Greg Howe: I'm going out with artist Rihanna :O
Apparently this is not a new make of guitar... but rather a super talented pop star... I need to get out more...
Plus a live4guitar interview by Irene Ketikidi,
Irene Ketikidi spotted with Greg Howe at the recent ICMP clinic
If you had to pick one favourite guitarist for blues, rock, shred, jazz and fusion who would they be?
The guy that does if for me in blues is Albert Collins. He plays some of the most unorthodox lines and he’s one of those guys to remind me that playing blues licks is not necessarily playing blues. He basically never played traditional blues, instead he kind of redefined blues, and his playing is absolutely infectious for me. For rock it would be Van Halen. For straight up shred, even though the reputations have turned, I still think Yngwie is great at what he does. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone else do that particular thing better than him. In jazz, I love John Scofield and he’s one of my favourite guitar players ever. And if you think that I actually don’t like his tone, I can’t imagine how much more I would like him in that case. He probably crosses over into fusion, but I really like Scott Henderson in this one as well.PS
Who of all the great musicians you’ve worked with has had the strongest impression/influence on you?
Of the people I’ve worked with, I think honestly Dennis Chambers has had the biggest impact on me. He’s one of my favourite musicians in the world of any instrument. He is just so musical, everything about him is made of music. I can’t really put it into words, but I know I’m most inspired after playing with him or during playing with him. more
Greg Howe Laurie...I am correct in assessing that you thought I was going out with a guitar? Don't get me wrong, I love guitar, but thus far it has remained a platonic relationship for the most part.
Laurie Monk LOL...only kidding buddy... Least I think I am... did another search on google just in case...
More importantly
PPS Greg Howe Update - So in addition to a free webcam session granted to the 5000th 'liker', there will be 2 additional webcam sessions granted to random drawing winners. When it hits the 10,000 mark, I will pick a random 'liker' as the winner so that everyone, including all of those who have been at the fan page for a while, have an equal chance to win the guitar as well.
Ah, great minds think a like :-)
ReplyDeleteI just read this interview over at live4guitar as well. Fantastic comments by Greg. I love how he talked about the students hes met who've gone to all these big name music schools, yet can't play music half as good as someone like Greg, who was never professionally trained. Just goes to show that music has nothing to do with how much theory you learn. And the stuff he mentions about how to make a name for yourself is killer advice.
~Johnny