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“Tony MacAlpine not only plays guitar, but is a stunning classical piano player, so he can show how that influence molded his guitar playing.”

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I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show.

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Everyone has to start somewhere! I certainly didn't sound great when I first started playing, and I remember all my guitar teachers, both good…

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I use the volume control on my guitar, both for dynamics and as a manual noise gate.

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With Racer X, whenever we have time, we try to put a record together. And that's always fun because the guys in the band…

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It's so easy to practice out of context. For example, if you're learning a scale, you take that scale and you sit in your…

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Two words: Kasim Sulton. I've been a Utopia fan for a long, long time, and Kasim's a pop hero of mine. I have to…

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While I was writing the songs for 'Fuzz Universe,' I was immersing myself in Bulgarian Female Choir music, Baroque lute and violin pieces, Johnny…

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I've found that as I've learned to improvise melodically, it seems like I can come up with a bigger variety of stuff. I kind…

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Writing is a chore.

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In my daily life, I tend to be very literal and unsuperstitious. But music gives me an outlet to be very emotional.

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I've realized that, as the years have gone on, I have become completely impatient with the demo process.

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I've certainly enjoyed doing clinic tours for larger audiences, but the most valuable teaching experience has been the hundreds of lessons that I've given…

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With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If…

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Growing up in Dallas, my first influences on the guitar were T-Bone Walker and Les Paul. T-Bone taught me how to play lead guitar…

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I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.…

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That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.

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Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

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I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.

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I learned tabla for three years when in school, then started picking up the basics of the acoustic guitar when in college.

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I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a…

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There's a need for music that has urgency and emotional honesty. That's why people are reintroducing themselves to guitar music - that instrument has…

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I like to be quiet and play guitar and just chill.

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