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. 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 still teaches over 50 students per week, writes and plays gigs all over the region. Riley is also an acclaimed voice talent. Visit his webpage dedicated solely to voiceovers at www.wrileywilson.com

The most effective way to learn guitar, over two decades as one of America's busiest private music teachers and 39 years of live performances- welcome to the home of Riley Wilson and "Guitar Made Simpler!"


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

“Riley, I am loving your book! I take it with me everywhere on the road. I am playing guitar tonight onstage in my act.“ Sinbad, Los Angeles, CA

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

So many people have tried and failed to learn guitar from a method book. The world is full of guitar owners who play little, if any guitar. Here is a brand new method that changes all that. If you’re ready to finally understand and play the guitar well, you need to get “Guitar Made Simpler- An Intelligent Approach.” To order your copy of "Guitar Made Simpler- An Intelligent Approach," click here. If you'd like to study with Riley privately, click here to 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, beginning 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. 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 4,000 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- a working musician since 1972, Riley has the nation’s only One Man Band with the coveted five stars rating on national booking sites Gigmasters and Gig Salad. Click here to learn more about his solo act, America’s #1 Rock duo “Think Twice” and the trio “Sojourn.”



Whether you're interested in the best new guitar instruction method, private music instruction or live performances, get in touch with Riley today!

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