Three Questions with Emily Wolfe – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Skane.
Photo by Brittany Durdin.
Texas-based guitarist Emily Wolfe has been releasing albums since 2012, four of them to be exact. And you would be wise to own them all. Her guitar work is absolutely blazing, and her songs are great. Epiphone guitars has even released an Emily Wolfe signature model Sheraton guitar – the “White Wolfe” Sheraton. Look for Emily at emilywolfemusic.com. Here are three questions with Emily Wolfe:
RRX: What was the moment that made you pick up a guitar and never put it down?
EW: When I first saw a guitar in person, I was five years old. I saw it at a thrift store and begged my mom to get it for me because it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. It was like seeing something I didn’t know I needed yet. After my first guitar teacher told me I wasn’t very good, I put it down and learned drums instead. A few years later, my family moved to Texas, and that guitar was always waiting in the corner of my bedroom. I still remember the day I sat on the floor of my bedroom in a brand new city, feeling lonely and out of place. I thought, maybe this will make me feel better. So I picked it back up, and I haven’t put it down since.
RRX: If you could go back and tell your younger self one thing about playing guitar, what would you say?
EW: Take piano lessons. That’s where music starts. I could have saved myself a lot of time if I had learned more theory on piano first. But, I’m not sure I’d play the same way if I hadn’t just dove right into guitar.
RRX: When you’re not onstage or recording, what kind of stuff do you play when no one’s listening?
EW: I like to listen to music with saxophone in it, and try to transcribe sax licks on guitar. It’s hard, but a really fun challenge.