Here's the 20min interview with John Petrucci done in Paris right before the Dream Theater concert at the Olympia on July 7th 2014.
Subjects discussed in the interview
His first guitar, his training, his influences
The recording of the last Dream Theater album
How it was composed and recorded
The details of the gear used on the record
His approach to a concert with G3 compared to with Dream Theater
His word of wisdom to progress
Pierre.
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Hey Pete Thorn titled his solo album Guitar Nerd so I guess it gives me the right call him that right? If you are a gear addicts (as we all are at one level) you must have viewed one of the numerous videos Pete has on his YouTube channel.
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Bernie Marsden is one of those guitarists found in the lineup of bands from UFO to Whitesnake not to mention countless collaborations.
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The AMPLIFi line is the latest offering from Line6 regarding guitar amps.
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Jonathan Kreisberg interview, one of the hottest Jazz player around
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Jonathan Kreisberg was in Paris for a tour with Doctor Lonnie Smith.
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Interview of Serge and John, luthiers extraordinaire from Tao Guitars
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Here's an interview of Serge and John, guitar builders from Tao Guitars. They are based in Brussel in Belgium.
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Here’s the fourth part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the second here and the third here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here’s the third part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the second here and the fourth here.
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Pierre.
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Here’s the second part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The first part is here, the third here and the fourth here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here's the first part out of four of the 2 plus hour masterclass Zane Carney gave in Paris at Guitars Addicts on June 25th, 2014.
The second part is here, the third here and the fourth here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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Here's a Skype video interview recorded in February with Zane Carney, the awesome John Mayer guitar player. Zane has been playing with John on stage and in the studio for some time now. He also has a busy solo career with 2 very cool albums we talked about in the interview.
Note: sorry for the audio levels on the video recording.
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When Derek Trucks was in town for the Tedeschi Trucs Band at the Olympia Hall, I had the opportunity to go on stage and take pics of all the stage gear.
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Here's the full length interview of Derek Trucks done right before the Paris concert at the Olympia of the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Pierre.
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William Grit Laskin interview at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar Show
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Here's a William Grit Laskin interview done at the 2014 Holy Grail Guitar show. Grit was one of the special guest for this very first edition of the show.
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The band Yes was in Paris for one night to play 3 legendary albums in full at the Grand Rex, I took the opportunity to do an exclusive video interview with Chris Squire right before the show.
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In June 2013 I had the pleasure of meeting Jonny Lang for the release of his album "Fight For My Soul."
Subject discussed in the interview
+ His first guitar
+ His influences
+ The relationship between singing and guitar playing
+ The genesis of Fight For My Soul
+ The equipment used for recording
+ His wisdom advice for musicians
+ Upcoming projects
+ And many other things
Transcription
Thanks to Lisa Ortola and Romain Marengo from the great Jonny Lang fan website jonnylang.fr, here's a full written transcription of the interview.
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Greg Koch interview - Greg was all over the Musikmesse 2014, from the Fishman booth to demo their new Fluence pickups, to the Fender booth and also on the big Agora stage. In this interview Greg talks about those new pickups, about this trio setup specially for the Musikmesse with Yolanda Charles on bass and vocal and Nicolas Viccaro on drums.
Greg Koch interview
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It was a blast to see him play.
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Heike Matthiesen has been a regular guest on the show. Each time I come to the Musikmesse I interview her. Each time it's a lot of fun to talk to such a passionate musician.
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Ulrich Teuffel has some very innovative design ideas that he has implemented in his instruments over the years (see photos below).
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Nik Huber has a well deserved reputation amongst guitar builders. I had a blast talking to him and getting to know his work better.
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It's the 3rd time I have the huge pleasure to meet Paul Reed Smith. The first time was in 2004, I was living in Montréal, Canada at the time and Paul was in town for a clinic. It was 5 years before I started The Guitar Channel so no need to say I did not do any interview.
The second time was 7 years later in 2011, it was my very first Musikmesse. I went straight to the PRS booth when I arrived in Frankfurt.
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Backing tracks: Ivano Icardi “Walking with the Giants” full album
Thursday, 02 January 2014
Here are the 12 backing tracks from Ivano Icardi's album "Walking with the Giants" : 75 Mb zip file
Please note that the file also includes an e-book with chord charts and transcriptions.
To allow you to study his music, Ivano has published on YouTube a series of cool videos where he shows at normal speed then at slow speed some key parts of his music.
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Interview with Al Di Meola with footage from the soundcheck at Issoudun
Saturday, 16 November 2013
The legendary Al Di Meola was headlining the 2013 Issoudun Guitar Festival, knowing that I made every effort to get an interview with him. This was done thanks to Kevin Seddiki, guitarist with whom Al plays in duo, who was kind enough to play the role of intermediary and put me in touch with the management of the master. A huge thank to Kevin for his intervention.
The interview with Al Di Meola
I had 10min to do my interview, including setup time. I do not deny that I was a little nervous to meet such a superstar.
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Stéphan Forté was at the Festival Guitare Issoudun to do a masterclass with his bass player Franck Hermanny and I jumped on the occasion to do a video interview with him.
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Alter Bridge was in town to play Le Zénith in Paris to promote their latest album Fortress, I jumped on the opportunity to interview Mark Tremonti. I am a huge fan of his, especially the early albums of Creed so I was thrilled to be able to meet him and talk guitar.
Story of the interview
I had a 20min slot scheduled at 3:10pm backstage at Le Zénith.
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Backing Tracks : “Funky Mama” and “The Snatch” Ivano Icardi
Saturday, 19 October 2013
As a complement for Ivano Icardi interview in this episode, here is a bonus package with two full backing tracks with chord charts and transcriptions in PDF :
Funky Mama
The Snatch (in video below)
Link to the 79 Mb zip file
List of files in the 73 MB zip file:
1 - Funky Mama - Backing Track.wav
2 -The Snatch - Backing Track.wav
Funky Mama - Chord Chart.pdf
Funky Mama - Lick.pdf
Funky Mama - Main Riff.pdf
The Snatch - Chord Chart.pdf
The Snatch - Main Theme.pdf
The Snatch - Solo.pdf
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Here's the backing track for Racing the World coming from Steve himself.
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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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