Mark Lettieri on the Art of Baritone Guitar and Perfect Rhythm

05/28/21 • 52 min

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
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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
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24:10 - The two schools of guitar soloing
26:55 - Zakk’s approach to the recording studio
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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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