by Premier Guitar
Hi, my name is Cory Wong. This is my podcast. I'm going to talk to your favorite artists as they discuss their personal tricks of the trade, never-before-heard stories, and the proper response when Sinatra wants to peep your master tapes.
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February 12, 2025
<p>Grace Bowers just released her debut record, 2024’s Wine on Venus, with her band the Hodge Podge, but she’s already one the most well-known young guitarists in America. On this episode of Wong Notes, Bowers talks through the ups, downs, and detours of her whirlwind career.</p><p>Bowers started out livestreaming performances on Reddit at age 13, and came into the public eye as a performer on social media, so she’s well acquainted with the limits and benefits of being an “Instagram guitarist.” She and Cory talk about session work in Nashville (Bowers loathes it), her live performance rig, and Eddie Hazel’s influence.</p><p>Bowers plugs the importance of networking as a young musician: If you want gigs, you gotta go to gigs, and make acquaintances. But none of that elbow-rubbing will matter unless you’re solid on you’re instrument. “No one’s gonna hire you if you’re ass,” says Bowers. “Practice is important.”</p><p>Tune in to learn why Bowers is ready to move on from Wine on Venus, her takes on Nashville versus California, and why she hates “the blues-rock label.”</p><p>Get 30% off your first year of DistroKid by going here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFhsVENfSEoweXlsaFNnSWQwM2RHNlZYMGdfQXxBQ3Jtc0tsM3pTeHpBRG1NXzJQRDdOSDRlalYxLVprUlF5cDM1eC03YjlHNGRWLUlxbUdyVTZRbDJUeVJpclh1SlowdkhFSjRCM1BzZzBWTkVlWHBkZGF6bzItQzUzTlBMV01HM2Vzbkd5UUlXWXkyYWUwRTFFNA&q=http%3A%2F%2Fdistrokid.com%2Fvip%2Fcorywong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://distrokid.com/vip/corywong</a></p><p>Visit Grace Bowers: <a href="https://www.gracebowers.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gracebowers.com/</a></p><p>Hit us up: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>Visit Cory: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk1tMGhEZUJDNW9WSHJlZjhUQTF2eTE4bU1mZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsR3FtcVR3dU1CTUZUOF9PUXRzdXBpRG53TGU5ZDAxYU9rZ0M5TzJoVHA4RUZPNXhDVXdYWVZvdmVBN0lXQ2tEa3RlWHpwLWxFYlN0RjNhOFlleHUxd1BCdDhwZEJUV2czOEJ3djRCaEhVTWxDeXhVOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.corywongmusic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.corywongmusic.com</a></p><p>Visit Premier Guitar: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDdydmxPMGc4RWFVbmVLelpSMm1IclNvenU5d3xBQ3Jtc0tuYUVjV3Y1MFdKeWxUUDVnTEdVbGtndTgzNG5EMVZFQjRGOTlEYUdaVEJTYkgxRTBEUmI1dGVQWjZ0YWllNlNUa1AzcnV3NF9xN21zdUV2alZTQm94MmlXQnJCcXlwRTUtMDlEOE9scDJrSHVOS01JZw&q=http%3A%2F%2Fpremierguitar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://premierguitar.com</a></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnRlQUJYQmxvU25kenB4RWR3R0hQc0JqbmVuZ3xBQ3Jtc0traC01d3Q2LWV4N2lNMnJGRWoycWtUTHRtUTIwbFFxTVZQeVlSR2hlTHlNTGNVOTZLeE83cm5vdFlTVk15Tnp2eDBtcmdVUEp2cjdlUjJfNDYtZDYtd0NQUTJHNmdRNUdTaGQxU2pMWGFjRVdSLWVaWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwongnotespod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/wongnotespod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Jason Shadrick and Cory Wong</p><p>Additional Editing by Shawn Persinger</p><p>Presented by DistroKid</p>
January 29, 2025
<p>You might not know Greg Koch, but we’ll bet your favorite guitarist does. In 2012, Fender called the Wisconsin blues-guitar phenom one of the top 10 best unsung guitarists, and in 2020, Guitar World listed Koch among the 15 best guitar teachers. He’s been inducted into the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Hall of Fame. Koch is a bonafide midwest guitar god.</p><p>He joins Cory Wong on this round of Wong Notes for this meeting of the Middle-America minds, where the duo open with analysis of music culture in Wisconsin and Minnesota—Koch taught at Saint Paul’s now-shuttered McNally Smith College of Music, which Wong attended. Koch and Wong zero in on the blues roots of most modern music and talk through soloing theories: It can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be, but Koch shares that he likes to “paint himself into a corner,” then get out of it.</p><p>Koch and Wong swap notes on the pressures of studio performance versus the live realm, and how to move on from mistakes made onstage in front of audiences. Plus, Koch has created scores of guitar education materials, including for Hal Leonard. Tune in to find out what makes a good guitar course, how to write a guitar book, Koch’s audio tips for crystalline live-stream sessions, and why he still prefers tube amps: “I like to crank that sh*t up!”</p><p>Visit Greg Koch: <a href="https://www.gregkoch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gregkoch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Get 30% off your first year of DistroKid by going here: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFhsVENfSEoweXlsaFNnSWQwM2RHNlZYMGdfQXxBQ3Jtc0tsM3pTeHpBRG1NXzJQRDdOSDRlalYxLVprUlF5cDM1eC03YjlHNGRWLUlxbUdyVTZRbDJUeVJpclh1SlowdkhFSjRCM1BzZzBWTkVlWHBkZGF6bzItQzUzTlBMV01HM2Vzbkd5UUlXWXkyYWUwRTFFNA&q=http%3A%2F%2Fdistrokid.com%2Fvip%2Fcorywong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>http://distrokid.com/vip/corywong</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Hit us up: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>Visit Cory: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk1tMGhEZUJDNW9WSHJlZjhUQTF2eTE4bU1mZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsR3FtcVR3dU1CTUZUOF9PUXRzdXBpRG53TGU5ZDAxYU9rZ0M5TzJoVHA4RUZPNXhDVXdYWVZvdmVBN0lXQ2tEa3RlWHpwLWxFYlN0RjNhOFlleHUxd1BCdDhwZEJUV2czOEJ3djRCaEhVTWxDeXhVOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.corywongmusic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.corywongmusic.com</a></p><p>Visit Premier Guitar: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDdydmxPMGc4RWFVbmVLelpSMm1IclNvenU5d3xBQ3Jtc0tuYUVjV3Y1MFdKeWxUUDVnTEdVbGtndTgzNG5EMVZFQjRGOTlEYUdaVEJTYkgxRTBEUmI1dGVQWjZ0YWllNlNUa1AzcnV3NF9xN21zdUV2alZTQm94MmlXQnJCcXlwRTUtMDlEOE9scDJrSHVOS01JZw&q=http%3A%2F%2Fpremierguitar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://premierguitar.com</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE4zUWVYZWpQSHBlY20yM2plak1kanE2Sk9rZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsRS1TRmRNTEs1WWpQOHMxWG5aMENSd2hMaTZvMUl5Vm5BSEFvb3AxbThEcGI4d2ExaFc3NEN4Uk5Md2pmRnptLXhMQ1JMUVVOdm01dkxsdzZGOU4wemcxUW9VUHpxajlVNWJRekV2Q2w1emlEWVBKMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwongnotespod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/wongnotespod</a></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnRlQUJYQmxvU25kenB4RWR3R0hQc0JqbmVuZ3xBQ3Jtc0traC01d3Q2LWV4N2lNMnJGRWoycWtUTHRtUTIwbFFxTVZQeVlSR2hlTHlNTGNVOTZLeE83cm5vdFlTVk15Tnp2eDBtcmdVUEp2cjdlUjJfNDYtZDYtd0NQUTJHNmdRNUdTaGQxU2pMWGFjRVdSLWVaWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwongnotespod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/wongnotespod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Jason Shadrick and Cory Wong</p><p>Additional Editing by Shawn Persinger</p><p>Presented by...
January 8, 2025
<p><a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/features/artist-features/mike-sterns-keys-to-survival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Stern</a> has been around the block. The jazz-guitar virtuoso earned his stripes through the ’70s and ’80s in New York’s jazz scene, playing 6-string with drummer Billy Cobham before tapping in with artists like Miles Davis and Jaco Pastorius—even at a time when guitar wasn’t necessarily a cornerstone piece of a jazz outfit. In this episode of Wong Notes, Stern fills Cory Wong in on the ups and downs of 50 years spent in one of the most complex and underappreciated music genres.</p><p>Stern made the leap to New York from Boston when Davis invited him to join his band (back when jazz was the pop music of the day, notes Stern), but it was a rocky ride—Stern says he and many other musicians were “bottoming out” from addiction, until a friend went sober and convinced them to give sobriety a try. Stern talks about Miles’ hidden love for the guitar, and how he succeeded in fitting into non-guitar environments.</p><p>Wong and Stern touch on the decline of arts spaces and cultures in America (thanks, Stern says, to misallocated funding), playing gigs where the band outnumbers the audience members, the benefits of running the same rig in every room, and how to pick the right pick—for Stern, that involves a bit of wig glue. Tune in to get the details, and be sure to check out our <a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-mike-stern" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2018 Rig Rundown</a> with Stern, too.</p><p>Get 30% off your first year of DistroKid by going here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFhsVENfSEoweXlsaFNnSWQwM2RHNlZYMGdfQXxBQ3Jtc0tsM3pTeHpBRG1NXzJQRDdOSDRlalYxLVprUlF5cDM1eC03YjlHNGRWLUlxbUdyVTZRbDJUeVJpclh1SlowdkhFSjRCM1BzZzBWTkVlWHBkZGF6bzItQzUzTlBMV01HM2Vzbkd5UUlXWXkyYWUwRTFFNA&q=http%3A%2F%2Fdistrokid.com%2Fvip%2Fcorywong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://distrokid.com/vip/corywong</a></p><p>Visit Mike Stern: <a href="https://www.mikestern.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mikestern.org/</a></p><p>Hit us up: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>Visit Cory: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk1tMGhEZUJDNW9WSHJlZjhUQTF2eTE4bU1mZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsR3FtcVR3dU1CTUZUOF9PUXRzdXBpRG53TGU5ZDAxYU9rZ0M5TzJoVHA4RUZPNXhDVXdYWVZvdmVBN0lXQ2tEa3RlWHpwLWxFYlN0RjNhOFlleHUxd1BCdDhwZEJUV2czOEJ3djRCaEhVTWxDeXhVOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.corywongmusic.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.corywongmusic.com</a></p><p>Visit Premier Guitar: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDdydmxPMGc4RWFVbmVLelpSMm1IclNvenU5d3xBQ3Jtc0tuYUVjV3Y1MFdKeWxUUDVnTEdVbGtndTgzNG5EMVZFQjRGOTlEYUdaVEJTYkgxRTBEUmI1dGVQWjZ0YWllNlNUa1AzcnV3NF9xN21zdUV2alZTQm94MmlXQnJCcXlwRTUtMDlEOE9scDJrSHVOS01JZw&q=http%3A%2F%2Fpremierguitar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://premierguitar.com</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE4zUWVYZWpQSHBlY20yM2plak1kanE2Sk9rZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsRS1TRmRNTEs1WWpQOHMxWG5aMENSd2hMaTZvMUl5Vm5BSEFvb3AxbThEcGI4d2ExaFc3NEN4Uk5Md2pmRnptLXhMQ1JMUVVOdm01dkxsdzZGOU4wemcxUW9VUHpxajlVNWJRekV2Q2w1emlEWVBKMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwongnotespod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/wongnotespod</a></p><p>IG: <a...
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