Today’s guitar villain is Misha Mansoor, a key founder of the beguiling genre of Djent and an overall machine of a guitar player. Misha is the mastermind behind the wall of sound that is the band Periphery, a signature artist of Jackson guitars and BareKnuckle pickups, the founder of the excellent Get Good Drums software, and an avid sports car enthusiast. Misha is also the founder of Horizon Devices, a company featuring some truly spectacular guitar pedals like the Apex PreAmp and Flux Echo, and now, most recently, they’re making guitar strings. With that resume, you better prepare yourself, because it’s time for this episode of Guitar Villains.
Intro and Misha’s supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 6:14
Misha’s backward sense of harmony: 11:10
Problem-solving in songwriting: 15:10
Name Those Notes: 16:44
The re-release and return of Bulb: 27:35
Guitar playing from the producer perspective: 30:14
The hardest and easiest thing about playing guitar: 32:22
The most important skill guitar players ignore: 34:34
Writing music starting with a drum groove: 37:02
The problem with drum loops: 40:29
The difference between delay and echo: 42:00
Misha’s dream band: 45:59
Misha’s favorite airplane album: 48:56
Misha’s supervillain advice: 49:39
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