*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
Award winning voiceovers, 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!"
LIVE PERFORMANCE UPDATE- Catch Riley's solo act Friday, March 12 at Landon Winery in McKinney, TX. This is an excellent winery in a great location on the Square in downtown McKInney. Join Riley from 7-10 pm for his first performance at Landon's. Visit their website at www.landonwinery.com or call them for more information at 972-542-3030.
This is the home of the amazing new guitar method everyone's talking about - "Guitar Made Simpler- An Intelligent Approach."
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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.
He is also a busy professional voice talent, and you can download voiceover demos, view his extensive client list and hire him directly for your next critical project.
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.
VOICEOVERS
Since 1996, Riley Wilson has been a busy voiceover talent, with thousands of commercial, industrial, medical and narration recordings to his credit. He does on camera as well as traditional voiceovers and commercials, from his Pro Tools equipped home studio to the biggest studios in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Some of his past and current clients include Autoflex Leasing, Black and Decker, Cialis, Disney, ESPN, Fox Sports, Grand Prairie Ford, Home Depot, Instruxion.com, Intelemedia, Johnson and Johnson, Lily ICOS, Match.com, Nortel, Speedy Dry, The Associates, Trance Production Group, Vistacast, United American Insurance and Wahl Corporation. Chances are good you've heard his voice before. Visit the voiceovers page to listen to mp3 clips, view comments from satisfied clients and hire him for your next critical project.
LIVE PERFORMANCE Many people are familiar with Riley Wilson the entertainer through his extensive live performances. "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."
Poolside pickin' Sept. 2009 Cypress, TX (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." While performances these days are usually in 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- Private Party- Solo Act- 6-9 pm
Dallas, TX
Fri. Mar. 12- Landon's Winery- Solo Act- 7-10 pm
McKinney, TX
Sat. Mar. 13, 2010- Private Party Solo Act- 7-9 pm
Pilot Point, TX
Sat. July 17, 2010- Private Party- Sojourn Trio- 6-9 pm
Anna, TX
Whether you're interested in voiceovers, private music instruction, live gigs or the best new instruction method for guitar made simple, contact Riley now!