Chewing the Gristle with Greg Koch
Welcome to Season 5! Listen in on Greg Koch's conversations with his guitar-hero friends. Every episode Greg unleashes his fiendish humor and unique perspective as "one of the most famous unknown guitar players in the world", asking his often-famous musical friends the questions that we all want to know the answers to! Each episode is brought to you by Fishman and Wildwood Guitars
Chewing the Gristle with Greg Koch
Jon Gomm
Jon Gomm is an acoustic guitar player extraordinaire and singer-songwriter of doom and destruction, along with playing a pretty wicked drum set on his guitar as well! Greg and Jon cover a lot of gristle in this episode!
2:00 - That time Jon watched Greg at a clinic, and then played adjacent each out in Germany
4:47 - A typical week for Jon - touring, playing, writing, and the like
11:09 - Jon's touring rig
15:14 - Jon's unique playing style, when different techniques were introduced, and B-Benders
18:32 - Influences, and striking out on his own
23:27 - Music degrees, the hordes of money they help you accumulate, and early gigs
31:37 - A typical set when Jon performs
33:16 - Being a showman on stage
34:34 - Different tunings, and those mistakes that live on YouTube forever
38:45 - Developing friendships through the love of music, and the modern influx of music education and technicality
46:11 - What's Jon been listening to recently
48:27 - What's coming down the road for Jon, and thoughts on physical pressings
56:36 - The pressure of the modern music industry ($$$)
Total Length: 65:44
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