"All things come to those who wait,” so said British poet Violet Fane, back in 1892. Heinz spinned it with “The best things come to those who wait.” Whoever get...
Bluegrass is raw, earthy and authentic, while at the same time sounding extremely precise with tight harmonies and amazing instrumental technique! To walk this ...
ABOUT RIFF RAFF
Hi there, my name is Shane Theriot. I’m a professional musician and guitarist. I like stories. I mean I REALLY like stories. Over the years, I’...
Johnny was recently here in TrueFire’s studios filming Ten Gallon Guitar: Intros, Outros and Turnarounds. We noticed he was playing a new guitar; a Kiesel. We’r...
One of the beautiful things about playing fingerstyle guitar is that the raw techniques themselves open up a world of possibilities that aren’t physically or mu...
The two biggest mistakes I see students make when learning how to play guitar is failing to master their fundamentals and not developing good techniqu...
One of my favorite go-to scales of recent years, especially when playing in the context of a dominant 7th chord is a rather splendid hybrid pentatonic scale tha...
I play approximately 200 solo performer gigs a year with an acoustic/ electric guitar, percussion loops, vocals and a looper. Physically it’s a challenge to pla...
RIFF’S CLASSIC VIDEO VAULT
Digging into the archaeological period of BDV (that’s pre-digital video to you) we find tapes laden with video nuggets on them for...
RIFF’S CLASSIC VIDEO VAULT
Digging into the archaeological period of BDV (that’s pre-digital video to you) we find tapes laden with video nuggets on them for o...
ABOUT RIFF RAFF
Hi there, my name is Shane Theriot. I’m a professional musician and guitarist. I like stories. I mean I REALLY like stories. Over the years, I’...
hen you think of NYC Jazz, you think of gritty, yet polished - cutting edge, yet steeped in tradition.
If you were a rock musician in the 80’s you might have...
TrueFire’s Next Top Guitar Instructor (TNTGI) contest has one goal in mind: Find amazing guitar instructors that deserve exposure to our amazing students. The f...
Over the next couple of years, he was touring regularly and sharing stages with artists such as Tommy and Phil Emmanuel, both of whom served as mentors. In ...
I didn’t get into writing music for advertising, documentaries and television until I was nearly 40. Up until then I’d done a typical freelance plate-spinni...
John Lennon once quoted the words of his wife, Yoko Ono, "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." As we fold up the leg...
There are many things that make us happy, but the ultimate source of joy and fulfillment as a human being comes from the creative process. The ability to create...
Volume 12 of Riffage is here. You can meander through the audio player and click to download the free copy of Riffage Volume 12 and listen to what our Riff Jour...
Over the years I have grown a greater appreciation for the blues and ways that one can expand on their vocabulary choices in soloing. That may sound a bit backw...
When you first start playing guitar, there are usually two tracts of study you will encounter. Playing Chords. This is of course where most players start as it ...
Example 1: Using a diagonal scale is a very effective way to move through multiple scale box patterns. We'll start with the A Major diagonal pentatonic scale as...
I'm often asked by other guitarists about some of the more eastern-sounding things that I incorporate in my playing and music. My first introduction to Indian m...
When it comes to lead guitar playing, a common approach is to play the pentatonic scale or the blues scale over a chord progression. This is especially common i...
