Guitar Villains Tyler Larson
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Welcome to Guitar Villains! I'm your host, Tyler Larson. Why Guitar Villains? Because villains are cooler than heroes, it’s just a fact. This is a podcast by guitar players for guitar players and over the course of this series we’ll talk to some of the most creative and innovative minds in the community about how they’ve achieved the things they have on the instrument and how you can become a better player yourself.
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I Got Paul Reed Smith to Play THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith.
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Part of ticket proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Guitars given away to random students 8/9, international included.
0:00 - Introduction
4:15 - Paul’s supervillain alter-ego
11:20 - Burning Questions
14:30 - The YouTube effect
16:25 - “Guitars are the violins of our day”
18:06 - Paul’s thoughts on THE FORBIDDEN RIFF
24:17 - The Paul Reed Smith Music School
32:07 - Unfiltered Q&A
33:50 - Single cut or Double cut?
38:35 - How to build a truly beautiful guitar
41:01 - Paul’s opinion on other popular guitar brands
46:21 - The PRS Artist roster
51:20 - Paul screamed at Eric Johnson
52:23 - Paul’s supervillain advice
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St. Vincent Doesn't Need a Berklee Degree to Win Grammys or Shred Guitar
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the St. Vincent guitar sorceress, Annie Clark.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - Annie's opinion about Berklee and music college in general
4:15 - The REAL origin of the name ‘St. Vincent’
7:10 - Annie’s supervillain alter-ego
11:18 - Burning Questions
17”07 - Name Those Notes
17:40 - Perfect pitch versus relative pitch
19:50 - Annie’s manual whammy bar effect
21:00 - Led Zeppelin’s influence on St. Vincent
23:36 - Annie’s favorite guitar riff she wrote
27:10 - Annie talks about the brilliance of Metallica rhythm guitar parts
30:38 - The new St. Vincent guitar approach
35:08 - “I don’t love it when the guitar sounds like a guitar”
38:36 - St. Vincent’s influence on my guitar playing
39:30 - The MusicMan St. Vincent signature guitar
45:18 - The art of improvisation on guitar
47:53 - Songwriting tips from a Grammy-winning songwriter
51:50 - Annie’s supervillain advice
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Kyle Gass on the Best Tenacious D song, Tom Morello's "gimmick" & if Rock is Dead
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the Tenacious D 6-string maestro, Kyle Gass.
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0:00 - Introduction
2:55 - Kyle’s supervillain alter-ego
4:25 - Burning Questions
8:50 - Kyle’s thoughts on Tom Morello
13:20 - Name Those Notes
14:16 - Kyle’s recorder-playing prowess
15:45 - The beauty of 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures
17:30 - Kyle’s best songwriting tip
18:35 - The truth about Tenacious D’s “Tribute”
21:44 - Is rock dead?
25:49 - The best Tenacious D song
27:57 - Jack Black’s songwriting style
28: 58 - Kyle Gass is going solo
32:34 - Kyle was a child prodigy… or… he wasn’t
34:44 - Kyle’s guitar approach
36:52 - Jack Black is a vocal savant
39:55 - The knifing at a Tenacious D show
42:12 - Kyle’s supervillain advice
Kyle's brand new song, 'Vaccinated'
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Lari Basilio on Bending the G String the "Wrong" Way and the 'Ibanez Generation'
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the instantly recognizable Lari Basilio.
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Lari's guest solo on "Reverie"
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0:00 - Introduction
3:40 - Lari’s supervillain alter-ego
6:40 - Burning Questions
8:34 - Name Those Notes
9:35 - What does it take to be successful in the studio?
13:04 - How does phrasing work?
17:30 - JamTrack Central is the Shrapnel Records of the YouTube era
20:59 - Lari’s unique G bending technique
24:52 - The Ibanez LB1 and its origin
32:50 - The future of social media for guitar players
35:30 - Lari quit being a lawyer to play guitar
37:10 - Lari’s Brazilian roots
39:38 - The effect of the Ibanez generation
44:20 - Lari’s supervillain advice
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Mark Lettieri on the Art of Baritone Guitar and Perfect Rhythm
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the funk master Mark Lettieri.
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0:00 - Introduction
3:15 - Collecting lanyards is an addiction
4:20 - Mark’s guitar villain alter-ego
8:27 - Burning Questions
10:30 - Name Those Notes
11:43 - Gospel moves on guitar
14:20 - Chord solos with melodic development
16:45 - When you know a guitarist by one note
18:45 - The art of baritone guitar
26:29 - Mark’s songwriting approach
27:50 - The PRS Fiore
33:15 - Tonewood is real
35:30 - The strangest tour moment of Mark’s life
37:49 - Mark likes beer
41:30 - Mark raises monarch butterflies
44:32 - The hardest and easiest thing about guitar
48:50 - Mark’s supervillain advice
Mark and my video on FUNK
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Zakk Wylde Says Who the Best Guitarist is and the Two Schools of Guitar Soloing
Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the almighty Zakk Wylde.
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0:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Who is the best guitarist?
5:31 - Zakk’s supervillain alter-ego
7:35 - Burning Questions
14:45 - How Zakk developed his guitar tone
22:00 - Name Those Notes
22:45 - The sacred history of the No More Tears guitar solo
24:10 - The two schools of guitar soloing
26:55 - Zakk’s approach to the recording studio
32:28 - Zakk’s use of music theory
38:25 - The future of Wylde Audio
44:50 - The feeling of playing live music
48:58 - Zakk’s supervillain advice
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Customer Reviews
Amazing Podcast
This podcast has helped me get out of the rut when you feel like you’re just playing the same stuff over and over again and has helped me to start learning some crazy new songs which I am very grateful. Also Herman Li is the GOAT
Tyler does what?
Larson’s been on my YouTube subscription list for ages. While there are some things that don’t jive with me, he’s pretty down to earth, willing to share his knowledge, and on top of that he gets freakin’ Stevie Vai on the premiere of his new podcast?
Yes please. Keep it up. Sub to this.
Love the podcast
this is such a great podcast, love hearing from these awesome guitar players!!