whats with the wannabes?
just answer the freakin question
maybe if you had a freaking-valid question in the first place, you'd get a freaking-straight answer? what's with the attitude?
apples and oranges... a riff is a short piece or section of music. shred is a technique. you could have a riff that is done through shred. if you think all riffs are always done with a dropped tuning on the low-strings, well...
ok, move on people... nothing to see here...