 - Interview: Livio Lamonea (2008)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"To be a musician, especially in countries like Italy where music is not treated like it deserves, it's a hard job. Every day you have to wake up and learn, you have to be prepared, you need to be professional."
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 - Interview: Ciro Manna (2008)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"I think that the song itself is the most important thing, because what we remember after the listening of a track is not a shred phrase but the central theme."
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 - Interview: Andy Timmons (2008)
Interviewed by Martin Schmidt
"I'm more interested in songs than in players. I love the last Coldplay album, because there's great melody. There's new guys like Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa, who really play well and say something emotional."
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 - Interview: Stef Burns (2008)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"I love live performances. If they come out well, they capture the beauty of improvisation. That is one of the things that I love about music and this band, the moments of improvisation that change from gig to gig are wonderful."
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 - Interview: Michael Knight (2008)
Interviewed by Jason Houston
"I thought it would be easier with a band with vocals, to push and sell it. It wasn't any easier. I'm still selling more instrumental CDs than Skulgrinder CDs."
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 - Interview: Simone Fiorletta (2007)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"I like to compose instrumental songs, without the use of words, to communicate my emotions and my way of life. I'm not a singer, but I'm a guitarist, so I try "to speak" with my guitar."
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 - Interview: Roger Staffelbach (2007)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"My favorite album is "Phoenix Rising". The expectations after the success of "Into The Eye Of The Storm" were high, but everyone was highly motivated and we really put everything into it."
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 - Interview: Scott Allen (2007)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"It was really important to me that all of the crazy shred guitar on the record be song driven and not the other way around. As a listener, I want to hear songs, not a brief melodic section and then eight minutes of jamming."
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 - Interview: Frank Caruso (2007)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"I advise to all those who can, to work in their own recording studio, so you can be free from conditions such as timetables and costs! I opened my studio in 1996 when I worked doing TV spots and was tired of spending money and time at other recording studios."
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 - Interview: Andy James (2007)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"My main aim with this album was to write songs that had really strong melodies and structure and that would be appreciated by a wide range of listeners other than just guitar players."
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 - Interview: Daniel Palmqvist (2007)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"I like to listen to players who take you on a journey and have a clear direction and build-up to their solos. Kind of like a composition within the composition."
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 - Interview: Edward Box (2007)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"I've never had a specific practice routine other than practicing everything out there! When I'm writing I tend to focus on any problems a song throws up, and I put a lot of work into melody and solo construction."
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 - Interview: Massimo Izzizzari (2007)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"With this album I attempted to express all my musical influences throughout the years. I expected the album to go straight to the listener without being too simple."
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 - Interview: Fabrizio Leo (2006)
Interviewed by Guglielmo Malusardi
"I don't care if things could go wrong because the most important thing is that someone like Mike Varney believes in me and in my music."
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 - Interview: Allen Kave (2006)
Interviewed by Dan McAvinchey
"Since instrumental guitar music isn't a big seller, it gets short changed quite often. As a matter of fact, finding the Guitar Nine website was a revelation to me. I didn't realize there were so many musicians doing instrumental music."
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