Some of the most complex licks or passages have simple origins and sometimes curiously interesting influences. Where did they come from? How can I make it my ow...
While working on compiling the content for my “Rhythm Factory: Acoustic Rock” course, I thought that it was important to have something inspired by the techniqu...
You know as guitar players we are often obsessed with learning new scales. We think if we can just master Hungarian Minor or the Dominant Pentatonic scale that ...
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’...
The first framing infrastructure went up in the studio about 5 months ago assembling the large wall that splits the tracking room from the rest of the facility....
e all know G.A.S can be uncomfortable. Not in the way that it makes your stomach hurt, but more in the judgment you feel from family and friends when they walk ...
We return this issue to our compilation of original music by our Riff featured artists and educators. Each of them in their own way is wailing’ on their instrum...
Ah, boxes…and it’s not even Christmas yet!
Box shapes are easy: two notes per string and two fingers plucking in the right hand. It’s super comfortable and l...
As guitarists we are consistently working on our soloing skills with the pentatonic scale, the blues scale, various modes and more, but one sound we should defi...
What happens with you mix world-class guitar music, beer and nachos all nestled at the foot of a scenic mountain at the slightly staggering 12,000 feet? You get...
The Louis Jay Meyers Music Camp (recently re-named for its late founder), is celebrating 5 years offering the finest musical instruction. It is a camp like ...
Usually we feature our artist and educator’s original music in Riffage, but this edition includes 13 practice jam tracks, which correspond to 13 of the less...
“What’s on your playlist?” is a question that always pops up whenever we get to hang with our educators after their sessions here at TrueFire’s Studios. More of...
We are proud to announce that our work in Riff Journal was shortlisted as a finalist in the 2017 Communication Arts Design Competition (Editorial Category),...
The music industry thrives on guitar and bass players’ life-long hunt for the ideal rig. If we all had a dollar for every piece of new gear we’ve purchased over...
After a few long days of manual labor climbing through the rafters above the new studio, I’ve just completed pulling thousands of feet of audio/visual cabling a...
The Fractal Audio Systems Axe-Fx preamp/FX processor has been a mainstay in my recording arsenal since 2010. It’s also served me well in traveling for gigs in...
We live in a pretty cool time as guitar players. The amount of gear, boutique or otherwise, is at an all-time high. The downside to that is that there are so ma...
I started learning about tube amps as a college student in the late 90’s. Back then, there was no debate about digital modeling vs tubes. If you were serious ab...
Early Rockabilly can be boiled down to just a marriage of rock and hillbilly music. Some of it can be thought of as the orchestration of boogie piano. The other...
The role of the bass player in a rock setting is critical -- you’ve got to lock up with the drummer rhythmically to establish the groove, and at the same time, ...
Slide guitar would not be slide guitar without Elmore James. He played in open D tuning a lot and that is what we are using on this tune as well. I love open D ...
