A New Riff Of The Week Every Wednesday!
         
   
         
Date
Description
Audio
Video
Tab
         
OCTOBER 2007
10/24/07
The 100th ROTW Episode
"The Essentials - pt. 1:
Mastering The Fretboard"
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10/17/07
Don't Start With Me!
(Said The Downbeat)
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10/10/07
Sweep It Up
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10/3/07
Tour Bus Tour
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SEPTEMBER 2007
9/26/07
Hammering Percussive Trick
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9/19/07
An Alternately Tuned Acoustic Riff
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9/12/07
Soloing with Chords
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9/5/07
Variation of Legato

Slow.

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AUGUST 2007
8/29/07
Odd Meter Wrap Up Song

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8/22/07
Beat Displacement
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8/15/07
Odd Meter pt. 1

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7/4 .

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8/8/07
Pentatonic Fun
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8/1/07

The Vai Band Speaks -
pt. 2 & 3
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JULY 2007
7/25/07
The Vai Band Speaks - pt. 1
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7/18/07
The Crew On Tour
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7/11/07
Tour Gear
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7/4/07
A Day On Tour pt.2
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JUNE 2007
6/27/07
A Day On Tour pt. 1
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6/20/07
Harmonious Monk
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6/13/07
The Devil In The Details pt. 2
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6/6/07
The Devil In The Details
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MAY 2007
5/30/07
Inside The Vai Rehearsals
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5/23/07
Back To Riffs:
C Chromatic Blues
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5/16/07
Play With Yourself
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5/9/07
HOW TO PRACTICE
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5/2/07
R.P.F.C.
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APRIL 2007
4/25/07
Applying Practiced Scales
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4/18/07
Harmonic Minor Triads
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4/11/07
Got Riffs?
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4/4/07
Abstract & Atonal
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MARCH 2007

3/28/07
E Blues To E minor
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3/21/07
G Fusion
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3/14/07
Clinic Song - Solo Part 2
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3/7/07
Clinic Song - Solo Part 1
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FEBRUARY 2007
2/28/07
"End Of Clinic" song -
Verse 2
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2/21/07
"Advanced Diatonic Chords"
2/14/07
"Creating Demo Drums In Protools"
2/7/07
"End Of Clinic" song -
Pre-Verse 2 Riffs
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JANUARY 2007
1/31/07
"End Of Clinic" song -
Pre-chorus Riffs
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1/24/07
"End Of Clinic" song -
Verse 1 Riffs
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1/17/07
"End Of Clinic" song -
Intro Riffs
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1/10/07
"The Ibanez Party Jam Session Learning Experience"
1/3/07
"SOLOING OVER ADVANCED CHANGES"
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DECEMBER 2006
12/27/06
"Adjacent Pentatonics"
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12/20/06
"Legato My Eggo II"
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12/13/06
"Soloing Over Changes"

Click to download:
. Backing Track

..or just listen:
.Backing Track

 
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12/06/06
"Harmonizing A Scale"
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NOVEMBER 2006
11/29/06
"1 Year Anniversary!"
11/22/06
"Warm Up Exercises"
11/15/06
"How To Record Electric Guitar - Part 4 - "Producing Your Recorded Guitar Tracks"

.Added Delay

.Added Reverb

.Added EQ

.Added Compression

.The Full Mix

.Panning/Additional mic

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11/8/06
"How To Record Electric Guitar - Part 3 -
The Signal Path"
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11/1/06
"How To Record Electric Guitar - Part 2 - Mic'ing"
.57 Test
.A/B Clean Test
. A/B Distorted Test
.Mixed Clean Test
.Mixed Distorted Test
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OCTOBER 2006
10/25/06
"How To Record Electric Guitar - Part 1"
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10/18/06
"Intro Riff Revisited"
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10/11/06
"I've Got Rhythm"
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10/4/06
"Take Out Please"
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SEPTEMBER 2006
9/27/06
"More Style"
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9/20/06
"Get Some Style"
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9/13/06
"Flowing Arps"
This is a long one. Be patient.
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9/6/06
"IMPROVISING:
STARTS & ARPS"
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AUGUST 2006
8/30/06
"The DW75"
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8/23/06
"Pull My Major7 Finger"
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8/16/06
"Symmetry in Motion"
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8/9/06
"The Jazz Itch"
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8/2/06
ON TOUR
         
JULY 2006
7/26/06
ON TOUR
7/19/06
ON TOUR
7/12/06
"Modal Interchange"
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7/5/06
"Legato My Eggo"
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JUNE 2006
6/28/06
"Effects are Effectively Affecting Me"
N/A

New Video Format
(should work instantly for both Apple andPC)

N/A
6/21/06
"Super Locrian-expialadocious"
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6/14/06
"Voice Leading "
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6/7/06
"Open Up Your Chords"
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MAY 2006
5/31/06
"Repetition"
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5/24/06
"Tasty Trio Riff"
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5/17/06
"Funk You"
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5/10/06
"Short Chromatic Run"
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5/2/06
"Wes is More"
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APRIL 2006
4/26/06
Viewer's Choice:
"Pick-up Riffs "
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4/19/06
Viewer's Choice:
"Off Tour? " &
"A Trio Riff"
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4/12/06
Viewer's Choice:
"Originality"
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4/5/06
Viewer's Choice:
"Back To Basics"
N/A
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MARCH 2006
3/29/06
Fun with Hammer-ons, Pull-offs and open strings.
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3/22/06
Kicked Up Rhythm Playing
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3/15/06
"Rhythm Tapping"
3/8/06
Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 6
"Mixing "

ROTW Mastered v1
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Acoustic Lead Tab. More parts coming soon.
3/01/06
Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 5
"Adding Leads - Electric "

ROTW Song with
electric leads.
Tab for the ROTW Song will be posted when the song is completed.
         
FEBRUARY 2006
2/22/06
Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 4
"Adding Leads - Acoustic "

ROTW Song with
acoustic leads.
Tab for the ROTW Song will be posted when the song is completed.
2/15/06
Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 3
"Adding Rhythm Guitars "


ROTW Song with rhythm guitars.

Remember, we haven't mixed yet.

Video 1:

Video 2:

Tab for the ROTW Song will be posted when the song is completed.
2/8/06:

Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 2
"Adding drums and bass"



ROTW Song: drums & bass

Remember, this isn't mixed. We haven't gotten there yet.

Video 1:


Video 2:
Tab for the ROTW Song will be posted when the song is completed.
2/1/06

Special Edition: Composition of a Song - Part 1
"Where the idea starts"


         
JANUARY 2006
1/25/06
"Chord/Melody Tapping"

1/18/06
Part 3 of the Acoustic Solo Piece

1/11/06
Part 2 of the Acoustic solo piece

1/4/06
Part 1 of a break down of the Acoustic section of my solo on the European tour

         
DECEMBER 2005
12/28/05

Here's a cool heavy rhythmic riff.

Gear: DW74 -> VHT Ultralead


12/21/05

This riff is from the song "Shove The Sun Aside" on my cd "Shove The Sun Aside." It's one of my favorite riffs.

Gear: DW74 - > Keeley BD-2 -> Keeley DD-3 -> Keeley Comp -> Mesa on clean channel.

12/14/05

Here's a riff in C# that's going to be on an upcoming project I'm working on. The tab for the 6 stringers has a minor change from the 7.

Gear used: DW74 (neck pup)-> Keeley DS-1 w/ Ultra Mod (drive on 0) -> Keeley Compressor -> Mesa Stiletto on clean


6-string version:


12/7/05

Here's a quasi-linear, sequenced blues riff in E. Use these kinds of riffs when you find yourself repeatedly playing in one position.

Gear used: Ibanez 7 string into a Keeley Compressor into a Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive (for a bit a dirt) into a Mesa Stiletto on clean.


         
NOVEMBER 2005
11/30/05
 Here's one of my favorite riffs. This version has a nice major sound. Listen how some of the notes sustain over the others creating chordal tones. Also, where noted to slide, try to do so while the notes are sustaining. It creates a bit of a pedal steel sound. Try this riff over E or C#m chords.

         
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