Q&A with Blues Saraceno 7/29/10

[Jeff_H]

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Blues,

What is your favorite guitar/amp combo for recording? Also, do you prefer a different combo for live work?

[stevie_bees]

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Thanks for sparing the time on here Blues.

Do you still get the same feeling when you pick up the guitar today as you did when you first started playing, or has your relationship with it changed?

[wjombat]

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Hi Blues,
What is your favorite guitar right now and what kinds of pickups do you have in it? On a side note, I was always jealous of you because we are about the same age and you had already made a name for yourself as a teenager. How much was practice and how much was talent?

Colby

[Blues Saraceno]

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how do you like doing tv and soundtrack work compared to albums? artistic freedom come into play at all?

To be honest, I really enjoy it. Artistic freedom definitely comes into play but there are definite guildelines you have to work within. Sometimes by limiting your options, it allows you work a little clearer.

[Blues Saraceno]

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I pretty much remember it all very well. They were all great memories. Playing in front of hundreds of thousands of people is something you never forget. For part 2, my current schedule with television work really doesn't allow me to take off the time to tour.

[jeremy]

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how do you like doing tv and soundtrack work compared to albums? artistic freedom come into play at all?

[Evan Skopp]

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Hey Blues:

Here's a couple of questions from a member who couldn't make it today:

It's been 17 years since you were touring with the band Poison in South America.
a) Do you have any memories the tour that you want to tell us?
b) Next year, Poison will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary and they are planning to do a world tour. If they will ask you to join them to play stuff from "Crack a Smile" album, will you join them?

[Evan Skopp]

Since he was discovered at the tender age of 16, Blues Saraceno has defined himself both as hard-driving technical shredder and as a musical chameleon who can write and produce in a myriad of musical genres.

Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine first took notice of Blues after his brief stint with Michael Bolton and Cher. In 1989, the magazine’s sister label, Guitar Recordings, released Blues’ first album, Never Look Back. From that point on, Blues never looked back. At 17, he became “the kid that replaced Clapton” in the reunion of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. After that, he released a couple more solo albums and then joined Poison.

Shortly after departing Poison, Blues was recruited by Fox Television to perform on a series of soundtracks and songs for several television shows and films. In 2000, Blues founded Transmission OK. After a short time with the band, he returned to film and television as well as session work.

Blues’ session work has ranged from Ziggy Marley (Dragonfly) to Melissa Etheridge (Lucky) and he has earned a reputation for being a "go-to guy" for many of Los Angeles' top record producers and engineers. Much of his recent success has come in the field of television and film. Blues' television work credits include CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Disney, Discovery, UPN, MTV, MTV 2, VH1, USA, TLC, Comedy Central, Telemundo, SCI FI, SPIKE, E! and BRAVO.

Blues has relied on Seymour Duncan pickups throughout his career and was our youngest signature pickup artist. His father Alex is a stompbox and amplifier designer. The SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz is a production version of Alex Saraceno’s Afro Fuzz.

As you can imagine, Blues is a highly in-demand artist with little idle time. However, we were lucky to get him to spend an hour with today. Let's make him feel at home. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to Blues Saraceno!