Welcome to Episode 3 of Life on the Fretboard: a series of personal conversations between British guitarist, author and filmmaker Michael Watts and exceptionally talented people who live their lives on the fretboard.
On this episode, Michael’s guest is the startlingly gifted Australian fingerstyle guitarist Alan Gogoll, whose smooth, whimsical music is expressed through one of the most intriguing, mystifying, and musical techniques developed for acoustic guitar in recent years: bell harmonics.
With an audience of over a million subscribers around the world and celebrity fans clamoring for a chance to collaborate with him, Alan Gogoll decided to start a new chapter in his life by moving to Berlin for inspiration and a to find a new and calmer state of mind.
This podcast was recorded at Alan’s apartment about six weeks after he took that leap of faith. He talks about the joy of luthier-made guitars, the signature bell harmonics, protecting innovation and creativity from accepting plagiarism in other cultures, the writing process and how to add other artistic disciplines to a guitar piece…as well as his recent ban from the social Media platform TikTok. scandal here!
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This episode of Life on the Fretboard is brought to you with the kind support of Microtech Gefell Microphones https://www.microtechgefell.
Many thanks to Alan Gogoll – please visit alangogoll.com and enjoy his music on YouTube, Spotify and Instagram. (But not TikTok.)
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Next month’s guest is legendary guitarist and founder of Windham Hill Records Will Ackerman – it’s an amazing conversation we’d like to share with you.
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