INTERVIEW: Guitar International interviews Greg Howe

Check out this great interview with Greg Howe over on Guitar International:

Matt: You’ve said recently that there is a new studio album that should be out in early 2011. Can you give us a progress report on the new record?

Greg Howe: It’s going great, but a little slower than I had anticipated. I tend to be an optimist with this stuff. It’s a vocal project which is cool. I’m not the kind of guy who just throws out records for the sake of making an album. Maybe I’m too overly analytical with things so it’s taking a bit of time to get out. The tracks are laid out but I’m still tweaking it a bit in the studio. I’m definitely thinking 2011 for the release of the album.

INTERVIEW: Guthrie Govan Musiczoo interview

Thanks to Laurie for the heads up.

INTERVIEW: Paul Gilbert talks about new Mr. Big album with musicradar

Check out this recent interview with Paul Gilbert over on musicradar:

Were somebody to have told guitarist Paul Gilbert in 1997, who had just quit the multi-platinum band Mr Big, that 14 years later he would be preparing to tour with the group, behind a new album no less, he jokes that he “would have said something unprintable” in response.

Just as quickly, he adds: “Then I would have thought that my joining or not joining Mr Big was less significant than the fact that somebody could look into the future 14 years. What about the stock market? Real estate prices? Had aliens visited the earth yet?

“The reality about 1997 was, I was very much in the mood to do my own thing,” he continues. “Now I’m in the mood to do lots of things. And it feels good to be friends with the Mr Big guys again. We had some amazing experiences during our first eight years together, and it’s nice to hang out and remember those good times.”

INTERVIEW: live4guitar interview with Laurie Monk!

Check out this great live4guitar interview with THE man who tirelessly works on helping to promote amazing guitar talent from around the globe.

The one and only, Laurie ‘truthinshredding‘ Monk:

You seem to be particularly interested in newcomers, regardless of their background. What is it that you look for when you come across a player for the first time?

Like most people, I think you want to know what the future holds, so I look to the newcomers because they represent just that, the future of guitar. So the straight forward answer is I’m looking primarily at videos rather than listening to mp3, you get to see if the guitar player can play. The invention of YouTube has been a great way for guitar players to raise their profile. There will always be people with “God Like” playing abilities, people like Marshall Harrison and those stand out when you see them playing in real time. So for me video is a great medium for the guitar player. Although, no doubt, some players will see the composition is the sum of all their art.

In terms of video content, for the better than average player, I’m looking for original music, improvisational skills. I’m not looking for an unaccompanied guitar solo, or cover version, unless of course these are exceptional. In terms of the detail of the playing, I’m looking for the execution of techniques, the execution of picking styles, the vibrato, the bending, the tone. Many of the competitions I have been involved with or organised are primarily a vehicle to get players to look at their own playing out of context of what they normally do.

The evolution of guitar also means the quality of videos is getting better. I’m not really into seeing a headless torso showing me techniques, I’m more into the human quality of people, they say “this is who I am and this is what I can do!”. I’m not sure how many videos I must of watched, but it must be hundreds of thousands, in some ways you almost get a feel if the person can play just by looking at a still from the video, I mean you see the way the guitar is held, the type of guitar, the way the hands are on the neck, seriously!

INTERVIEW: Myles Kennedy talks about recording of AB III

Alter Bridge’s awesome new album AB III is released this very day so here’s a cool three part Roadrunner Records interview with Myles Kennedy talking about the recording of the new album:

INTERVIEW: shredknowledge.com interviews… Mark McGuigan

I’ve recently been interviewed for shredknowledge.com by Mark Thompson. Check it out for some info and hidden secrets about yours truly

I’ve not got into your tunes yet Mark , you’ve got some music recorded I do know ..what the story both done and in the future?

Ah yes, actual songs. That’s something I’ve been telling myself off about for years. I’ve never really sat down and recorded seriously.

I used to be a member of the Guitarist Recording Collective where we would set each other recording challenges each month. That helped me to improve my recording skills but due to the time limit and task boundaries never resulted in the music I would love to write and record.
I’ve done other little things here and there but I really want to sit down and finish off the songs I have lying around and record properly.

Many thanks to Mark for the interview, was a lot of fun to do!

INTERVIEW: Joe Satriani ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards’ Premier Guitar Interview

Check out this cool interview with Joe Satriani in the latest edition of Premier Guitar talking about his upcoming album ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards’ as well as chatting about the next Chickenfoot album and gear:

Tell me about how the process began with Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards?

It started with John Cuniberti, my longtime co-producer and good friend. He came over and helped me redesign my studio. We turned my studio around 180 degrees and put up a lot of sound dampening stuff. He did a real professional job with it to get the room to be as dead as possible. I repositioned my desk, I upgraded all my Pro Tools, got a new screen, started using my Meyer HD-1, and I got rid of all my old keyboards and my V-Drum set, which is what I used to build my demos. I started doing everything with Native Instruments and BFD. It really helped my demo process.

Coming back from the Experience Hendrix tour in March, I was able to crank out lots of demos really fast. It didn’t slow down my writing process, which was what my old system was doing. The upgrade really helped. The room sounded great. I could work in it for eight or ten hours and my ears would never get tired. I wound up writing a lot of songs and had two months to get all the demos together for the guys. I wound up doing about sixty percent of the guitars or more at home, and some of the keyboard work as well.

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