An interview with guitarist and educator Craig Wagner from Louisville, KY. A virtuoso jazz guitarist, Craig also regularly plays as a soloist with major symphony orchestras and has toured and recorded with the platinum-selling rock band Days of the New.
Highlights
- Craig's unique technique - 11:48
- Improvisation and playing - 14:15
- How you can improvise - 21:04
- Rock music and Pop music - 22:27
- Craig's College experience - 29:19
- Learning with imitation at first - 30:57
- Trying to avoid things - 34:48
- Listening to it over and over again - 40:59
- How the pandemic has affected his teaching - 41:57
- The nature of music - 43:06
- Years of training for a five-minute audition - 47:06
- Guitar heroes that inspired him - 48:47
- Craig's life - 52:22
- Being a solo player - 53:07
- Different versions of similar repertoires - 59:49
- His experience playing at orchestras - 1:03:37
- A big learning experience for him - 1:08:21
- Finding a way to approach music - 1:12:31
- Having an amazing trajectory - 1:15:04
- Barriers between two sides of thinking - 1:16:49
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