GUITAR TALK
[ MICHAEL GUY CHISLETT - PART 1 | Doug Doppler ]
While Michael is probably best known for his
[Michael Guy Chislett] I was eight years old.
guitar playing, his hands are ever-increasingly
involved in the production of Hillsong United
and
Hillsong
Worship’s
[Michael] Me and my friends were always into
the U2 albums, The Joshua Tree and Achtung
[WM] Who were some of your early influences?
multi-platinum
Baby. That would be where I got a lot of my
delay ideas from. Other than that, it would
recordings. Through his session work for [Michael] Stray Cats. That’s why I started have been OK Computer by Radiohead. That
Butch Dashboard playing the Gretsch guitars. My older brother album came out when I was fifteen, along with
Confessional, Pink, Taylor Swift, and Train) used to play a lot of Stray Cats, as well as (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? from Oasis,
Michael was able to watch how one of the an Australian band called Cold Chisel, who and The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters.
most respected producers in the business were a big influence when I was young. And I feel like that was a really big year for music.
turned tracks into magic. Whether you’re an I remember the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix, Also, Weezer came out with an album called
aspiring guitarist, producer, or both, Michael’s and then after my parents got divorced I was Pinkerton. All of those albums were sort of
story is a great read. So much so that we able to listen to any music I wanted, and that’s “post-grunge”, and I think I was at the perfect
opted to split his interview into two issues when I discovered The Beatles. That was when age to really understand those kind of albums,
rather than edit it down. Be sure to tune in I was about thirteen. I guess I’ve been on quite and they were a big influence on me.
next month to hear how the song “Oceans” a big musical journey while growing up. I was almost got dropped before ever leaving the very obsessed with music.
Walker
(Avril
Lavigne,
[WM] Are you a total gearhead? Do you sell
recording studio.
anything, or do you just hoard it and keep it all
[WM] What were some of the iconic guitar
[WM] How old were you when you started
playing?
12
in a room somewhere?
records that really shaped your guitar playing?
[Michael] I don’t sell stuff because I’m not
August 2017
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