Neal Schon

Singable Guitar: Neal Schon’s Journey from Santana to Arena Rock: Guitar Craft, Touring Economies, and the Architecture of Anthemic Melody

De: Caius D. Merrow

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Neal Schon has been the melodic constant in five decades of shifting rock landscapes. From his teenage recruitment by Santana to founding Journey, from the anthems of Escape to the resurgence of “Don’t Stop Believin’” in the streaming era, his guitar has carried both cultural weight and unforgettable identity. Neal Schon – Singable Guitar offers the definitive account of how one guitarist shaped not only a band, but the sound of American arena rock itself.

Drawing from the San Francisco club circuits, the high-pressure sessions of Infinity and Frontiers, and the business battles of later years, this book traces Schon’s evolution with forensic detail. It places his guitar in context: the rise of MTV, the collapse of record sales, the shift to Spotify, and the touring economies that now sustain legacy acts. Every chapter unfolds like an album track—some explosive and high-energy, others stripped down and reflective—recreating scenes from rehearsal rooms, studios, and stadiums with visceral clarity.

Readers will discover the mechanics of Schon’s solos: half-step anticipations, vibrato as punctuation, rests used as tension, and the architecture of concise statements that sing as clearly as Steve Perry’s vocals. They will also see the machinery behind the music: setlist algorithms, pedalboard redundancies, licensing decisions, and catalog stewardship in the age of streaming.

Neal Schon – Singable Guitar is cultural history and musical anthropology in one: a chronicle of a guitarist whose tone survived decades of technological upheaval while never losing its ability to move millions. For fans of Journey, Santana, and the architecture of singable guitar, this book is both a definitive biography and a study in how melody endures.