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This week on the Zen Perry Project, rock guitar goddess Emily Wolfe calls in from her home in Austin, Texas. A rising star in the scene, she talks about everything from the thought processes of designing her signature guitar and customized pedals to elaborating on the importance of using her songwriting platform to criticize and protest the oppressive, unjust laws passed in both her home state and across the nation. In the midst of her career's busiest year of touring yet, we're excited to see where Emily's combination of immense talent and her diligent hardworking nature will take her next.Photo courtesy of Whitney Hensley, we super appreciate her letting us use these sweet shots of Emily at the Ryman in Nashville! Check out Whitney's stellar photography on her website. Emily is touring around the United States this fall, we're very pumped to hear her shred the Bowery Electric here in NYC on September 10th. Check out her website for all of her tour dates and music! Support the showIntrospective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry. Behold a wall of periodically updated webpages!Official Website: https://www.zenperryproject.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorthInstagram: @https://www.instagram.com/zenperryproject/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakingnorthpodcastTwitter: @BreakingNorthTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/breakingnorth_Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@zenperryproject160Email: info@zenperryproject.comThanks for listening - hope you enjoy!
Guitar Goddess, Nita Strauss called in to RenoCast ahead of her upcoming show at Peavine Taphouse on Friday, November 19, 2021. Hear the virtuosa discuss her thoughts on instrumental music, Alice Cooper, and how to bring arena sized rock and roll into tiny little rock venues across America. Get your tickets here- Tickets for Nita Strauss | TicketWeb - Peavine Taphouse in Reno, US
(Headbangers Ball) Riki Rachtman and (Inkmaster) Lea Vendetta welcome guitar shredder Nita Strauss. In addition to being a guitarist with Alice Cooper she is ripping solo artist and entrepreneur . Riki and Lea also discuss the death of Halloween ,professional wrestling, rock and roll and well who knows.
Join DJ REM as he talks with Teresa Topaz. Teresa Topaz is a Southern Rock & Blues Performing & Recording Artist, Composer and Record Producer. Vocalist and Lead Guitarist, Teresa Topaz has been voter-nominated by the Willamette Week's Top 5 Best Blues Rock Artist and the "Guitar Goddess" by the Portland Tribune. With the new release of her new single " Whiskey Kinda Girl", released on New Years Day, January 1st 2019, It's a Whiskey drinkin Friday night and a downright good o'l time. https://teresatopaz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/teresatopaz/
On Episode 11 We speak with Teresa Topaz. Teresa Topaz is a Southern Rock & Blues Performing & Recording Artist, Composer, and Producer. Teresa Topaz, Vocalist and Lead Guitarist, is an award-winning Southern Rock artist winning best Country Rock song for her last single "Whiskey Kinda Girl" (Akademia Independent Music Awards), Voter-nominated by the Willamette Week's Top 5 Best Rock Artist and the "Guitar Goddess" by the Portland Tribune. Sit back and enjoy this episode. www.teresatopaz.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allthingsguitarsandmusic/support
Hey friends. We are once again here and back. We have our new mascot/foster dog Bowie. Lysh eats smarties on mic. We take you on an audio tour of our new office, which is in our new apartment, which is where we're recording. We also talk about the new song Animal, by the band Sleater-Kinney. Not from the album The Centre Won't Hold.
Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Teresa Topaz (Blues Rock) to the Show! www.TeresaTopaz.com Teresa Topaz is a Rock Performing & Recording Artist, Composer & Producer. As Vocalist and Lead Guitar player, Topaz has been Voter nominated by the Willamette Week's Top 5 Best Blues Rock Artist and named the "Guitar Goddess" by the Portland Tribune. With her new single, " Whiskey Kinda Girl", released on New Years Day, 2019, Topaz has teamed up with Keith Waters on Bass, Vince Littleton on Drums (Neil Diamond, Jerry Garcia, Trey Anastasio, Bonnie Raitt) and Tim Biedron as Head Engineer, Programmer & Co-Producer (Journey: Neal Schon and Johnathon Cain, Joe Satriani & Santana). Topaz has performed live with artists such as Steve Vai, Roni Lee (Venus and the Razorblades, Joan Jett) to Jeff Kathan (Bad Company, Roger Fisher). Her powerful vocal range meshes with a soulful bluesy grit shaping a rare temperament while her electric guitar hooks real you in with catchy rhythms and screaming solos. Teresa Topaz is a rising leading woman in Rock N Roll and a force to be reckoned with. This Episode Sponsored by: Metal Babe Mayhem www.metalbabemayhem.com
Yvette Young is incredibly an incredibly talented guitarist. She's a multi instrumentalist who chose to step away from music for 5 years due to health complications. It was during this hiatus that she taught herself guitar and quickly built a fan base. And rightfully so! She's arguably one of the best guitarists on Instagram today. I was delighted to learn more about her life and how she approaches music.
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Debra Devi stops by Guitar Goddess to talk about teaching herself to play guitar, putting together a band and how that has lead her to tour the country, write a book, get her music in film and television and more.
Stuck Mic AvCast – An Aviation Podcast About Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, & Loving to Fly
Welcome back to this weeks edition of the Stuck Mic AvCast – your aviation podcast about all things Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! Pre-Flight We’ve got a very special guest interview today with a rockin gal who, during her flying career, earned her Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine ratings, as well […] The post Episode #32 – Airline Pilot Turns Rock Guitar Goddess appeared first on Stuck Mic AvCast - An Aviation Podcast About Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, & Loving to Fly.
Guitar Goddess host Ezina LeBlanc interviews Grammy Award Winner Lori McKenna. Lori Discusses balancing career, family, how she got her first break as a singer-songwriter, the angels in her life and more.
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The Great Kat must be worshipped. Media outlets who proclaim The Great Kat to be in the top 50, top 10, top whatever, are wrong. The Great Kat is the best, the fastest, the greatest. She is Beethoven reincarnated. This is not open for debate. You either 'get' what this means, or you do not. "Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person." -Albert Einstein Read the follow-up email interview below, after listening to the phone interview (the yellow/green play button is at the bottom). Fellow WSCA DJ Kim joined me in the studio for the interview. Email/Requests: blacknightmeditations@msn.com Playlists: http://wsca.radioactivity.fm/show.html?showoid=1242 BLACK NIGHT MEDITATIONS - A heathenish foray along the shining path. Aural ruminations of Black, Death, Speed, Thrash, Doom, Folk, Shred, Power, Prog & Traditional Metal. Tuesday Nights 10pm-2am e.s.t. - WSCA 106.1 FM - Portsmouth, NH USA - Listen online live @ www.wscafm.org ***The Great Kat email interview - 17 Dec 09*** BNM - There were a few things we did not get to discuss during our phone interview. I'd like you to expand on the evolution of your music. Your first 2 albums, Worship Me Or Die & Beethoven On Speed, featured more of a Thrash influence, notably in the riffs. Since your brand of Shred/Classical hadn't fully developed to what it has been over the last decade, can you explain the influence that Thrash Metal had on your early songwriting? Your Metal influences were more traditional, so how much of an influence on your song-writing did Thrash have? Was it a product of the times? Were you at all involved in the New York Thrash scene of the '80s? TGK - The Great Kat High Priestess Of Guitar Shred (http://www.greatkat.com ) got into SPEED METAL after graduating from Juilliard. I liked the power and speed of that music. I decided to mix vicious, speed metal guitar riffs with my Classical Motives. The result was the first Great Kat CD “WORSHIP ME OR DIE!” with it’s RAW, VICIOUS SPEED METAL RIFFS AND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLOS. The Great Kat’s NEXT CD “BEETHOVEN ON SPEED” was a pure mixture of SHREDDING GUITAR VIRTUOSITY with AUTHENTIC Classical Music from Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chopin, Paganini ALL MIXED with POWERFUL METAL SONGS, like “ULTRA-DEAD” and “KAT ABUSE”! BNM - Much is said about your guitar playing, your violin playing, your image and so on, but I feel your vocals have always been vital to who The Great Kat is. Without those patented Kat shrieks, growls and unique delivery, your music would feel like a symphony without a conductor. My favorite Kat songs tend to be the ones that have the most memorable vocal delivery, especially when you mix the singing and shouting. Would you consider trying new vocal approaches that you have not used in the past? It would be tough to sing over the insanity, but you can easily do it and I want more of those catchy choruses! TGK - The Great Kat’s BRILLIANT music is a TOTAL MULTIMEDIA COMBINATION of CLASSICAL and METAL Virtuosity with SCREAMS, YELLS, BRUTAL SHOUTING and WILD and OUTRAGEOUS IMAGERY—this is the NEW OPERA of the 21st CENTURY!!! NOW CHECK OUT THE NEW “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD: This DVD stars The Great Kat’s Guitar/Violin Virtuosity and finger-blistering guitar shredding of Classical masterpieces and original outrageously theatrical SPEED METAL Wagnerian Mini-Operas. “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD Features: 7 Outrageous Shred/Classical Guitar Music Videos, including: • “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” - At the finger-blistering speed of 300 BPM! • Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” - Metal version of the world’s most famous symphony! • Paganini’s “Caprice #24” – Kat dazzles on this technical virtuoso showpiece on guitar and violin! • Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3”- The Great Kat shreds on 6 guitars & 3 violins! • “Torture Techniques” – Watch Kat’s arsenal of Torture devices and abused victims! • Plus MORE Theatrical Metal Madness! 4 Shred BONUS Features: • Hot Kat Shred Photos! Shred Geniuses! Kat Kartoon – A crazy cartoon of The High Priestess of Guitar Shred! DVD Video Clips: http://www.greatkat.com/dvd/dvd.html BNM - Do you own the rights to your first 2 albums that were released by Roadracer? Those albums are hard to find, so a reissue would be great for those who have yet to hear your early material. What is the status of the Total Insanity compilation that features over 50 songs from your discography? It is not available on greatkat.com, nor is the Guitar Goddess ep. How can your worshippers get these releases? TGK - “Total Insanity” is NOT an authorized Great Kat CD and is NOT released by TPR Music. To purchase The Great Kat’s “Worship Me Or Die!” and “Beethoven On Speed” try Amazon.com. “Guitar Goddess” is on TPR Music, but is currently sold out. The Great Kat’s NEW “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD is available through major retailers (Amazon.com, Best Buy, Target, CDUniverse, Barnes And Noble) and through the Kat Store at http://www.greatkat.com/07/index07.html BNM - Your releases have been issued on vinyl, cassette, cd, and you even released a cd-rom in the mid-90s. Your last 2 releases have been dvds. You seem to want to stay with what is current in promotion, as your online presence has expanded to Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Will we see any more cd releases, or has the current trend in promotion of music (that sees fewer cd sales) pushed you solely into dvd releases for the forseeable future? TGK - The Great Kat’s SHRED/CLASSICAL GENIUS MUSIC must be SEEN and well as HEARD—that’s why The Great Kat is concentrating on MUSIC VIDEO DVDS!!! Like Wagner’s Operas, you need to get the ENTIRE GREAT KAT EXPERIENCE to understand the REINCARNATION OF BEETHOVEN FOR YOURSELVES!!!!!!!!! Check out The Great Kat on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Kat/296984350242 and TWITTER at http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar and YOUTUBE at http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR and Kat Web Site at http://www.greatkat.com MUSIC VIDEO CLIPS from “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD: -BEETHOVEN’S “5th SYMPHONY” http://www.greatkat.com/beethovens5thsymphonynew.wmv -“The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” http://www.greatkat.com/metalvideos/TheFlightOfTheBumbleBeeMusicVideo.wmv -Paganini’s “Caprice #24” http://www.greatkat.com/metalvideos/PaganinisCaprice24.wmv -Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3 http://www.greatkat.com/BachsBrandenburgConcerto3.wmv “Torture Techniques” http://www.greatkat.com/metalvideos/TortureTechniques.wmv DVD trailer at: http://www.greatkat.com/BeethovensGuitarShredVideosMenuMED.wmv More DVD Video Clips: http://www.greatkat.com/dvd/dvd.html BNM - How do you regard radio? There aren't many stations (terrestrial, satellite, internet) who are willing to support music such as yours. Those that do "feature" your work tend to be quite insulting and demeaning. Has this old-school method of promoting The Great Kat been worth your effort over the years? Is it still now? Basically, is any press good press for The Great Kat? TGK - RADIO IS OLD!!! The Great Kat needs to be SEEN to FULLY UNDERSTAND SHRED/CLASSICAL!!!! THAT’S THE MAIN REASON The Great Kat is PRODUCING DVDS!!!!!!!!!!! REVIEWS OF THE GREAT KAT: -"The Great Kat should be feared because her hyper-blasting, neo-classical, whirlwind guitar playing is so precise and intense. This woman really is a better guitarist than most men ever were. Beethoven’s Guitar Shred DVD is a portable clinic of seemingly inhuman guitar antics. Dominating torture, blood, fire, anti-terrorist sentiments – all wrapped in an oddly tasteful, hyper-classical visual feast." - Mark Morton, Heavy Metal Examiner -"The Great Kat named one of the fastest guitar players. Probably the fastest female shredder on the face of the earth. 'Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' at 300 Beats Per Minute. It does not get any faster than that. This ('Beethoven's Guitar Shred' DVD) makes a great stocking stuffer." - Michael Butler, MEVIO Music "The guitarist Katherine Thomas aka The Great Kat is ranked among the fastest metal shredders of all time." - Danny Kringiel, Spiegel Online (Germany) -"Blending the showmanship of metal with the intensive musical construction of classical, Kat has carved out a name for herself in musical history by shredding some of the greatest musical works of our time." - Carly Milne, AOL's Digital City BNM - How do you regard the composer Felix Mendelssohn, given that it's possible J.S. Bach's brilliant music may have been lost to the ages had it not been for Mendelssohn bringing back Bach's compositions to the stage? TGK - Mendelssohn did a great service to society by finding J.S. BACH’S MUSIC and BRINGING it to the masses! THAT’S THE SAME MISSION THE GREAT KAT IS ON—to BRING BEETHOVEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN KNOW BEETHOVEN’S GENIUS MUSIC!!!!!!!! BNM - You have been motivated to perform music composed by those you consider to be "geniuses." But can we expect The Great Kat's musical tribute to non-composer geniuses such as Galileo Galilei or our founding fathers of the U.S.A.? Certainly you can apply your Shred/Classical style of music in honor of these geniuses as well. Instead of wasting any more of your time on terrorist scum, how about expanding upon the Wagner's War theme and further celebrate our history, or composing music based upon our future through the eyes of the past? TGK - The Great Kat Guitar Shredder’s MISSION is to NOT only UPDATE CLASSICAL MUSIC for the MASSES, but to ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THIS TERRORIST INFESTED WORLD—like on my songs “ISLAMOFASCISTS” and “TORTURE TECHNIQUES” from “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD!!!!!!!!!! BNM - Many of us Kat slaves would like to here much more of your violin playing. Personally, I'd love to hear solo violin pieces. Especially Paganini's Caprice no.1. TGK - The Great Kat’s VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY is heard on the NEW BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD—on “THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE”, PAGANINI’S “CAPRICE #24”, BEETHOVEN’S “5th SYMPHONY” and BACH’S “BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3”!!!!! On the NEXT Shred/Classical DVD, The Great Kat will be SHREDDING one of THE MOST TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT AND DEMANDING VIOLIN VIRTUOSO PIECES ever written: NICCOLO PAGANINI’S “MOTO PERPETUO” on the GUITAR and VIOLIN, along with works of BEETHOVEN, MOZART and MORE!!!!!! BNM - Thanks for your time, Kat. I'd love to delve deeper into your psyche and find out more about you as a person, but I know if I tried you'd just pummel me into submission. Your boots would be cleaner, and I'd still have no answers. Thank you again for sticking to your guns over the years, and continuing on with The Great Kat's Shred/Classical supremacy. You have my support. TGK - THANKS MARK!! THE GREAT KAT IS THE METAL MESSIAH/REINCARNATION OF BEETHOVEN! NOW GO TO THE GREAT KAT WEB SITE at http://www.greatkat.com KAT on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Kat/296984350242 KAT on TWITTER at http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar KAT on YOUTUBE at http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR