Photo: Alyssa Day | By Elizabeth Swann, Guitar Player | “If you’re not excited about new players, then that’s pretty sad,” Joe Satriani said recently. “I’m excited about just about every player I see. I champion it. I always have.”
Celebrating guitarists has been a mainstay in Joe Satriani’s life and career, from teaching students like Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett to creating the G3 tour as a way to bring players together, despite hurdles he faced from managers who saw guitar virtuosity as a competition. Through it all, Satch has defied expectations and created bridges between players and genres. In recent months, he’s even applauded the guitar work of Kurt Cobain and celebrated the new generation of guitar players who are raising the bar higher.
Now Satch has expanded on that last point. In a new interview with WDHA-FM, he explains that the digital age of music has democratized music, allowing guitarists to excel and to put out their own music without having to worry about conforming to expectations.
In particular, he and host Terrie Carr discuss how more women are finding opportunities to excel and perform as guitar players, where doors were previously closed to them.
“If you happen to listen to Alyssa Day, she can shred any guy out there,” Satch says, pointing to the young YouTube influencer and member of the Iron Maidens. “So there’s no difference in aptitude and availability of technical prowess. It really is just about whether they want to do it or not.”
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Read more on Satriani’s interview here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/joe-satriani-she-can-shred-any-guy-out-there/
Photo: Alyssa Day | By Steven Senn
https://youtu.be/nv2lVWqFibg?si=wlWVDmg19yDdBRVe