3: Michael Palmisano (Guitargate, YouTube Sensation)

Unlocking the Keys…with Linc Bradham

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When people think YouTube and guitar, a name near the top of the list is that of Michael Palmisano. When I decided to dedicate a lot of my own free time during the pandemic to a daily practice of improving my skills on guitar, one of the first musical education channels I found on YouTube was Michael's. And while he's best known for his "Guitar Teacher REACTS" videos and his Guitargate guitar course, Michael has also been called to sit in with bands like Umphrey's McGee. He's also performed at clinics such as GuitCon with other legendary guitarists such as Phil X, guitarist for Bon Jovi, or Mike Bradley, who has performed with Blondie. Through all of his success with his Guitargate guitar course, and his YouTube channel, which has reached over 300,000 subscribers and counting, Michael remains one of the most approachable, enthusiastic, and eager to help musicians I have ever known. In our time together for Unlocking the Keys, Michael and I talked not just about guitar, but music as a whole, and he had some really insightful things to say about keyboards in addition to giving the whole story of how he found himself onstage after the ebb of the pandemic with one of the most successful touring groups in the jam band scene - Umphrey's McGee.