{"id":42907,"date":"2017-05-07T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=42907"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:11:29","slug":"mark-holcomb-geartalk-songwriting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/inspire\/mark-holcomb-geartalk-songwriting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Holcomb \u2013 Geartalk &#038; Songwriting tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Earlier this week, we met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/gb\/search_dir.html?bf=&amp;sw=Holcomb&amp;viewMode=block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mark Holcomb<\/strong><\/a> the exceptional guitarist\u00a0of <strong>Periphery<\/strong> and <strong>Haunted Shores<\/strong>. Amongst other things, we spoke\u00a0about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/gb\/prs_se_mark_holcomb_hb.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PRS signature guitar<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and his\u00a0outstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/gb\/humbucker_pickups.html?sw=holcomb&amp;viewMode=block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>signature pickups<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0developed with Keith Merrow. Furthermore we asked questions about songwriting, different composition methods and\u00a0much more? All answers including some\u00a0amazing\u00a0guitar tunes can be seen in the following video. ?<\/p>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/2\/brlbs-cb-youtube-main.png')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\">\n<p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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