Live CD now availible..................

I have live CD from my last concert now available. It features songs from my last two CD's as well as some unreleased songs. Send me a message if you would like a copy. Scroll down to the last 4 songs on this player to hear some of the live songs.

Concert and Video

Blues and Country with my New Telecaster

My attempt and playing some twangy country.



And my favorite, the blues.......

Amazing Guitar Theatrics

Here's a little instrumental ditty I recorded called "Why Here". Why? you may ask, because I can.

The Hills

I tried to sit through an episode of the hills with Tyra once. I couldn't do it. I don't get how people can like this crap. Enjoy these clips from The Soup.

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

Yep I think these things are dumb, but I was bored. Here are the celebs this thing thinks I look like. Funny stuff.

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Guitar Sound

I am getting closer and closer to the sound or tone I want out of my guitar and amp. But I think it is a constant quest.

I was playing around with this little track the other night. It's a slow bluesy track that is in C and A minor. It's a very fun key signature to play in. You can still hear my faster shred/jazzy fusion side of my playing, but I like how this track lets you do that while still maintaining the blues roots in the music. There is a lot of talk about only using tube amps these days to get good sounds. But this is a hybrid amp that I used, it uses solid state technology and tubes to produce the tone or sounds. I think it sounds pretty good and it feels pretty close to how a tube amp would feel. Plus it uses 12" Celestion speakers to get the real speaker sound I am after and I think it helps. For you non guitarists. Celestion speakers are the kind used in the most popular amps for the last few decades. Marshall, Fender, Vox, Mesa Bogie.

The amp I am playing though is called a Vox. The Beatles used to use this brand of amp. So I think Vox has a good track record.



I am still trying to figure out what makes good tone. I thinks it is when the high notes don't hurt your ears and the low notes are not to muffled. The tone has a rounded smooth sound to it even when you kick up the gain and play more aggressively.

Ok, I've nerded out long enough. Here is the video of me playing with it.

"Why Here?"

I really wanted to do a rock guitar instrumental like Joe Satriani. He has been an influence of mine since I was first playing guitar. I bought some new software called ezdrummer which works perfect for drum editing. It's basically like having a drummer in a box. So check it out, it is called "Why Here".

Now playing: Rich Bischoff

Rock, Blues, Good Guitar Playing and Feeling.

Every guitar player is on a quest for their own style, something that makes them unique, or stick out from the crowd. There are so many of us our there now with our own influences and music. In the last few years, I have gone back a bit to my roots as a player. Mostly out of necessity as my cover band played more places that excepted the blues etc.

I learned to play the guitar during the hair band days, so there is still this element of that I can still hear in may playing, and I don't mind it. Those were great and still are great players. They just got a bad rap because of the hair make up and the endless songs about partying. The blues though, the blues! Why such a passion for this style. For me it is a feeling, a freedom to put feeling into the music. That is what blues is about. Not only a quest to find the right sound but the right feeling in the song. When it is done right for me it is like wow. That is why Stevie Ray Vaughn was so popular with guitarists. Was he the best blues player? I don't know, but I do know this. He put heart and feeling into playing the guitar, and I think that is what matters with any style you play, any instrument you play. You put your heart into it and people are going to get it, relate to it and feel it.

Anyway, here is a tune by a guitarist named Robben Ford. This is my attempt at trying to play with less effect and a little more feeling. I am glad I found this minus track because it is very fun to play over. Enjoy. You non guitarist might like this also, especially the dorky guitar faces I pull during it.

Two new songs added.

If you all check out my music player over to the right, you'll notice two new songs. One is called Untouchable and the other is called Forget Yourself. Check them out eh! Both are my attempts at sounding more modern. Not sure if it is working or not.

Rich

Over My Head

This song is by a great singer song writer named Martin Sexton. If you get a second do a search for him on Youtube. He has an amazing voice. Anyway, this is my attempt at his song, and it is one of my favorites of his.

Concert with Austin Weyand

Here are a bunch of video clips from the concert I did with Austin Weyand. Just in case you missed it, I did a concert with finger style guitarist Austin Weyand.

Will I

Promise

The Nothing Song

Make This Moment Last

I'll Let You Drive

Pride And Joy

One of Austin's tunes "Kassie's Wisdom"