his album Melting Clocks I found he was able to create a very exciting mix of high powered instrumental guitar with oriental music.
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David Wallimann interview: finally discover the modes in a clear book
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
I found David Wallimann through his awesome YouTube channel so when I heard about his excellent book Guitar Methods Made Easy I contacted him to organize an interview. You will discover in this interview how he wrote his book, how he developed his approach of modes and many other things.
At one point or another in their learning life all the guitar players are exposed to modes without always understanding everything and above all without actually integrating all the wealth that they have in their playing, at least that was my case.
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Rare Tina S. interview: teenager with millions of views on Eruption
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Here's one of the rare interview of Tina S. You have most likely seen recently on YouTube the video shown below where Tina (@tina_s__) covers Eruption from Eddie Van Halen. One can only be impressed by her level of virtuosity, of course I would have liked to feel more fire, more passion in her performance but no doubt this will change in the future. At 14, her technical level is pretty amazing.
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Gus G interview, Ozzy Osbourne and Firewind: high energy guitar playing
Sunday, 25 August 2013
Here's some heavy rock with this Gus G interview. This guitar player from Greece not only plays with none other than Ozzy Osbourne but also fronts his own band Firewind.
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I already said several times, there is a lack of women in the guitar community so when the opportunity arises to interview a musician like Ana Popovic class, I jump at the chance.
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Bryan Beller interview (The Aristocrats): one of the best bass player of the moment
Friday, 26 July 2013
After Guthrie Govan in last episode, it is now the turn of Bryan Beller, also a member of the Aristocrats to answer my questions. I had already had the opportunity to interview Bryan in this episode, this time we talked about "Culture Clash" The Aristocrats 2nd studio album, his role as bassist scene behind Joe Satriani and many other things.
Extracts from "Culture Clash" played before the interview:
Cocktail Umbrellas
And Finally
As the last time we spoke via Skype, it was a lot of fun to interview Bryan who is very open about how he approaches music.
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Guthrie Govan interview (The Aristocrats): the hottest guitar player around
Friday, 19 July 2013
I already had the great pleasure of interviewing Guthrie Govan in this episode, I even met him during the soundcheck before their concert in Paris last year. This time we talked about the second album of this infernal trio which is The Aristocrats.
It was of course also the opportunity to talk about the evolution of the group since its inception almost by chance during a NAMM show, his conception of music and many other things.
Warning this album is intense! It is not to for everybody.
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Here's an audio Steve Hackett interview. Steve is a true superstar of the guitar, whether because of his work with in Genesis or through various solo projects or group, he has a touch of his own. Whether you're a fan of progressive rock or not, the music of Steve can not leave you indifferent.
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The metal guitarists are plenty, let's face it, but those who have a wide range of expression are not that many. Kiko Loureiro is one of those, that's why I wanted to interview him for his solo album "Sounds of Innocence". It has plenty of musicality and strong melodies all over the record and, of course, with a breathtaking technique.
Well known to play in the progressive metal band Angra, Kiko delivers with a great solo album of instrumental music.
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Heike Matthiesen interview (@gitarra): high class classical guitar playing
Saturday, 01 June 2013
For the second time I had the pleasure of interviewing Heike Matthiesen.
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Anders Thidell interview, inventor of the True Temperament fretting system
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
One of the new guitar technology I really want to check out at the MusikMesse 2013 is the True Temperament fret system invented by Anders Thidell and played by guitar greats like Alan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Mattias Eklundh and many more.
I had the great pleasure to chat with Anders for 15 minutes, here's the interview :
Mattias IA Eklundh Caparison Apple Horn with the True Temperament frerboard :
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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My first contact with Rodney Branigan was through this amazing YouTube video of the song "Body Language" (see below) where he can be seen playing simultaneously a guitar and a mandolin while singing!
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Mika Tyyskä (alias Mr Fastfinger) interview at the 2013 MusikMesse
Saturday, 04 May 2013
When I stumbled onto Mika Tyyskä (aka Mr Fastfinger) in Hall 4.0 of the MusiMesse, I immediately asked him to do a video interview and he accepted at once.
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Here's an interview I did at the MusikMesse 2013 with Mattias IA Eklundh. I met him for the first time in 2009 for an audio interview you can find in episode #38.
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During the MusikMesse 2013 I had the opportunity to meet Ola Strandberg who is the master mind and luthier behind .strandberg* guitars.
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Guitar blogcasters chat with Guitar Noize, Six String Bliss and Muzicosphere
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Here's a special episode for you with an international conversation among guitar bloggers and podcasters from Australia, the US and France !
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If you're a fan of the electric guitar, you must have seen on stage without knowing it at one time or another the guest of this episode, Mike Keneally.
In fact, Mike has played behind Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa and many others.
During the interview we talked among other things about his excellent solo album Wing Beat Fantastic which I offer some excerpts before the interview as usual.
Extracts from Wing Beat Fantastic:
+ Wing Beat Fantastic
+ You Kill Me
+ Inglow
+ Bobeau
Until the next time, keep on playing the guitar !
Pierre.
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Glenn Hughes interview about Black Country Communion album Afterglow
Friday, 15 February 2013
Here's a legendary bass player in that episode #185 with Glenn Hughes (aka @glenn_hughes on Twitter) who is currently playing with Black Country Communion with Joe Bonnamassa.
He is not only a great bass player but also a very unique singer with a voice you recognize at the first word of a lyric.
Extracts from "Afterglow" played before the interview :
+ Cry Freedom
+ Afterglow
+ Common Man
+ Crawl
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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As I say often, there will never be too many blogs and podcasts about guitar, that's why I am very happy to present you with an interview of Jonathan Bloomer who manages the excellent Guitarnoize I am a big fan of.
Yes, we both talk about guitars. No, we are not competitors.
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Steve Lukather interview about Transition, a great solo album
Friday, 18 January 2013
For the release of his solo album Transition I had the pleasure to meet Steve Lukather for a video interview. I have fond memories of playing over and over a VHS tape (yes, I am that old) where Steve explained his licks so you can imagine I was quite thrilled to meet the man himself.
Subjects discussed during the interview
+ His new guitar, the Luke III from Ernie Ball Music Man
+ The recording of his latest solo album Transition (which I think is great)
+ His guitar playing over the years
+ His current projects
+ And many more
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We all have in mind the slightly annoying synth riff of "The Final Countdown" when it comes to Europe.
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