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Riff is a guitar e-magazine, designed to celebrate TrueFire artists and educators. We’ll tell you stories about them, share exclusive guitar lessons from them, and tickle your ears with their music. This Riff’s for you!
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My Guitar Hero: Larry Carlton
My Guitar Hero: Larry Carlton
They say “don’t meet your heroes because they might disappoint.” That old adage ran through my head a thousand times the day I was finally…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Sonny Landreth: The Beautiful Dance
Sonny Landreth: The Beautiful Dance
Sometimes an artist comes along who just plays…well…differently. They not only have their own voice, but they have a unique way of reaching…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
The Voice Within: Andy Timmons
The Voice Within: Andy Timmons
I remember the first time I saw Andy Timmons live. It was at a NAMM show, at the Ibanez booth. Frank Gambale was doing a demo and asked…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
A Day In Nashville with Robben Ford
A Day In Nashville with Robben Ford
First, a a few words from Robben:
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
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Lessons from Pinball Every Guitar Player Should Learn
Lessons from Pinball Every Guitar Player Should Learn
This time, I’ve been thinking about how we learn and some of the challenges we face as students and teachers. Specifically, I have been…
TrueFire
Feb 4, 2016
Bridging the Digital Divide of Music Education
Bridging the Digital Divide of Music Education
Back in the day, you didn’t have a lot of options if you wanted to learn how to play guitar. They didn’t teach it in band. No guitar…
TrueFire
Feb 3, 2016
Guitar Lesson: A Whole Lotta Tone Love?
Guitar Lesson: A Whole Lotta Tone Love?
Overlooked and cast out into the wilderness for its perceived weirdness is my friend, the Whole Tone scale. It shows up in classical works…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
The Lifelong Tour
The Lifelong Tour
I made my first European trip when I was two years old, just as my two older brothers had done before me (although I believe I was in the…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Guitar Lesson: The Power of Less
Guitar Lesson: The Power of Less
Let’s face it, playing chords with awkward fingerings is a pain in the hand. But this shouldn’t stop us from exploring all of our harmonic…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Unboxing the Music Business: 10 Guiding Principles for Young Artists
Unboxing the Music Business: 10 Guiding Principles for Young Artists
Behind every commercially successful artist is someone you’ll never see in the spotlight — the manager. They won’t make the cover of…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Guitar Lesson: Breaking Down The Blues: Pentatonic Scales Made Easy
Guitar Lesson: Breaking Down The Blues: Pentatonic Scales Made Easy
Pentatonic scales are the foundation for blues and blues-rock guitar soloing. Most people break the pentatonic scales into five separate…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Building Blocks for Guitarists
Building Blocks for Guitarists
The one thing that I have run across in my 25+ years of teaching guitar is that it is not an easy instrument to learn. Thousands of people…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Guitar Lesson: Finger Picking & Finger Control
Guitar Lesson: Finger Picking & Finger Control
I have been performing for over 30 years, with at least 150 gigs per year. I am telling you this because just recently it came to me that…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
Guitar Tone Quest
Guitar Tone Quest
Throughout my music career, I have always been in a quest for better tone. Even in the earliest stages of my musical development on guitar…
TrueFire
Oct 9, 2015
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