A new year brings reflection of both where you’ve been and (hopefully) where you’re going! The guitar offers infinite channels of inspiration and learning. Whether it’s a deep and complex concept you’ve had on your bucket list of grasping, or simply reviewing something that you know already, but this time with a fresh perspective, they both give you a new step in your giddyup. It’s part of the magic. We feel the same as you actually, which is why it’s always exciting to launch a new issue of Riff. Meet Tom Dempsey and Joe Robinson in this issue. Listen in to Shane Theriot’s podcast featuring David Grissom, plus you can watch (and listen) to Greg Bennett share deep thoughts about our humanity and our favorite instrument. Of course we can’t have an issue of Riff without a deep woodshed’s worth of lessons. Jeff Scheetz, Joe Pinnavaia, Jon Finn, Robbie Laws and Tony Smotherman all take us to school in some way or another.
