then on Wednesdays, which was youth night
me to maintain a spot there.
rhythm guitar playing, they like to know about
and more open to the community at large, the
how I look at soloing, they like to know about
same band would play secular music, which Second part of your question, why I’m good at how I write songs and how I operate within
was pretty cool. a lot of styles of music. I think I just listen to a lot the business and handle social media and all
of styles of music and if there was something of that stuff. Then again, each clinic is different
The band guys were all killer players, up and cool guitar related in that style then I would because I kind of leave it up to the audience.
coming professional players in L.A. or wherever. gravitate towards it and try to get it down. I think It’s a lot of question and answer. If you come to
But you know, we would play Santana, or Bob it was because I wanted to be diverse, but also a Mark Lettieri clinic I’m not just going to start
Marley, I think even at one point the youth because you can find inspiration anywhere. talking to you about things, because I don’t
pastor made us sing “Enter Sandman” (laughs). And if you are diverse, from a practical business really know what you want to know unless
So that was cool to experience all that with standpoint, you can get more work. So it served you ask me. So the clinics are pretty fluid and
guys who were Christian and ultimately serving a two-fold purpose: one, it was inspiring to me, diverse, based on what the audience wants to
a higher purpose than just shredding. and two; if I was a more diverse guitar player I hear about.
could get more diverse gigs.
Then in college I was involved in the Gospel
In a more tangible way I do have some online
choir at TCU (Texas Christian University), just as [WM] What are some of the things you like to lesson stuff in the form of tablature and some
a musician because I’m a terrible singer. That cover in your clinics and master classes? scores that I did through Soundslice.com. And
led me into doing a lot of the Gospel work that
some of that is based off of my solo material and
I end ed up doing, and that I still do now. Then [Mark] The clinics are usually pretty open some of it is based off of actually my Instagram
I had a few positions with some churches here ended because I’ve noticed that the folks who page, which every now and then I’ll do some
in town, but lately I’ve just been trying to go come to my clinic are not always all guitar miniature rhythm guitar lessons on Instagram
to church because my schedule doesn’t really players, which is actually pretty cool. I get a lot and people can download those. I’ve written a
allow me to have a regular weekend worship of other instruments, I get a lot of songwriters, couple columns on Premier Guitar magazine on
position because I’m gone all the time. So singers come to my clinic and I’m not sure why, a few different subjects. I haven’t written a book
Daystar has kind of become that and become but I think that it’s cool because then we can talk or anything like that, I don’t know if I ever will.
the worship team that I do with some regularity. about music in general rather than just guitar So mostly it’s the Soundslice stuff, the Premier
It’s during the week, which makes it easier for specific stuff. People like to know about my columns, and I’ve done a lesson series through
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