Just signed up for next years workshop and am working through your Blue Bossa lesson(s). Thanks for your sharing your knowledge and continuing inspiration...
Graesson
I return to Riche’s lessons repeatedly. All guitar players (well, I do) want to improve their playing and style and from time to time we may find our selves in a rut.
Riche’s lessons are thorough , organized and challenging. But of all fun. There are no short cuts. You have to put the time in.
So the Theory-for-the-Road material was a perfect place for me to start.
Rich, your playing is just that...simply rich. I had no idea what I stumbled on - I didn't expect much because I started at the 99centguitarlessons site...your solos are like audible paintings ...the more you study them, the more dimension,elegance and complexity they reveal. I like the guitarists you list as influences, but for my musical taste, you take what I like style-wise from those players and add the bebop elements, resulting in sound or style with greater substance.
I bought your course I think when you first publish it on the back of a guitar magazine like 4 paragraphs back in 1993 almost 15 years ago you sold it with cassette package I bought all of it including blues Jazz and rythm course packages. I dont regret at all I got deplyoed in kuwait border of Iraq I brought your courses with me I am still practicing. Now I am recording Jazz tunes with a digital recorder without your course I wouldnt have fulfilled my dreams to play guitar.Your Instruction gave me alot of foundations and directions. Play this up and down the neck sequences triads arpeggios the more I played it the more I hear it in my head like you say noggen and then became intuitive like knowing how to use a tool the more you use it the mind just goes automatic, Ive tried different courses and videos but somehow I kept going back to your package courses, I think when completing course theory and technique 2 I found my self Jamming. God bless your work and your guitar courses. To all the reader if you bought the course dont give up the more you practice the more you will enjoy playing your guitar it may take many years and years its all worth it stay motivated.
Blessings, Peace.
Randy
Enjoyed the workshops you taught 9/19 and 9/20 at Thriving Musician Summit in Roseville, Ca. Your skills at teaching and playing have inspired me to take my playing to the next level. Thanks!
