With his incredible new album "Parabellum' now available worldwide today—Jonathan Graham chats with the one and only Yngwie Malmsteen about the new record and so much more in this exclusive Guitar interactive interview.
Interview chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Yngwie on the passion and intensity of 'Parabellum'
1:57 How Yngwie works on an album
6:33 The key to great Improvisation
9:48 Yngwie explains the first time he heard himself recorded
11:00 The importance of recording yourself when playing
11:47 How an unknown tape speed helped Yngwie push his playing faster
13:43 What challenges YJM?
16:03 Hundreds of unheard Malmsteen tracks is the vault?
16:56 YJM's on Cameo
17:35 Picking up vintage guitars over the years
18:50 Old guitar = Mojo?
19:24 Why Yngwie doesn't play 'The Duck' anymore.
20:17 Scalloping the neck on vintage Strats
21:44 Not being dependant on one instrument
22:00 What happens if you drop one of YJM's guitars?
23:44 Yngwie and a 7-string?
24:19 The origin of "more is more"
25:00 'Inspiration' turns 25 years old
25:45 'Inspiration' part 2, a classical version?
26:29 What tracks would make the cut of 'Inspiration' part 2
27:49 The incredible story of how Yngwie's '80s shows in Russia came to be
31:47 Yngwie's opinion on the "Winds of Change" CIA rumour
32:20 What does Yngwie like to do on his days off?
See Yngwie on tour in 2021 - 🎸
JUL 23 FRI Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL
JUL 24 SAT Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL
JUL 30 FRI Trees - Dallas, TX
JUL 31 SAT Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
AUG 1 SUN Tobin Center for the Performing Arts - San Antonio, TX
AUG 14 SAT The Vault Music Hall - New Bedford, MA
NOV 18 THU Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA
NOV 19 FRI The Showplace Theater - Buffalo, NY
NOV 20 SAT The Chance Theater - Poughkeepsie, NY
NOV 22 MON SONY Hall - New York, NY
NOV 23 TUE HMAC Center - Harrisburg, PA
NOV 24 WED Carnegie of Homestead Hall - Munhall, PA
NOV 26 FRI Tupelo Music Hall - Derry, NH,
NOV 27 SAT Newton Theater - Newton, NJ
NOV 28 SUN The National - Richmond, VA
NOV 30 TUE EPIC Event Center - Ashwaubenon, WI
DEC 1 WED The Majestic - Detroit, MI
DEC 2 THU The Des Plaines Theatre - Des Plaines, IL
DEC 3 FRI The KING of CLUBS - Columbus, OH
DEC 6 MON Mesa Theater - Grand Junction, CO
DEC 8 WED Virginia Street Theater - Reno, NV
DEC 9 THU The Canyon - Agoura Hills, CA
DEC 10 FRI Tower Theater - Fresno, CA
DEC 11 SAT The Canyon Club - Montclair, CA
DEC 12 SUN The Canyon Club - Santa Clarita, CA
DEC 14 TUE Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
DEC 17 FRI Tulsa Theater - Tulsa, OK
More info at www.yngwiemalmsteen.com/tour
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