Criste, Ric

Ric Criste began his musical adventure at age five with piano lessons. Drums kicked in at eleven, bass at fifteen. Finally at sixteen, guitar just clicked. Music study at Penn State and guitar studies with Ed McGuire, a Mel Bay author and local legend. A position in a local jazz/rock band led to landing the guitar spot in a band from Boston which toured internationally. Ric has taught hundreds of students. He has always been involved in a musical project. "Guitar Apophenia" came about because Ric has been teaching this concept for twenty years. The idea is based on "as easily, as fast as possi...