Articles, Interviews, And Columns By Tom Mulhern
I love to write, and I've done a lot of writing. Spending
over 13 years at Guitar Player magazine, and then writing
for a variety of other publications, including Guitar World,
Guitar, Guitar Shop, Billboard, Musician, and others, gave
me a chance to research interesting topics and to interview
fascinating people. As a result, I was able to interview inventors,
company presidents, renowned musicians, and even some of my
heroes from my formative years. I've edited a number of books,
including Bass Heroes: Thirty Great Bass Players,
Concert Photography: How To Shoot And Sell Music-Business
Photographs, and I contributed chapters to The Gibson
and 100 Years Of Gibson Guitars. In addition, I was
given free reign at times to write columns on topics that
interest me, so I focused on two things that I love: Music
and the Web. Eventually, I'll start writing about something
else I love: barbecue and barbecuing.
Here are links to some samples of my writing. Note that even
though they're in HTML, these pieces were mostly converted
from Microsoft Word, and therefore may be missing some italics,
underlines, etc. In addition, they may be longer than the
final pieces that appeared in publication, as I tended to
write a little extra, in order to give the editor flexibility
in terms of cutting or stretching to fit editorial space.
Also note that other people retyped the interviews, so there
may be a few typographical errors that I didn't catch.
Interviews:
Paul McCartney, Guitar Player magazine,
1990
Geddy Lee of Rush, Guitar Player magazine,
1986
Frank Zappa, Guitar
Player magazine, 1983
Steve Vai
(Zappa's "Stunt Guitarist")
Robert Fripp (of King Crimson), Guitar
Player magazine, 1986
Robert Fripp sidebar on recording with loops, Guitar
Player magazine, 1986
David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd), Guitar
Player magazine, 1984
Mike Oldfield
(of Tubular Bells fame), Guitar Player magazine, 1978
Jimmy Haslip of The Yellowjackets, Guitar Player magazine,
1988
Chuck Panozzo of Styx, Guitar Player magazine,
1981
Articles:
Global Music
& The World Beat, NAMM Playback magazine, October
1995
Arts &
Smarts: Music Education And Children's Learning, NAMM
Playback magazine, June 1999
A
Real-Life "Mr Holland"
The Turntable As Musical Instrument,
NAMM Playback magazine, June 2001
Classical
Turntable Makes Its Debut
Playing
The Turntable
Turntable
Resources
Computers In Music Education,
NAMM Playback magazine, October 2000
The Piano Makes A Comeback,
NAMM Playback magazine, November 1999
The Swing Music revival, NAMM
Playback magazine, July 1999
Swing
Resources
Playing Music As An Adult Hobby
Good
For Your Health
Weekend
Warriors: Boomers Return To The Musical Fold
The Unplugged Bass, Musician magazine,
September 1999
Guitar Synthesizers:
What Went Wrong?, Musician magazine, May 1995
Columns:
Guitar World (Basement Tapes column)
Mixing Strategies
Guitar Shop (Gear Head column)
A Brief Effects History,
July 1994
Acoustic Guitar Amplifiers,
July 1994
Piezo Transducers, May
1995
Where Are The Inventors?,
June 1997
Downward Pressure On
Guitars, June 1997
Fall Cleaning, October 1997
Clean Your Studio, December
1997
Beware of History, March
1998
Modulation Effects, March
1998
Treating Feedback In
Hollowbody Guitars, June 1998
Archive Your Music Carefully,
August 1998
Do-It-Yourself Repairs, December
1998
Formats Everywhere,
January 1999
Speakers, February 1999
Home Recording (Web Watch column)
A New Era In Collaboration,
February 1999
Emulate Greatness, June
1999
Rethink Your Mix For
Your Target Medium, August 1999
The Topology Abruptly
Changes, November 1999
The future: What To Expect In
2010, March 2000
The Great Internet
Audio Disappointment, April 2000
Web Cam-O-Rama: Videoconferencing
For Online Collaboration, June 2000
Napster, MP3, And
The Waterbed Effect, September 2000
Surfing The Third
Video Revolution, October 2000
A Happy Meeting Of
Analog And Digital On The Web, December 2000
Tsunami Alert: The Next
Internet Wave Is Coming, January 2001
Web Tools To Organize
Your Tracks, February 2001
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