Paul Gilbert: guitarkadia.com twitter chat transcript


In case you missed the tweet stream on Twitter from the interview organised by guitarkadia.com here is the tweetsteam transcript... you can see a pretty version  http://guitarkadia.com/emon/guitarchat/paul-gilbert-may-14-2013/

#GuitarChat with @PaulGilbertRock
May 14, 2013 at 9 pm (EST)

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Hello!

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    There! RT @PaulGilbertRock: @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Hello!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Sorry, I'm late!

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock Thought you'd forgotten all about us! :-) How are you? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Doing great! This is my first Tweet/Chat/Thing so I'm just figuring out the technology.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr #guitarchat I just finished a European tour with a bunch of shows in Spain. It was great!

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock Hi Paul, will you come to play in Madrid this year? #guitarchat @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock ....hi paul...dig ur fireman model..is there another pgm ibanez n the works?#GuitarChat

    Picka Picka@GoldTGtr
    @PaulGilbertRock How was the Vibrato tour? Best-sounding venue, best food? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat My favorite guitar right now is the Ibanez Fireman. New models are planned for next year!

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock Well, i saw you last september, here´s the proof xD #guitarchat @Guitarkadia @GoldTGtr pic.twitter.com/NGLdt4O4r9

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Paris, London, Vienna, Tel Aviv, and Moscow stand out as great shows. Some great ones in Spain too...

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @TonyCazorla @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Hi Tony, The Great Guitar Escape is going to be amazing this year!

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat Whatever happened to Electric Fence?

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat I watched all the Electric Fence videos as a student at MI. I can't believe Paul SANG "Achilles Last Stand"!

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat And he played Bad Finger solos beautifully, note-for-note. Give us more Electric Fence.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @50GuitarBooks #guitarchat I think my guitar was tuned down really low, so I could sing it. I love playing covers.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @50GuitarBooks #guitarchat I usually include some surprise covers in my live shows.

    Ralph Johns@Ralphonzo1
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat Hi Paul, I know you like to cook. Can I ask what your favourite food to make on tour is?

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock wat do u think of shredding today? is it dead? #GuitarChat

    Picka Picka@GoldTGtr
    @PaulGilbertRock To you, the toughest part of being a touring musician is: ___ #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Waking up early to go the airport... right after a late show.

    Ralph Johns@Ralphonzo1
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat Hi Paul, I know you like to cook. Can I ask what your favourite food to make on tour is?

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Ralphonzo1 #guitarchat On the road, I just bring an orange juice squeezer, and make lots of juice.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Ralphonzo1 #guitarchat Chinese dumplings!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Any style of music is kept alive by the players who play it. The most important thing is to do it well.

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock wats ur opinion of all the new modeling rack units?are u a fan of these or do u prefer tube amps live n studio?#GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat I haven't plugged into many new amps. I like old music and old amps!

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat Any chance of you and Guitar Player magazine putting out a book of your articles for G.P., with audio?

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @50GuitarBooks #guitarchat I'd be happy for that to happen. I've just been busy with new stuff.

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock What came easy for you when you were learning guitar? What was hard? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Technique did NOT come easily. But I could also hear notes and rhythms. Especially rhythms. I could feel them.

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Amazing, cant wait to be there and JAM ! I would like to learn some of your jazz-blues new stuff !

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @TonyCazorla @Guitarkadia #guitarchat I'm going to make sure to give EVERYONE a chance to jam with me at the Great Guitar Escape!

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock Alternate picking is the most dificult thing to sincronize w/ fretting hand don´t you think? #guitarchat @Guitarkadia

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock What's the biggest myth about improving technique? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat That 3-note-per-string scales are useful!

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock how bout the new 8 string revolution? have u ever got accustomed to the 7 or 8 string guitar? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat 6-strings is plenty to occupy my brain. Any more, and it will melt!

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat Understood. Just want you to know those articles are classics, they deserve to be revisited. Thanks.

    Ralph Johns@Ralphonzo1
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat I remember you saying this in Plymouth last year with Mike Baugh :)

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock I use soft picks like you, it seems to help w/ picking and are very versatile picks, you´re still w/ 0.60? #guitarchat

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Nice to hear it !! Paul, thx for the opportunity, last year I learned a lot, lot of ideas !!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @cithara917 @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Take the time to be excellent. Find good people to work with. Play songs!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @xecretcode #guitarchat Hi Nick!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @cithara917 @Guitarkadia #guitarchat I would have told myself to choose lower-range songs to sing. But for guitar... I'm happy!

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock What makes a good guitar instructor? I've always found you broke things down for students very well! #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat I try to really LISTEN to the student's playing. And give them something that they can play right away.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @TonyCazorla @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Thank you!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno #guitarchat I've been using Tortex .060mm for ten years. I love them! Great tone, great pick scratches, and plenty fast.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat I hope I can remember all the things that happen to me. I'm still too busy doing them, to write about them.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno #guitarchat What ever is comfortable and get the tone you want!

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock How did you join up with @ArtistWorks ? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @ArtistWorks #guitarchat It's been nearly a year that my rock school has been open. My students have been getting BETTER.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @ArtistWorks #guitarchat I was excited to take my decades of rock playing and teaching and make it available online.

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock jus wanted to thnk u fr all the great music n inspiring me to keep playin n practicing !!#GuitarChat

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock Are you still studying jazz? Was it hard for you to improvise w/ chord progressions and soloing w/ chords? #guitarchat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno #guitarchat Jazz is very challenging for a rock player... those chord changes are crazy! But it helps everything.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Thank you. I'll keep practicing too. The more that I play, the more I love the guitar.

(weird. The next question, from @GoldTGtr, was sth like 'did you ever make it to the lucky 666 students at AW?' It's not in the transcript.)

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Ha ha! It's not the quantity, it's the quality. And all the people at my online school are fantastic.

    Shawn Persinger@50GuitarBooks
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat I've seen your Italian jazz lesson on Youtube. Any thoughts on doing a jazz recording?

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock ..alive or dead ..who wuld u hav loved to jam with?my pik wulda been jason becker ..how bout u?#GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Mozart, Angus Young, B.B. King, Johnny Winter...

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @ArtistWorks #guitarchat I like that I've been able to teach people over an extended period of time.

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock Any guitar albums from the past 5 years you recommend we check out? #GuitarChat

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat I´m studying w/ a Jazz teacher too, how did you organize youself to learn things, where did you start?

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Pablo, will you do private lessons on this GGE ? Need some Geek Modes intensive ;D

    Gökhan Aydın@ggggggokhan
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat i listened to "bivalve blues" more than 1000 times. what is your favorite song from vibrato?

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock Any guitar albums from the past 5 years you recommend we check out? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat I hope that "guitar" will work it's way back into "regular music" so that every album is a "guitar album"!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno #guitarchat Jazz is very challenging for a rock player... those chord changes are crazy! But it helps everything.

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno #guitarchat I always like to learn songs. I studied songs by Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, and more...

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @TonyCazorla @Guitarkadia #guitarchat First priority: Jam with everyone. If there's time after that... I'll squeeze in some private lessons.

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock #GuitarChat ive always played by ear...is learning music and theory xtremely helpful n improving my playing??

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Music theory helped me understand chords. I love 60s and 70s pop music, so I was happy to know more.

    Picka Picka@GoldTGtr
    @PaulGilbertRock Well, first you tackled speed, then rhythm/time, now clarity. What's next? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @GoldTGtr #guitarchat Dynamics!

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat So Paul, see u this year !! Hope your ears are okay !! Ur a big influence in my musical vision !!

    Ralph Johns@Ralphonzo1
    @PaulGilbertRock #guitarchat What's your current favourite chord?

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Adam Fulara! He's teaching at my Great Guitar Escape camp. And Mimi Fox. She'll be there too.

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    1st to answer correctly wins: When is Paul's next "Great Guitar Escape Camp"? Hint: paulgilbert.com/#/tour #GuitarChat

    Ralph Johns@Ralphonzo1
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat July

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @Ralphonzo1 @ArtistWorks #guitarchat Whoo hoo!!! Applause...

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @Ralphonzo1 @ArtistWorks @PaulGilbertRock Who says staying up past 2 am isn't rewarding! :-) #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia @Ralphonzo1 @ArtistWorks #guitarchat Those are musician's hours.

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Yeah, sure, maybe I will enter on the Online rck school !! take care Paul, keep shredding-blues !!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @TonyCazorla @Guitarkadia #guitarchat It will blow your mind. HOURS of new video lessons are posted every week!

    Picka Picka@GoldTGtr
    Congratulations, @Ralphonzo1! What a great prize! #guitarchat

    DarkDayz@ta2dmillionaire
    @PaulGilbertRock ill b there too !!#GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @ta2dmillionaire #guitarchat Fantastic! See you soon!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @GoldTGtr @Ralphonzo1 #guitarchat Even if you didn't win, the price is very reasonable. Check it out. Just google Artistworks Paul Gilbert

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock Speaking of, what's your daily routine like? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat I wish there WAS a routine. Mostly, prevent disasters, and the rest of the time, play guitar!

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat In a perfect world, I love to practice in the morning. My brain is fresh, and I get better ideas then.

    Le Petit Cabron@Bultacosaturno
    @PaulGilbertRock But...it seems you´re admiting you have trouble getting out of bed xD #guitarchat @Guitarkadia

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Bultacosaturno @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Nah, I just end up doing non-musical things first. Something is always breaking!

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock What's the one piece of advice you'd give to someone who is searching for a voice in his/her guitar playing? #GuitarChat

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat You used a good word... "voice." Just play what you hear in your head. You have to hear it first.

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    @PaulGilbertRock Excellent advice! Thank you so much, Paul, for taking the time to join us tonight. It's been an honor!! #GuitarChat

    Picka Picka@GoldTGtr
    @PaulGilbertRock Thanks so much Paul, for chatting with us & for your time & sage advice. #GuitarChat

    Guitarkadia@Guitarkadia
    Have a great one, @PaulGilbertRock , and please come back again anytime! #GuitarChat

    David S. Wallens@DavidSWallens
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia Great time here, too. Thanks for talking to us. #guitarchat

    Tony Cazorla@TonyCazorla
    @PaulGilbertRock @Guitarkadia #guitarchat Take Care Paul !! Once again, thank you, ur a big influence and inspiration for me !! ROCK N ROLL

    Paul Gilbert@PaulGilbertRock
    @Guitarkadia #guitarchat All right! Thank you! Bye! Paul

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