Marc Vee Profile in Vintage Guitar

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Marc Vee’s latest disc, My Journey, shows the affinity he has for creating musical hooks, and it’s a skill he doesn’t take for granted.

“I sometimes forget there are fantastic players that aren’t necessarily good at coming up with a melody. They can jam like Hendrix and copy everything from Clapton to John Mayer, but to create a melody... it’s a gift. And I’m not big-headed about it, because it’s a lot of work to craft a song – get an intro, chorus, bridge.”

Vee was seven years old when he started playing, and credits his father for his love of music. “Dad had eclectic tastes and turned me on to everything – Brazilian music, the Beatles, classical. He liked jazz, too, and took me to see Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, and Chet Atkins.”

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