All Around the Fretboard

Very happy to introduce y'all to Rob Olsen from The Adam Hall Group. I was contacted thru the tomatkinsband.com website to set up an interview with Rob, and we had a great time! 

Fresh from the Paul Gilbert Great Guitar Escape, Tony spends some Zoom time with Tom talking about the experience at  guitar camps, performing and touring as a musician, as well as insights into how Tony approaches the art of writing music and the art of live performance. Recorded over a zoom call, so my apologies for some unfortunate audio artifacts that happen occasionally.

Guitarist Andy Timmons was incredibly kind and generous to grant me, the winner of one of his Stage-It.com weekly lessons permission to record and edit the lesson which is the basis of this "interview".  We discussed his Bossa nova influences as well as his "Auralect", musical memory. Check Andy out at https://andytimmons.com and at his amazing instructional website https://guitarxperience.net. Also, pick up one of Andy's amazing courses on https://truefire.comThank you to our sponsors,  https://parkwaymusic.com https://dreamcatcher-events.com,  and https://coverbandtv.com. Don't forget to pickup my book, "Foundations of Rock Guitar" at https://tomatkinsband.com/store

Ever hear of slew rate? Well you heard it here! Frank goes into technical specifications of the Fishman Fluence pickup which helped invent. He also goes into product development, the music business, making your own guitar company. An unbelievable guest, a great interview! Thank you Frank Falbo!

Hello Everyone! Finishing up the NAMM Podcasts with a great interview of Ernie Taylor, ET Guitars from the Beautiful continent of Australia! My apologies for my blown out voice, but at that point I had been talking non-stop since Thursday. Hopefully I am reasonably audible. Thank you Doug De Jong for the introduction and of course, thanks to Ernie Taylor for his time!!! On the tomatkinsband YouTube channel, there is a video of me performing slide blues guitar on the ET Avenger Guitar at NAMM! Thanks again Doug, and Thank you Ernie!!! One more Interview coming up next month and then starts our video/podcasts - available here on Buzzsprout and apple podcasts. 

Fun interview with my Aussie Friend, Doug De Jong and we discuss his Album "Post Traumatic Express" at the High Strung Productions Booth at NAMM 2020! 

Chris Cisneros stops by to jam at the High Strung Productions Booth during NAMM 2020. Featuring two of Chris's amazing songs, "Sliver of Bliss" and "Fuego". Make sure to pick up "Fuego" - available everywhere online, and visit his website at "https://christophercisneros.com"

Recorded from the High Strung Productions Booth at NAMM 2020, Hauk stopped by and was the first guest for All around the Fretboard!

 Tom sits down with Jason Casterlin and MarkieJ from the Hudson Valley band, "Hillbilly Parade". Being long time friends, its a recording of a great conversation covering guitars, self band grading and Jason's unique musical storage (re)invention. Several songs from Jason's CD "Old Stone Church" and several "Stick Figure Kitty" are included in the podcast. Jason's CD "Old Stone Church" CD is available on Apple Music and Spotify. Stick Figure Kitty can be found on Tom's website, Highstrungpro.com Thank you to sponsors Parkway Music and Dreamcatcher-events.com 

In our first podcast we interview Guitarist Chris Stark, listen to some great instrumental guitar tracks - Namaste (by Tom Atkins Band), Angular Momentum by Christ Stark and Guitar Chop Suey (Tom Atkins Band) Thank you to sponsors Parkway music, Clifton Park NY, and Dreamcatcher Events. They didn't know they were sponsors, but as a demonstration of how much I love them, Chris and I talk about them a lot. Also, if you would like to be interviewed for an upcoming podcast, you can contact me at tomatkinsband.com