Pete Prown (born 1963) is an American writer and magazine editor, painter, guitarist, and

music journalist Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on ...

. He has worked as the editor-in-chief of ''Guitar Shop'' magazine and music editor for '' Vintage Guitar''. His writing has also appeared in publications such as ''

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'' and ''

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,'' among dozens of other magazines.

Works

Paintings. Samples of Pete Prown's acclaimed artwork can be found on hi
website

Recordings. Beginning in 2006, released a series of indie CDs showcasing his noted guitar work and receiving strong reviews: *''Guitar Garden
China Rose
''(2006) *''Guitar Garden
Secret Space
''(2007) *''Sir Clive & the Raging Cartographers
Guitar Safari
''(2009) *''Guitar Garden - Guitar Garden III ''(2011) *
Oval Planet
- Trench Poems'' (2019) *''Gordon/Prown/King - Moorish Code'' (2020) *
Miscellaneous recordings
' (2019-2022) Music Journalism. From 1993 to 1998 Prown was the

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of the international magazine ''Guitar Shop'', followed by his role as a Music Editor at '' Vintage Guitar'' magazine.About VG: Meet the Writers
. ''Vintage Guitar''. He is also the author of several rock-music reference and guitar-instructional books and CDs, such as: *''Modal Riffs for Rock Guitar'' (1995) *
Legends of Rock Guitar
' (co-written with HP Newquist, 1997) *''Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends'' (co-written with Lisa Sharken, 2003) *''Shred! The Ultimate Guide to Warp-Speed Guitar'' (co-written with Rich Maloof, 2006) *Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars
Quarto
Motorbooks, 2023) Brown has written for ''

'', '' Guitar One'', ''

'', ''Car Stereo Review'', ''Musician's Planet'', '' InTune Monthly'', ''Music Alive'', '' Philadelphia Magazine'', as well as many others. Fiction Books. Among other projects, Prown writes fantasy fiction, publishing the following via

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: *
Thimble Down
' (2013) *
Devils & Demons
' (2014) *
The Lost Ones
' *
Master Black
' (2017) -- print and audiobook editions Other Publishing From 1998 to 2013, Pete Prown was also editor of the gardening magazine ''Green Scene'' for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, based in

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. He's also edited several books (such as Jane Godshalk's ''Flower Arranging Secrets''), and is an accomplished photographer and communicator.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prown, Pete 1963 births Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists American music journalists American fantasy writers 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American magazine editors