Guitar Speak Podcast

Welcome to episode 20 of The Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we present a double header - two interviews with two Sydney based guitarists doing great work. Cameron James Henderson talks about his debut full length player - "Storm Rollin' In", melding blues, folk and roots influences whilst pulling some beautiful tones in the process. Jay Parrino rocks out, invents contrapuntal tapping pieces for fun a...

Welcome to episode 19 of The Guitar Speak Podcast! Today we remember the late, great blues / rock master Gary Moore. Michael Katselos joins us to discuss a tribute concert he is putting together with some of Australia's best guitarists, including Peter Northcote and Chris Kamzelas who drop in as well. Episode 19 is brought to you by Michael Dolce's 2016 Funk-Fusion Masterclass Tour. Listen in to f...

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast - episode 18! This week we run from AC/DC to Zappa - with a healthy dose of Morse, Beethoven, Page and Django in between - as we catch up with the genre busting Gretchen Menn. Gretchen tells us about her varied influences, technique breakthroughs, Music Man guitars and passion for composition in this in depth interview. Also, our good friend Michael Dolce (Episo...

Welcome to the Guitar Speak Podcast! Today we conclude our two part interview with Australian guitarist David Moyse and follow his career post Air Supply. David went on to become an in demand session musician in Sydney, including playing on film scores for huge films such as Crocodile Dundee and Strictly Ballroom. David also shares about recording and touring as a member of the Hillsong worship te...

Welcome to Episode 16! This week we give a shout out to The Melbourne Guitar Show, which included some of our Guitar Speak friends Brett Kingman (episode 5), Bob Spencer (episode 9) and Michael Dolce with Charles Cilia (episode 15). We also talk about Michael Fix' (episode 3) new album and upcoming European tour. Our featured guest this week is with Australian guitarist, David Moyse. In Part I of...

Hey, welcome to episode 15! This week we sit in on a Michael Dolce Masterclass - held at Charles Cilia Guitars' showroom. We talk with some of the guys who attended the clinic and then hang out with Michael and Charles, who have been working together for almost 20 years. Michael owns 14 Cilia guitars...including an amazing signature model.  If you're in Melbourne, check out the Cilia Guitars stand...

Welcome to Episode 14! This week's episode is with Jeff Bober and Mick Marcellino who host the excellent Amps and Axes podcast from Baltimore, USA. It's a different kind of episode - more of a dual interview. These guys really know their stuff. Jeff was the mastermind behind the legendary Budda amps and we find out about his new company, East Amplification. It was great meeting these guys and talk...

Sarah Lipstate performs mesmerising solo guitar soundscapes - using a slew of pedals, a boomerang looper and a Jazzmaster or Jaguar - under the name of Noveller. We caught up with Sarah to discuss an amazing year in which she has opened shows for Iggy Pop across the US and Europe, hung out with Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwan, wrapped up a new solo album, played the NY Guitar Festival and scored a...

Episode 12!   Today we speak to Joce Dominger of Dominger Pickups in Carolina, USA. Joce and his wife Tammie are passionate boutique builders working closely with luthiers and players alike. Joce builds and designs, whilst Tammie takes care of the pickup winding and creates unique finishes.      

Welcome to The Guitar Speak podcast.   Today we give a shout out to two of our past guests - Michael Dolce and Peter Northcote - who have upcoming events in Sydney, Australia.   Our special guest this week is melodic rock instrumentalist Jack Tharammat. Jack is a phenomenal guitarist from Thailand who is in constant demand as a Yamaha and Laney clinician.    We speak about his development, from te...

Welcome to episode 10 of The Guitar Speak Podcast! This week we speak to ex-pat Aussie, Daniel Steinhardt who runs The Gig Rig in Swindon, UK. The Gig Rig creates state of the art effects switching equipment that has been used by Andy Timmons, Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, Ed O'Brien, Al DiMeola and Reeves Gabrels - to name just a handful. Dan is becoming increasingly hands on in building his customer...

This week we meet Bob Spencer, a guitarist who has played with not one, but two very prominent Australian bands - Skyhooks and The Angels. Bob has also been inducted into the ARIA hall of fame.  We discuss Bob's career from his first notes up to his solo album due out later this year.      

Thanks for joining us. Today we conclude our interview with Peter Northcote, one of the most in demand guitarists in Australia. Also, we catch up with Rob Walker, creative director of the Melbourne Guitar Show 2016.

Peter Northcote is in all likelyhood one of the most recorded guitarists in Australian history. On top of countless session appearances, Peter has played with some major Australian acts including Dragon, Richard Clapton, Stevie Wright, Doc Neeson's Angels and Daryl Braithwaite to name a few. We spent some time in Peter's home studio in Sydney to discuss his career, fantastic guitar collection and...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. In this episode we speak to Michael Ross from Nashville TN. Michael is a guitarist/author/journalist with a long and varied career, stradling both conventional and experimental musics. He writes for Guitar Player and Premier Guitar in addition to authoring several books on playing and crafting tones. Utilizing a hybrid iOS/laptop guitar rig, Michae...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak to Brett Kingman, James Reyne's mainstay guitarist since the mid 80s, and in demand sideman. Brett has also established himself as one the world's preeminent online guitar gear reviewers, with his YouTube channel receiving a staggering 20+ million hits in 8 years.  

We want to hear you play!   1/ Download our free 'Backing Track 1' from  guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com 2/ Record yourself playing over the track - it's a one chord vamp over Em, modulating to Gm a few times. 3/ Play over the whole track or just a bit, its up to you. 4/ Send us your recording - as an MP3 file - to guitarspeakpodcast@gmail.com 5/ If we like your stuff we will include it in an upcomi...

Welcome to episode 4 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak to Pat Keegan of Pat Keegan Guitars. Based on the beautiful south-eastern coast of Australia, Pat has been building very cool electric guitars making creative use of Australian and imported tonewoods, in addition to some funky repurposed woods.              

Welcome to the Guitar Speak podcast. In this episode we catch up with acoustic master Michael Fix. Michael is a prolific solo artist with 14 albums to his name, a calendar full of local and international tours and three Golden Guitar awards in the cupboard. Michael tells us about the development of his Michael Fix signature Maton guitar, touring Europe each year for the past decade or so and the i...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Guitar Speak Podcast. We conclude our interview with Sydney based session guitarist - and member of the house band for the television show 'The Voice Australia' - Michael Dolce. Michael describes how he developed his technique, his partnership with Charles Cillia Guitars which culminated in the MD Signature series and the recording of his debut album "Everything 'Till N...

Welcome to the first episode of the Guitar Speak Podcast. In this episode we interview Sydney based guitarist, Michael Dolce. Michael is the guitarist in "The Voice - Australia" house band and is very much in demand for sessions and touring. He regularly presents guitar masterclasses around Australia and has released a brilliant solo album, "Everything 'Till Now". Michael talks about establishing...