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Guitar Made Simpler

Riley Wilson

* 1979 Graduate- University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill BA degree Radio, Television, Motion Pictures

*1984 Graduate- Guitar Institute of Technology Hollywood, CA Professional Guitarist program

*Writer - "Gigmeister" column- Vintage Guitar, 1993-2006;
Contributing Editor- Gig magazine, 1987-1999; Guitar World, Guitar School, Electronic Musician

*Publisher- "Guitar Made Simpler- An Intelligent Approach"- 2005

*Private Guitar Instruction since 1985- Los Angeles, CA, Raleigh, NC and Dallas, TX

*Columnist- "Singer & Musician" www.l2pnet.com

37 years of live performances, two decades as one of America's busiest private music teachers and the hottest new way to learn guitar- welcome to the home of Riley Wilson and "Guitar Made Simpler!"

This is the home of the amazing new guitar method everyone's talking about - "Guitar Made Simpler- An Intelligent Approach."



"Guitar Made Simpler" is now available at amazon.com as well as directly from our website!

Join Riley at Crossroads Winery, Friday, July 30, 2010. This is Frisco's only winery and a terrific way to start your weekend. Join hosts Bob and Darlene Leiker as Riley brings his top rated one man band to Frisco. Call Crossroads at 972- 294-4144 or visit their website at http://www.friscowinery.webs.com/

Learn about private guitar and bass instruction, Riley's live music performances with the trio "Sojourn," duo gigs with "Think Twice" as well as his solo act. To see his Voiceovers' website, click here.

PRIVATE MUSIC INSTRUCTION
Riley Wilson has taught guitar and bass guitar since 1985 in Los Angeles, CA. He taught in Raleigh, NC at Audio, Light and Musical, Music Connection as well as his home studio and Brook Mays Music and McKinney Music in Dallas, Texas. He's taught rank beginners to working professional guitarists and everyone in between. He has taught as many as 70 students per week and has taught on average over 50 students for two decades! If you live in North Texas or plan on visiting the area, go to Riley's private instruction page and learn how the material presented to over 6,000 students can help you learn, too! Learn from one of the most experienced, dedicated teachers and communicators how you can develop your guitar and bass skills. Riley's students enjoy his unique approach to teaching music and understanding the complex nature of learning guitar made simpler.


LIVE PERFORMANCE Riley Wilson's solo act has been America's #2 One Man Band at Gigmasters.com for two years running and his duo "Think Twice" is one of America's premier Rock Duos. "In addition to teaching full time, I've been playing live gigs as a professional guitarist and vocalist since 1972. That was in North Carolina, and since that time, I' ve worked with dozens of groups like Blue Steel, Images, Men of Distinction, Mirror Image, Network, Scarlett, Speed Limit, Still Creek Band, The Fabulous Shades, Tiffany, Triad, my current solo act, Think Twice and Sojourn! I' ve played from the Atlantic to the Carribean and the Pacific Ocean, and it's just as fun now as it was when gasoline was only 34 cents a gallon."



Rockin the Village- Allen, TX May, 2010 (Photo by Angelica Wilson)

Live shows in these formats
*solo act with sequencing,guitar and vocals;


*with keyboard/vocalist Bryan Stroud in the duo "Think Twice" and
*with percussion/vocalist Nathan Ellison and Bryan in the variety group "Sojourn." With performances in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, Sojourn has also done corporate shows as far away as Houston and Las Vegas. Click on the link for each group to see sample songlists, reference letters and even mp3 files you can download now. The following gig calendar is updated weekly. If you can make it to one of our open to the public gigs, stop by and say "hello."

2010 Gig Calendar
*-Fri. Jan. 29, 2010- Red's Patio Grill- Solo Act- 7-11 pm
Plano, TX

*- Sat. Jan. 30, 2010- Red's Patio Grill- Solo Act- 7-11 pm
Plano, TX

Sat. Feb. 13, 2010- Private Party Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Denton, TX

Thur. Mar. 11, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 12:30-1:15 pm
Frisco, TX

Thur. Mar. 11, 2010- Corporate Party- Solo Act- 6-9 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. Mar. 13, 2010- Private Party Solo Act- 7-9 pm
Pilot Point, TX

*-Sat. Mar. 20, 2010- Landon Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
McKinney, TX

Fri. Mar. 26, 2010- Business Party Solo Act- 1:30-2:30 pm
Dallas, TX

Fri. Mar. 26, 2010- Tower Club-Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. Mar.27, 2010- Corporate Party- Think Twice duo- 6:30-10 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. Apr. 3, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 5:30-6:30 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. Apr. 10, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 7:30-9:30 pm
Spring, TX

*Sat. May 1- Groovin’ at the Grove- Village of Allen- Solo Act
Allen, TX

Fri. May 14, 2010- Wedding ceremony- Solo Act- 6:45-8:15 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. May 15, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 8-10 pm
Frisco, TX

Sun. May 16, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 5-8 pm
Grapevine, TX

Fri. May 21, 2010- Tower Club-Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Dallas, TX

*-Sat. May. 22, 2010- Landon Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
McKinney, TX

Tue. May 25, 2010- Corporate Function- Solo Act- 12-3 pm
Desoto, TX

Sat. June 5, 2010- Wedding reception- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Batesville, AR

Fri. June 11, 2010- Private Party- Solo Act- 7:30-9 pm
Providence Village, TX

Thur. June 24, 2010- U.T.D Orientation- Solo Act- 12:15-1:15 pm
Richardson, TX

Fri. June 25, 2010- Tower Club-Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Dallas, TX

Sat. June 26, 2010- Wedding reception- Solo Act- 6-8 pm
Celina, TX

Fri.July 2, 2010- Arbors on Wintergreen-Solo Act- 1-3 pm
DeSoto, TX

*-Fri. July 9, 2010- Landon Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
McKinney, TX

Sat. July 10, 2010- Wedding reception- Solo Act- 12:30-2:30 pm
Aubrey, TX

Sat. July 10, 2010- Wedding reception- Solo Act- 7-7:30 pm
The Colony, TX

Sat. July 17, 2010- Private Party- Sojourn Trio- 6-9 pm
Anna, TX

*Fri. July 30, 2010- Crossroads Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
Frisco, TX

Sat. Aug 6, 2010- Landon Winery- Solo Act- 1-3 pm
McKinney, TX

Sat. Aug 14, 2010- Private Party- Think Twice duo- 5:30-7:30 pm
Mustang, OK

Fri. Oct.1, 2010- Private Party- Sojourn trio- 6-9 pm
Corinth, TX

*-Fri. Nov.26, 2010- Landon Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
McKinney, TX


*- open to the general public shows. Stop in and say "hello."

Whether you're interested in private music instruction, live gigs or the best new instruction method for guitar made simpler, contact Riley now!

Nationally recognized writer, publisher, teacher and performer, Riley Wilson is a true 21st century Renaissance man. A working professional guitarist/singer since 1972, he's worked over 5,000 gigs in solo, duo, trio and large format band gigs from North Carolina to California and most places in between. A successful private music teacher since 1985, he's taught more than 7,000 guitar, bass and voice students coast to coast, in person as well as his ground breaking book, "Guitar Made Simpler," published in 2005. His writing has been a fixture in some of the world's most acclaimed publications, like "Electronic Musician," "Gig," "Guitar World," "Guitar School" and "Vintage Guitar," where he authored the popular "Gigmeister column from 1993-2006. He is once again working with many of his associates from the Gig magazine days at the L2P Network and doing a Solo performer column. He still teaches over 50 students per week, writes and plays gigs all over the region.