Podcast 489: Ella Feingold

Ella Feingold is a Grammy-winning guitarist who has performed
alongside Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, Bruno Mars, and numerous
other heavyweight musicians. She's also one of the most inspiring
musicians we've ever met, a trans artist who shares her love for
funk and rhythm guitar on Instagram on a near-daily basis with
fans around the world.

On this week's podcast, we talk to Ella about her life as a
recording artist, a music historian, and a video game
orchestrator. We learn about the life-changing magic of inverted
tuning (and how a couple of former Fretboard Journal subjects
hipped her to it), the only amp she needs, the power of Fred
Rogers and so much more. This is one of our favorite interviews
to date and is filled with insights. We hope you love it.

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https://feingoldmusic.com/

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