Pete Prown is a noted American guitarist and music journalist. He leads the progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Guitar Garden

Guitar Garden

Guitar Garden is an instrumental progressive rock band led by American guitarist and music journalist Pete Prown .Guitar Garden's latest album is Secret Space , inspired by the many progressive rock and jazz-rock bands of the 1970s, such as Yes, ELP, and Mahavishnu Orchestra, as well as...

 and also writes extensively about guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 music and its history. Prown also released a surf-rock guitar album in 2009 called "Guitar Safari" by Sir Clive & the Raging Cartographers.

From 1993 to 1998 Prown was the editor in chief

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 of the international magazine Guitar Shop, followed by his role as a contributing editor to Vintage Guitar magazine. He is also the author of several rock-music reference and guitar-instructional books and CDs, such as:

• Modal
  Musical mode
  In the theory of Western music since the ninth century, mode generally refers to a type of scale. This usage, still the most common in recent years, reflects a tradition dating to the middle ages, itself inspired by the theory of ancient Greek music.The word encompasses several additional...
  
   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)

Prown has also written for Guitar Player

Guitar Player

Guitar Player is a popular magazine for guitarists founded in 1967. It contains articles, interviews, reviews and lessons of an eclectic collection of artists, genres and products. It has been in print since the late 1960s and during the 1980s, under editor Tom Wheeler, the publication was...

, Guitar One, Guitar for the Practicing Musician

Guitar for the Practicing Musician

Guitar for the Practicing Musician was a guitar magazine published in the United States by Cherry Lane Music in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, it was the most popular music publication at newsstands, selling 740,000 issues over a six-month period. It was popular for publishing songs with guitar and...

, Car Stereo Review, Musician's Planet, InTune Monthly, Music Alive, as well as many others.