Write / Create / Make you own Riffs? How interested are you?

I think teaching someone how to be creative - and invent their own riffs is an interesting and fairly difficult one. Generally the best way to learn to invent a riff in the style of an artist is to learn a lot of their stuff and then springboard your inspiration from that - from learning what they do - and to be honest I don't know if everyone actually has the ability to do that.

Of course you can say - use this scale - use these kind of chords or rhythms - but if you are teaching you will generally be showing an example of a riff or solo - and then you've taken away the "creating" part - I think that's why you find so little on this online. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it - if its your aim then start thinking hard about how to achieve it.

P.s. $4.99 is too much for ten minutes - and it has to be a damn good course if you are going to pay $30 - look at true fire for an example of the amount of detail you are going to need to charge that (and they actually charge less than that) - perhaps your ten minutes could be a free taster on youtube - that seems to be the way of things these days.

Oh and I'm sorry I didn't answer your questions but I am just hoping a response is better than none.

I appreciate the effort and research before diving into such a business venture. I'm a Web-entrepreneur also and a solutions architect by day. I'll do my best to answer all your questions in short honest form.

01. Would you be interested in a guitar riff lessons website that taught you how to write/create your own riffs in the style of the artists that you like?
I'm not sure about such a Website, What I'm doing is learning scales and just practicing them until I can quickly do them in my sleep and knowing this, I can have lots of fun playing around ad-lib with online (youtube) background loops. I think before we can start creating riffs, we should know a few things: a) have a trained ear b) know at least the Pentatonic scale (and others) c) know the fretboard. Which we can easily do on our own with some determination and practice.

02. If Yes, on a scale of 1 to 10 how interested would you be on learning how to write/create your own riffs?
I answered a "no" but I would be curious to seeing such a Website. I do spend a lot of time going through Youtube videos.

(1 is having little interest, 10 being really interested)
03. Website "A" Teaches you guitar playing technique, Website "B" Teaches you how to create your own riffs.
If you could only subscribe to one website, which one would you subscribe to? Website "A" or "B"
I think you need a mix of both but where I am right now in my "skills", I would need site A.

04. On a scale of 1 to 10 how interested are you on Website "A" or Website "B"?
A = 6
B = 4 (only because I don't have a good technique... yet) :)

05. If you had to chose only one genre of music that you want to learn how to write riffs, which one would it be?
a. Classic Rock & h. Blues for me

06. On a scale of 1 to 10 how interested are you in learning how to create your own guitar arrangements for Cover songs or your own original songs?
1 for me... Not really there yet.

07. If you are interested in learning how to create your own guitar riffs, would be interested enough to pay $4.99 for a high quality HD Video 10 minute lesson or $30 for a 2 hour long Instructional DVD?
That's a tough one. There are many alternatives to this. There are very popular and well organized membership type sites and a lot of free info on youtube. Competing with free stuff is a tough one, you need a strong brand or start using the "Desire Engine" UX philosophy for such a site to work (look it up) :) At the moment, brutally honest, I'm a typical cheap SOB. I'll spend $1200 on a guitar but too cheap to spend $5 to know how to use it. LOL

08. On a scale of 1 to 10 how interested are you in learning rock music songwriting?
I'd say 7 because I used to be extremely creative in school and would love to get back into the groove. But before I can create stuff, I need to become a better musician.

09. On a scale of 1 to 10 how interested are you in learning how to get better guitar tone that suits your genre?
Like most, I'll say 10

10. On a scale of 1 to 10 how interested are you in learning how to record guitar from home?
Zero on that one, there are so many affordable technologies out there and I already have an audio interface and garageband (which is more than enough for my skill level right now)

11. Do you think theres enough people on the internet that are interested in learning how to make their own riffs to make this kind of website successful?
That's a segment market cap you need to research on your own (which you're doing here). I think there's always room but, sadly, it's an uphill battle fighting the cheap (like me) and the very strong branded and "first to market" sites. The problem is, before we can start saying we can create cool riffs, we should have some minimal theory in place or at least know popular scales and have a trained ear to ensure things kind of "fall into place" as we're playing. This comes with practice, I don't think there's a magic trick or shortcut. Maybe an example video would convince me otherwise. If you make a quick 10 minute video stating what the viewer needs to have before starting (prerequisites) and following your process/teaching. Seeing how many YT hits and comments (good and bad) will really give you a sense if the market is ready for this or not. - my total honest opinion of course.

I know these are a lot of questions, you don't have to answer them all but I really appreciate you input and opinions! Thanks guys!