Guitar Speak Podcast

  Welcome to Episode 43! Today we speak to Roopam Garg of the band The Surrealist, who fuse progressive, metal, Eastern and minimalist influences into incredibly texture rich pieces. Roopam crafts otherworldly passages from his Kiesel 7 string (not 8!) with an inate sense of detail. We dig into Roopam's intricate technique and compositional style. We also talk through Roopam's time at the famous Berklee College of Music where he and his fellow bandmates currently study. www.thesurrealist.org     Guitar Speak Podcast Links   Subscribe and find previous episodes at iTunes, Stitcher or visit us at www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com Follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter You can support us at Patreon   Thanks for listening in!

  Welcome to Episode 42 of the Guitar Speak Podcast, with part II of our interview with the fantastic Brett Garsed. Brett talks us through his move to the US - initially to tour and record with stadium & MTV favorites Nelson - that led him to work with some of the leading US fusion/progressive players like TJ Helmrich, Shawn Lane, Derek Sherinian and fellow Aussie ex-pats Frank Gambale and Virgil Donati. Brett's return to Australia - and John Farnham's band - is discussed as well his solo albums, current rig and future plans. We also announce our "Ask Peter Northcote" segment for April and the launch of our Patreon page. www.brettgarsed.com   Guitar Speak Podcast Links   Subscribe and find previous episodes at iTunes, Stitcher or visit us at www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter You can support us on Patreon   Thanks for listening in!      

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak with Brett Garsed. Brett's unique and dynamic legato style has seen him earn tremendous respect in both his homeland of Australia and around the globe. In the first of a two part interview, Brett describes the development of his voice in rural Victoria, being discovered in Mike Varney's 'Spotlight' column in Guitar Player Magazine and the break that led Brett to work with one of Australia's finest vocalists, John Farnham. The interview features some audio clips of Brett's amazing playing. www.brettgarsed.com  

Welcome to Episode 40 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. UPDATE: Full episode now available! Today we speak to Joe Elliott, a fantastic guitarist with over 30 years of professional playing in L.A. Joe talks us through his career, explaining how a dream of attending G.I.T. led to a long career in LA as a freelance guitarist and music educator.  Joe's latest jazz/fusion album - Truth Serum - is brilliant, combining great composition with amazing playing. We talk through some of the tracks and listen in to some album highlights. Thanks for tuning in! http://www.joeelliottguitar.com/  

  Happy 50th birthday Guitar Player Magazine! This week we speak to Michael Molenda who is the current - and longest serving - Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine. We speak about the magazine's history, legacy and plans for the future in this milestone year for the publication. Michael speaks candidly about his career as a guitarist, studio owner, journalist and creative producer.  We also discuss Gretchen Menn's latest album, Abandon All Hope, which Michael provided the libretto for. Good times!

  Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak to Chris Brooks from Sydney, Australia. Chris is an excellent player with two fantastic solo albums. He also is an in demand instructor and clinician who has produced some world class instructional resources. We speak to Chris about early influences - he is another of our guests to cite both Brett Garsed and Dieter Kleeman as important figures - collaborating with Yngwie alumni and maintaining the passion to continually learn and grow. Thanks for listening in - you can subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher, and find us on Facebook and Instagram. chrisbrooks.com

    Welcome to Episode 37 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. For over a decade Ormsby Guitars have been crafting incredible instruments in Perth, Western Australia. Perry Ormsby talks us through how his childhood love of fine woodworking led him to his career in guitar design and luthiery. Today, Ormsby Guitars are distributed in Australia, USA and the UK. Perry explains his multi-scale concept, the development of an off-shore series of guitars, plans to collaborate with Grover Jackson later this year and offers some 3D distraction from your day job. www.ormsbyguitars.com      

    Welcome to Episode 36 of the Guitar Speak Podcast! This week we speak to Greg Marra - a brilliant guitarist and producer from Southern California. Greg's career to date has featured two excellent solo albums, a very cool new band project, sideman work with Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet (amongst many others) and some great sponsorship partnerships involving Ibanez Guitars, Fishman pickups, Friedman amps and Wampler pedals. Greg has even found time to start his own super cool podcast - Greg Marra Iconoclast Music Podcast. We also feature a couple of listener emails...we love hearing from you at guitarspeakpodcast@gmail.com, Facebook or Instagram. Thanks for tuning in!    

  Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast! This week we speak to our friend Michael Ross who has just returned from the 2017 Winter NAMM convention in Anaheim, California. Michael is a seasoned musician, author and journalist - currently writing for Guitar Player and Premier Guitar - whilst curating the excellent Guitar Moderne website. Michael gives us his take on the latest and greatest guitars, amps and pedals released at NAMM. For more of Michael's backstory, check out our interview with him in episode 6. Enjoy the show!     Subscribe: ITUNES  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast/id1102714044?mt=2 STITCHER http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast    

  Welcome to Episode 34 of The Guitar Speak Podcast! Today we speak to Tim Green of Mojo Stompboxes. Tim is a collector, modder, repairer, retailer and expert in all things retro Boss! In fact Tim digs many of those compact pedals hailing from Japan in the '70s and '80s - Ibanez, Maxon, Guyatone et al.  We had a great time learning about Mojo Stompboxes, busting or confirming pedal myths and Matt gets personal when asking about the scarcity of particular MIJ pedals he sold back in the day! Thanks for tuning in. For free access to all of our episodes head to: BLOGPAGE guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com ITUNES  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast/id1102714044?mt=2 STITCHER http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast

Welcome to Episode 33 of the Guitar Speak Podcast! Today we speak with Alastair Greene, who mostly divides his his time between his own blues/rock trio - The Alastair Greene Band - and touring the world with The Alan Parsons Project. Alastair talks about growing up in California in the guitar intense 1980s, forging his voice and career as a solo artist and working with one of rock's most enigmatic figures. Thanks for tuning in! For free access to all of our episodes head to: BLOGPAGE guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com ITUNES  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast/id1102714044?mt=2 STITCHER http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast We're also on those Facebooks and the Instagrams. Photo credit BG Phillips

Happy New Year! Today we speak to Jude Gold...first 2017 candidate for the 'slashie' award. Here goes: solo artist / high profile sideman - Greg Howe, Billy Sheehan, Jefferson Starship et al / journalist - Guitar Player Magazine / podcaster - No Guitar is Safe / educator -  former Director of Guitar at the Musicians Institute, published by Hal Leonard / good guy! My problem wasn't thinking of things to ask Jude about...it was deciding what to focus on! Jude has built an amazing career and doesn't look like slowing down any time soon.  This interview features live guitar examples from Jude - from Van Halen to his own incredible 'full contact' style and much, much more. Thanks for tuning in! For free access to all of our episodes head to: BLOGPAGE guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com ITUNES  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast/id1102714044?mt=2 STITCHER http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast

Welcome to our last episode of 2016.  Today we speak to Paul Rhoney of Rhoney Guitars. Paul makes incredibly cool guitars that embrace his love of vintage and oddball design, whilst presenting a unique and original aesthetic. Sarah Lipstate (Guitar Speak Podcast Episode 13) plays one of Paul's beautiful Oceana models. Paul also co-hosts a great podcast - The Luthierist 2.0 - with Jon Sullivan of Sully Guitars (Guitar Speak Podcast Episodes 26 & 27). Thanks for joining us in 2016 - its been a fun 8 months or so since our launch in April. Looking forward to more in 2017!          

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast! Today we speak amps with Grant Wills from Valve Heaven. Grant builds a range of low to medium powered amps that sound amazing and also hosts amp building workshops. Why does he have a range called the Lamington? There is a great reason! We also ask Grant some questions on valve amp basics - what is push-pull? Class A vs A/B? Triode vs Pentode?  Thanks for tuning in!  

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak to New Yorker, Rob Balducci. Rob is a fantastic rock instrumentalist with several albums on Steve Vai's Favoured Nations label. He is an Ibanez, D'Addario and Atomic amps endorser, to name just a few of the companies he has had long associations with. Rob has a knack for melding his broad influences into fantastic compositions with very cool tones. We talk influences, career development, gear - his Custom Shop Ibanez guitars are too cool - and his latest album '812 Monroe Drive'. Good times!

Welcome to Episode 28 of The Guitar Speak Podcast! This week we speak to Johnny Balmer of Alchemy Audio. Based in Chicago, Johnny mods, builds and repairs pedals of all stripes. He has some high profile clients and is working on a line of original designs. Johnny also finds time to brew his own craft beer! We also have some exciting news about the 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival from our friends Michael Fix (Guitar Speak Podcast Episode 3) and Jayne Denham. We get to hear some of Michael's Golden Guitar nominated tune, "Cosmopolitan Blues". Finally, the brilliant Sydney based label 4-4-2 Music has released it's latest Christmas album, "God Bless the Children". It's a glorious mess of indie, electronica, alt-folk and ambient celebration...definitely not playing anytime soon in your local shopping mall. We check out one of the tracks. Thanks for tuning in!  

We continue our discussion with Jon Sullivan from Sully Guitars in Dallas, TX. In this interview Sully describes in great detail his working partnership with the legendary Grover Jackson on a limited run of Sully '71s. Sully also talks us through some new designs and refinements to come to the range in 2017, and we speak about The Luthierist 2.0 Podcast, which he co-hosts with Paul Rhoney (of the awesome Rhoney Guitars). BONUS STUFF! I asked Sully, as an invested Kiss fan, what he thought about Ace Frehley's 'Spaceman' character now being franchised out to whoever plays lead guitar in Kiss. He sent me a fascinating monologue as well as a version of Dr Love...where Sully plays all the guitars alongside the original recording stems. This episode is brought to you by the Michael Dolce 2016 Masterclass Tour.

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast. This week we speak to Jon Sullivan - Sully - from Sully Guitars in Dallas, Texas. Sully builds amazing guitars which could be described as a modern evolution of the '80s hotrods he loved as a kid.  He has been working on a limited run of instruments built in conjunction with the legendary Grover Jackson, co-hosts The Luthierist 2.0 podcast and digs Ace Frehley. So much good stuff right there! This episode is brought to you by the 2016 Michael Dolce Masterclass Tour.    

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast! This week we speak to the incredible Andy Timmons. Andy has had a remarkable career as a sideman for Danger Danger, Simon Philips, Kip Winger, Paul Stanley and Olivia Newton-John to name a few. He has jammed alongside Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and is a popular Ibanez and Mesa Boogie endorser. Throughout his career Andy has released several Andy Timmons Band albums and we catch up with Andy to discuss his latest - "View From a Perfect World". The interview features some album clips and Andy also playing live over the Skype line. Good times! This episode is brought to you by the Michael Dolce Funk/Fusion 2016 Masterclass Tour.

Today we continue our interview with Randall Waller, with more stories about Mutt Lange, touring rigs with Shania Twain and Keith Urban, coming back home to Australia and working on a solo album. We have heard some of it and it's sounding massive... Episode 24 is brought to you by yougroove@optusnet.com.au design and Michael Dolce's 2016 Funk/Fusion Masterclass Tour. Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher for fresh episodes of Guitar Speak goodness delivered straight to your device!