Author: Michael Molenda
Founder of Guardians of Guitar. Longest-serving Editor in Chief of GUITAR PLAYER (1997-2018). Long live Link Wray and Mick Ronson!
How to Tank Your Instrumental Guitar Album in 10 Easy Steps
Typically, I would advise scrupulously following your muse and let the public be darned to all heck. It’s your album. Screw the haters! That said, after more than 21 years of listening to bazill... Read More
JJ Savage Named Winner of 2019 Ronnie Montrose Rock the Nation Award
JJ Savage, 19, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Ronnie Montrose Rock the Nation Award. The late Ronnie Montrose (1947-2012) was an avid and committed believer in mentoring young people a... Read More
Gear Goodies Honor LED ZEPPELIN I on its 50th Anniversary
It’s personally devastating to realize Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album—a record that didn’t leave my turntable for weeks and collected enough dust to fill Dick Van Dyke̵... Read More
Session Logic: Getting ’60s and ’70s Sounds from a DAW
You may love album productions from the 1960s and ’70s, but emulating the sound and vibe of those seminal tracks on a DAW can sometimes seem tougher than getting the Davies Brothers to stopping ... Read More
Sarah Longfield on Not Scaring People with Complex Music
“There are always exceptions, but if you compose super-complex instrumental music, you’re limiting your audience,” advises, well, super-complex guitarist Sarah Longfield. “Instrume... Read More
Sara Ardizzoni on Avoiding Looping Cliches
“In general, working with loops means you must have good timing and be very precise,” says Italian composer and loop guitarist Sara Ardizzoni, who performs and records under the name Dagg... Read More
Gretchen Menn on Not Being Beholden to Expectations
[Photo by Cheryl Alterman] “I think it’s easy to have preconceived notions of what we’re supposed to do as guitarists, or what’s expected of us,” says Gretchen Menn. “But rathe... Read More
June Millington on Creating Licks & Channeling the Unexpected
On Conceptualizing What You Play “I visualize things and go off to the galaxy’s limit,” says iconic Fanny guitarist June Millington. “I just let myself be led. I don’t ask questi... Read More
