There is a younger era of guitarists on the brink of go away their mark on the rock world, and one of many extra promising musicians to emerge lately is Téa Campbell of the pop-punk band Meet Me @ The Altar. On this version of Loudwire’s Gear Issue, Téa takes us by way of among the riffs that first impressed her whereas additionally enjoying among the favourite riffs that she will get to play recurrently as a part of Meet Me @ the Altar.
Taking issues again to 2008, Téa reveals the primary riff she ever discovered to play. “The primary riff that made me wish to play guitar I heard in 4th grade and it modified my life. It’s ‘Decode’ by Paramore which is fairly ironic as a result of we’re on the identical label as them.” As a younger musician, Tea recollects her dad and mom getting fairly sick of the Twilight soundtrack track whereas she discovered her very first ever riff on guitar.
A film can also be answerable for one other of her favourite riffs, with Tea singling out “Take Me Away” by Christina Vidal from the Freaky Friday soundtrack as a “go-to” throughout soundchecks. In truth, the “Take Me Away” riff impressed what she performs on the track “King of Every part” off their new album that she demonstrates for viewers.
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Campbell is a self-taught musician, revealing throughout the Gear Issue session that she nonetheless struggles with some methods. However she affords some sage recommendation for upstart guitarists on how she began to be taught the guitar that may be useful to newcomers to the instrument.
Digging into the band’s personal music, Téa provides us a musical historical past lesson, sharing the tales behind the breakout track “Hit Like a Lady” and taking us again to the earliest of MM@TA songs, “How May You Ever Lie,” earlier than ending up with one other new monitor, “TMI.” Verify all of it out beneath.
Should you like what you hear, Meet Me @ the Altar’s new album Previous // Current // Future was simply launched and you’ll decide that up in addition to see the band’s in-progress tour dates through their website.
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