February 26, 2018

I am honored to have Tariqh Akoni on the show! As a guitarist, he has had quite a diverse and extensive career. He has worked as Musical Director for Josh Groban and Weezer and has worked with David Foster, Steve Wonder, LeAnn Rimes, George Duke, Tom Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, and Christina Aguilera, the Backstreet Boys and many more! Tariqh has served as Chair of the Guitar Department at LACM and written 10 books including their pedagogical series String Theory. We talk to Tariqh about his guitar playing, his tone and gear and what it takes to work with so many diverse artists and styles of music!!