Inspiration & Tips from Mark Tremonti 

You know, it's a pleasure to see a realistic approach. Both to song writing and having Mark Tremonti's feedback on the process. Giving credit to other influential players and musicians who inspire but also provide a basis for learning / creativity.

I LOVED this! The interviewer was really cool & has that UK charm that encourages and enhances good conversation. Next time you guys do a Mark Tremonti interview let him play guitar and show us mostly cool guitar patterns and exercises and even ways to invent your own guitar tunings for the majority of the video. For me Tremonti is the best player of the 2000’s for sure. Blackbird (Alter Bridge), the 1st two Creed Albums, and all the Tremonti band albums are my favorites of his. I love his tip about finding a rhythm pattern you’re comfortable with and chords you dig and just start singing and trying ideas. That’s one of the best song writing tips I’ve ever heard. Another favorite thing of mine I learned from a guitar mag in a Steve Vai column from Vai is to just sing the notes of a song you like that you’re trying to learn and playing by ear and being in key will come way more easy and faster than not. It puts the sound in your head. I used to take lessons from an awesome jazz fusion and shred metal guitarist who could literally turn on anything monster guitarists like Joe Pass and Zakk Wylde did and play it right back right there on the spot. That was mind blowing to watch. One of that guys tips was to not only sing the notes of songs you want to learn like Steve Vai taught but to hum along with your scales, arpeggios, riffs, and patterns and get that inside your head. It really helped me a lot as a player. Tremonti is so spot on when he said there’s so many great players and cool stuff out here to learn that an individual will most likely never learn it all. The best we can do is just find stuff we really love, pair it with technology ,and just run with it man. Technology with all the DAWs, Apps, etc. makes this all way more fun than it used to be too (DAWs beat the hell out of a Tascam 4 Tea I like when I first started playing, that’s for sure). It’s literally endless possibilities as a musician constantly learning and creating and that in itself (if you REALLY think about it) is awesome!

Typo- Meant ‘Tascam 4 track’ not tea (autocorrect SUCKS)

all of his skills are crazy good,i have sweetwater catologs and dream of a PRS TREMONTI

Practice more hours in a day. Use randomized chord shapes until I find something that inspires vocal melody

Still waiting on a lesson on some of his legato runs. You're the best!

Uncle Ben got a shout out from Tremonti how freakin badass is that!??

UB gets a shout out!

Uncle Ben is the real deal!

What about Tremonti's fist picking Uncle Ben?

So casual too

@@vincentforest4522 haha fr tho 😏

Guys, is Mark one of the best guitarists in the world now? Please tell me...

Haha I thought that was so funny

Literally almost to a T. He might as well have just just "I try to think of 10 uses for a paperclip daily."

That writing by coming up with a right hand rhythm first… exactly how I did it before he described it

I've met him at two different AB shows. He's total class.

Please bring Mark to do some videos with him 🙏

Also his second voice in all their songs, A Thousand Faces is one.

Is it the genius or the Job?

I think if he didn't enjoy it he wouldn't work so hard

Btw mark tremendously is a great name for a tribute band 🤣

​@@Connor_Bowles yep. Or the Full tre-monty?

I've always enjoyed Alter Bridge, saw them live at the House of Blues when they were promoting "One Day Remains" they had such a small following at that stage of launching Alter Bridge, but WOW they blew the roof off that place!!! It was a small but explosive show! My personal fave album is "Blackbird", blew my mind when I gave that CD a full listen

Nice to know

Why do you think One Day Remains didn't grab you back then? I loved Creed and to me One Day Remains was like hearing the next Creed CD except with a new singer who was amazing and Tremonti had locked himself away for a couple years and practiced his ass off and can all of a sudden shred. Which i think is pretty much what happened.

@@triba4990 His greatest work despite what he thinks will be in Creed....they were Melodic but Heavy with the best vocalist at that time In Rock Such a waste!

​@@Swanlord05 creed is not mark's greatest work by any measure his songs on alter bridge are beyond anything creed had, but the Tremonti band has fully grown and become some of his best music.

He was chosen songwriter of the year twice. Back then I knew Jack shit (nowadays I just kinda know Jill shit) about music and I was like "IDK what it is but I totally agree because all his songs just effortlessly move me. His compositions are so playfully accessible it's like he just sprinkles in impossible technique and unpredictable movements just to be like 'yurp I can do that.'" I wish he'd try his hand at like film composing or something, imagine if they tapped him to score spider man into the spiderverse. Or mad max fury road holy shit

me too!!

Andy Bungert I hear it’s good

Yes.

No. He's talking about your old buddy uncle Ben

Carmine Marchisello i agree