Podcast appearances and mentions of michael molenda

The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the conventional music industry. But guitar superstar Steve Vai was not about to let lockdowns, cancelled concerts, and other dilemmas compromise his drive or productivity. In this episode, Vai shares with co-hosts Matt Gibson and Michael Molenda his buoyant outlook for maintaining—and even expanding—his creative mojo during a worldwide health crisis. There are lessons for every creator in Vai's wisdom.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

Essa semana conversaremos com Du Menegozzo, idealizador e desenvolvedor da Deep Trip Pedals. A @deeptrippedals tem como premissa, desde 2007, oferecer novas ferramentas para dar forma, controlar e expressar suas ideias musicais. Além disso, há uma busca contínua em quebrar todas as limitações dos equipamentos existentes e fornecer pedais repletos de funcionalidade que podem ser usadas em praticamente qualquer set. Os pedais da Deep Trip são sinônimo de qualidade com padrão internacional, tanto que se encontram em pedalboards de pessoas de renome como Scott Holiday AKA @mrfuzzlord (Rival Sons) e Michael Molenda (ex-editor da Guitar Player) ============================================================================================================== Produção: Papo de Guitarra (@papodeguitarraoficial) Apresentação: Alexandre Ribeiro (@alebasribeiro) e Fábio França (@fabioafrancap) Convidado: Du Menegozzo (@deeptrippedals) Distribuição: Ponto MP3 (@pontomp3podcast)

No one can predict the future. No one can ever know what’s coming next (except me, just kidding). A lot of times we have to roll with what life throws at us, regardless of how predictable we want our life to be. As humans we are creatures of habit, loving every minute of having a routine, going to work, coming home, advancing our career, staying organized and having everything in its place, and knowing that we have the power to make tweaks to it whenever we want, as long as its within our comfort zone. But as we very well know, life enjoys throwing the occasional right hook at us to see how we handle it. This is something that both Michael and I, your humble podcast host, have experienced in recent years. THANK GOD YOU FOUND A REAL JOB Michael had two career path options in his early years: music and journalism. As you’ll hear, his father was super happy he chose journalism, a job that he knew was stable and had a future (cough). As time (and the Internet) will tell you, music and journalism began to have more and more in common, debunking this “some industries are future-proof” myth. But lucky for Michael, he was able to merge his two passions into one as he worked through an array of music and non-music related publications and media outlets. His crowning achievement? Landing a dream job as the longest-serving Editor-in-Chief at Guitar Player Magazine from 1997-2018, also overseeing Bass Player Magazine, Keyboard Magazine and Electronic Musician Magazine. Score! EVERY ENDING HAS A NEW BEGINNING In 2018, not long after the magazine’s parent company was purchased by a UK-based firm, several members of the team, including Michael, were let go as the new owners reorganized and changed the way the magazines were run. While not a fan of the changes, the grieving process was short-lived. Michael got back on the horse and decided to launch a new endeavor that allowed him to continue his music journalism path. In October 2018, Guardians of Guitar was born, an online media outlet that evangelizes guitarists, guitar music, and guitar gear while supporting players of all ages, genders, skill levels and styles. ABOUT OUR GUEST Michael Molenda, former Editor-in-Chief of Guitar Player Magazine and Founder of Guardians of Guitar, joins us in this episode to share his journey from his humble beginnings in journalism and Guitar Player Magazine to his new venture with Guardians of Guitar, and what he’s learned along the way. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/behindthebackline/support

In our 32nd episode, we have an exclusive, hour-long interview with Michael Molenda, former editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine for the last 21 years. He gives us an inside look at how his tenure at GP came to a screeching halt, but even more about how it all started and what was accomplished along the way. At the Back of the Show, you'll get our Interview Wrap-Up and commentary. Highlights of the podcast include: 00:40 Setting the Stage 03:40 Michael Molenda Interview 59:50 Back of the Show / Interview Wrap-Up Thanks for listening and we look forward to hearing from you!

This week on Kingdom of Rock, guitarists Matt Gibson and Amanda Bocchi spoke to Michael Molenda, Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine. Michael shared about the challenges of running a major magazine for guitar players. We also conversed about how running a magazine has changed in the new music business and how the magazine has shifted to serve the needs of guitar players. We touched on the changes in the industry now that the power for your career is in your hands and the pros and the cons of the new DIY music industry. Other topics covered: The Guitar Virtuoso Social media Strategies How to Find your People Click Bait vs Quality Content Washington Post Article About the Decline of the Guitar - George Gruen Guitar Heros and Millennials Feminism and Female guitarists Tips for DIY musicians http://www.guitarplayer.com    

Michael Molenda editor & chief of Guitar Player magazine is interviewed for the Guitar Trax show by Multi-Emmy award winning guitarist Brian Tarquin. GUITAR TRAX hosted by Brian Tarquin will feature in- depth interviews with today’s hottest guitar legends and airs every Monday night from 10pm-12pm on WFIT 89.5FM on the Florida space coast. Tarquin is an multi Emmy award winning composer/guitarist. He has won 3 Emmy's for “Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series” and has been nominated for an Emmy 6 times. In 2006 SESAC honored him with the Network Television Performance Award. Tarquin first graced the Top Billboard Charts with the commercial release: This is Acid Jazz, Vol. 2 on Instinct Records, followed by several solo jazz albums, which charted Top 10 at Contemporary Jazz Radio. Brian has appeared on 40 releases, selling over 140,000 records in his career. In 2016, Tarquin’s release Guitars For Wounded Warriors was nominated for Best Album by the Independent Music Awards, which showcases Tarquin’s guitar prowess along side such world-class shredders as, Steve Morse, Billy Sheehan, Gary Hoey, Bumblefoot (Gun n Roses), Reb Beach (Whitesnake), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth) and Chuck Loeb. The album features exclusively composed tracks by Tarquin, inspired by those military soldiers who fought for our country.

Michael Molenda, Editor In Chief at Guitar Player Magazine, joins Greg on this episode of IMP in which he discusses his years growing up immersed in the San Francisco music scene in the peace in love era as well as the punk scene of the late 70's. Michael goes deep on his role as EIC for one of the largest guitar publications that has sustained a 50 year run as a go to magazine for guitarists and musicians alike. Michael is a member of The Trouble With Monkeys, a band that adds a punk sensibility to the music of the popular, made-for TV band of the 60's, The Monkees. www.punkthemonk.com www.gregmarra.com  

Welcome one and all to THE MISSION, STYX's sonically sweet 16th studio album and its most ambitious, most challenging, and most rewarding release to date. Please take note of the official stardate, as THE MISSION has duly been set for liftoff June 16 on the band's label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe. Fans can pre-order the album at any of these online retail outlets and Styxworld.com. The first single, “Gone Gone Gone,” was released today at radio and online retail outlets. A video premiered on Billboard.com and can be seen here. “The planets truly aligned for THE MISSION, and I couldn't be prouder,” says vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw, who co-wrote the album's storyline with longtime collaborator Will Evankovich (Shaw/Blades, The Guess Who). “It's our boldest, most emblematic album since PIECES OF EIGHT.” As founding guitarist James “JY” Young continues, “In the 40th anniversary year of our release of our biggest selling album of all time, GRAND ILLUSION, it just seemed truly appropriate to save our new studio album until this year. Needless to say, I'm very excited.” “THE MISSION is a deep, conceptual, and cinematic epic that offers listeners a thrilling emotional journey — and all ‘cast' with impassioned guitar parts and those textured, ‘chill-inducing' Styx vocals. Guitarists Tommy Shaw and James Young sound like they're energetic upstarts with something to prove, rather than members of a band with decades of history. This is a truly brilliant soundscape, as well as a tribute to the evocative power of the guitar.” — Michael Molenda, Editor-in-Chief, Guitar Player “A throwback to the styles of classic Styx records like THE GRAND ILLUSION and PIECES OF EIGHT, THE MISSION is a wonderful mix of knotty, '70s-era progressive rock madness alongside the melodic power pop the band does so well. Todd Sucherman might be the baby of the group, but he's an old soul when it comes to finding the right flavor for the new material—and he's not shy to provide a healthy slab of blazing hand technique, elevating parts to a whole other level of excitement.” -- Ilya Stemkovsky, Modern Drummer “Styx have really delivered a welcome addition to their catalog with the arrival of THE MISSION, which wraps in all of the important elements of their much loved classic sound, with a wealth of big hooks, anthemic choruses and most importantly, an album's worth of really good Styx music.” --Matt Wardlaw, UltimateClassicRock.com Indeed, THE MISSION is an aurally adventurous 43-minute thrill ride that chronicles the trials, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs of the first manned mission to Mars in the year 2033. From the hopeful drive of “Gone Gone Gone” to the stargazing machinations of “Locomotive” to the rough-riding blaze of glory that permeates the hard-charging “Red Storm” to the elegiac optimism of the closing track “Mission to Mars,” the album succeeds in delivering the greater good from a band that continues to fire on all cylinders, 45 years after signing its first recording contract. In fact, THE MISSION--which was recorded over a two-year period at Blackbird Studios, The Shop, and 6 Studio Amontillado in Nashville--displays the best aspects of the ongoing in-harmony musical intersection of the six-man STYX team: the aforementioned guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw, co-founding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young, keyboardist/vocalist Lawrence Gowan, original bassist Chuck Panozzo, drummer/percussionist Todd Sucherman, and bassist Ricky Phillips. The new music was created to reflect the viewpoint of the six-person crew enlisted for the maiden voyage of Khedive, the first entry in a new fleet of nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft underwritten by the Global Space Exploration Program (or GSEP, for short). The Khedive team consists of The Pilot, a fully hands-on, seat-of-the-pants born leader; a First Officer who serves as the team's big-brother figure; an Engineer who is skeptical of every phase of the mission but remains co...

We welcome Gretchen Menn back to the Guitar Speak Podcast to tell us about her incredible new concept album, Abandon All Hope.  This album features Gretchen's brilliant guitar work - both on electric and classical - in addition to exceptional composition and arrangement chops. We talk in detail about writing for string quartet and rock ensemble, producing an independent album over two continents, working in a multi-media format with librettist Michael Molenda, photographer Max Crace and co-producer Daniele Gottardo and much more. The interview features album excerpts including an exclusive pre-production reveal.   Episode Links: Michael Molenda Guitar Speak Podcast interview Gretchen Menn 2016 Guitar Speak Podcast interview Jude Gold Guitar Speak Podcast interview    Guitar Speak Podcast Links Subscribe and find previous episodes at:  iTunes, Stitcher Visit us at www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com Follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter

  Happy 50th birthday Guitar Player Magazine! This week we speak to Michael Molenda who is the current - and longest serving - Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine. We speak about the magazine's history, legacy and plans for the future in this milestone year for the publication. Michael speaks candidly about his career as a guitarist, studio owner, journalist and creative producer.  We also discuss Gretchen Menn's latest album, Abandon All Hope, which Michael provided the libretto for. Good times!

Today's Guest: Michael Molenda, editor, Guitar Player magazine. Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of folks with more hair than musical talent… in the new new media capitol of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! My son had a guitar — acoustic — for several years but the instrument never really captured his imagination. Not, that is, until a neighbor sold us her old electric. That guitar looked cool even when I held it; but in Charlie’s hands, its capacity to astonish is infinite. There is just something awe-inspiring about an electric guitar under the command of someone who loves music and knows how to make a wood body and metal strings sing for its life. MICHAEL MOLENDA audio excerpt: "Sometimes I think guitar heroes have just been touched by angels... That all-encompassing desire to communicate through music is certainly a factor."  I think most rock fans will agree that the 1970s generation of guitarists were a special bunch. They studied those that came before them, adapted. imitated and invented their own generational sound. Oh, sure, some played solos that went on too long and were nothing more than egocentric stroking at times. But not the men – and Bonnie Raitt and June Millington – who are featured in a swell read called Guitar Player Presents Guitar Heroes of the ‘70s. The book compiles legendary interviews with legendary players including Jeff Beck, Jerry Garcia Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Buchanan, Brian May, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa and many, many more. I invited Michael Molenda, editor of Guitar Player and this sweet volume, to talk about the unique talents assembled in this book and how they stack up to the players of today. Michael Molenda Facebook • Twitter • Guitar Player magazine • Order Guitar Heroes of the '70s from Amazon.com Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Vinni Smith from V-Picks in the house!!!

Paul DesLauriers Band- Relentless!!!!!! Plus Kevin Butts and Guitars For Vets

Rik Emmett joins us to discuss everything!!!

Dan Boul from 65 Amplification- Interesting, smart and always entertaining, we sit down with Dan to discuss his career and the future of the music industry.

Dunable Guitars-

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal- We step into the mind of this brilliant musician.

Dan Erlewine- Master Repair and Luthier

Bruce Blumentritt from Blumentritt Amplification

Michael Molenda- Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine

Merry Christmas AaA Fans and welcome to yet another edition of your Amps and Axes Podcast. Since it's Christmas, the guys obviously wanna' get back to their new toys, so they're not  doin' too much talkin'. A few thank yous and then it's on to their guest of the week. A man who has been in the magazine end of this industry for quite a while. That said, there's a whole lot that came before his present position as Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine, so listen up, learn all about and help us welcome, Mr Michael Molenda. Enjoy!

Guitarist Jesse Solomon talks about sonic wisdom, corneal abrasions and angry raccoons.