Mark Nicholas Brady

When you first pick up a guitar, you think: I want t play! I want to make sounds! I want those sounds to sound good! But it turns out that it takes a while to make sounds that sound really…

“Who are your favorite guitar players?” I’m often asked. 

Loaded question. 

Steve Vai. Lighnin Hopkins. Derek Trucks. Chris Olivia. Edward Van Halen. Jimi Hendrix. Jimmy Page.  

I can’t keep up with myself when it…

I can’t quite remember when acoustic blues first caught my ear. It might have been Jimi Hendrix’s solo version of “Hear My Train a Comin,” which is a left-handed twelve-string monster performance and made the song sound so rich, rundown…

Let's talk guitar inspiration (vs. guitar perspiration, which is another topic). 

I wanted to play guitar because of Iron Maiden's Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. But let's back up. 

I wanted to play guitar because of the Iron Maiden album…