152 - Errol Cooney Shares How to Build a Solo -- and How to Build a Career

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

From Janet Jackson to Stevie Wonder, ERROL COONEY is one of the most in-demand guitarists working today. Presented by TASCAM and the cool TASCAM MIXCAST 4 podcast workstation this episode finds Errol plugging in and jamming on Stevie Wonder tunes and much, much more, as he regales an inspiring musical adventure that has found him playing with everyone from the two aforementioned superstars to Christina Aguilera, Lalah Hathaway, and Legally Blynd (led by one of Errol’s favorite guitarists, Jubu Smith); and everywhere from the Academy Awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the White House to just about every “enormo-dome” you can name. Presented by TASCAM and the new TASCAM MIXCAST 4 all-in-one podcasting workstation — a must-have if you like podcastting or streaming live. Hosted by JUDE GOLD.

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0:00.0	Folks, today we're not messing around.
0:09.0	We got one of the most in-demand guitar players on the planet.
0:12.0	Errol Cooney, he plays for Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, and tons of other great artists.
0:18.0	And he's plugging in today right here on No Guitar is Safe. It's brought to you
0:21.8	by Tascam and their super cool new MixCast 4 podcast workstation. This thing does it all. Records has
0:29.9	sound effects, four channels, four headphone inputs. You can have any kind of podcast party and record
0:35.3	it. How did I live without this thing for the last 151 episodes?
0:38.9	I don't know, but let's start the show.
0:41.8	That's Lail, Guitar is Safe.
0:49.0	Come on and play this guitar.
0:53.3	That's Layla Hathaway.
0:55.0	And the guitar player she wants to hear on this live recording is Errol Cooney, of course.
1:02.0	The song is called Forever, For Always, for Love.
1:06.0	You just keep listening to this. Listen to how he takes that solo from zero to infinity and beyond.
1:13.4	Man, that's how you build a solo.
1:15.1	My name is Jude Gold, and I am so thrilled to have Errol plugging in today.
1:19.6	We're going to go over to his garage with all the doors open.
1:22.7	Birds will be chirping.
1:24.3	And I can't thank Tascam enough.
1:26.9	You really got to check out the MixCast 4.
1:33.3	This box is so hip.
1:36.3	It's got four dual XLR inputs with a combined quarter inch inputs.
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