... only to find out you don't sound like the "real deal" at all.
Professional Pop-Pianist
Roland-featured author/instructor
Founder of Piano Couture
Creator of Piano Lingo, Chord Piano Formula
& the Hack the Piano Methodology
Like virtually anybody, when I started out playing piano at age 4 I was "forced" down the traditional path of learning how to read sheet music too. That didn't work out ...
... and so I quit.
Many years later, at age 17, when I saw my fellow classmates playing like rock-stars at our yearly school concert, I promised myself I was going to learn to play too. So, I went back to that old way of playing from sheet music, which -again- did NOT make me sound like my favorite artists AT ALL... and I almost gave up entirely.
Then, following the guidance of a talented guitarist-friend of mine, I taught myself how to play piano using his approach: by Chords. 4 years later I got accepted into the Conservatory of Amsterdam (major Pop-Piano / Vocals).
Now, over the course of 18 years of playing, I've performed on stage extensively -both solo and in multiple bands- written and recorded with many different artists, became a Roland-featured instructor & one of the top-5 Youtube piano teachers in the world and taught over 140,000 people worldwide how to play piano without sheets.
Hack the Piano is the methodology and backbone of all my playing & teaching.
It's the definitive guide on how I accomplished all of the above without ever reading a single sheet.
Chord Piano Formula is Hack the Piano evolved into a fully guided, Deluxe Online Training Experience.
It takes my premium online courses-program "the Chord Piano BluePrint" and combines it with hands-on, step-by-step guidance in the form of workshops and BootCamps.
Not only will it teach you the exact ways I used to accomplish all of the above and create beautiful piano accompaniments that sound just like those of my favorite musical heroes - Elton, Billy, Stevie - without ever having needed a single sheet, but it will also help you actually implement it all.
Dear fellow Pop-Piano-lover,
If you suffer from “sheet-music-dependance,” “stuck-playing-the-same-old-boring-tunes-inertia” or just have no clue how to listen through the “cloud of sound” that is music and actually reproduce what you hear on your favorite records…
If you are tired of putting in all that time learning a tune only to find out you are not sounding like your favorite artist at all, or feel insecure and incapable when you do not have your sheet music at hand then this message is just for you. Here’s why…
There is a system you can learn that allows you to play any of your favorite songs within minutes in stead of days, actually sounding like the pianos on the record (because this is the very system actual pro players use themselves) without ever needing any sheet music.
And you need to realize, there is a cost to not dealing with this…
What most people do when they try to learn piano and face the fact that they can’t quite get “that sound” of their favorite artist, is take lessons from a certified (but classically trained) teacher…
... try to find the sheet-music online…
...maybe scavenge YouTube in search for that perfect tutorial or try every shiny new online course.
But for most people, none of that works.
And what happens if you just do nothing? If you just keep doing what you’ve been doing?
You’ll never understand how those “talented” guys (they are not) are able to just sit down and play dozens of YOUR favorites by heart and sound so fricking awesome.
Nor will you ever be able to play anything like that yourself. You’ll just be stuck fidgeting with those same old sheets, finger-wrestling for weeks on end, to finally be able to play a few boring tunes that nobody enjoys listening to.
I’ve got an answer that works. Here’s the short story:
As a child, I went down the traditional, “classical” path too - and failed miserably.
Abandoning piano entirely out of sheer frustration. After hours and hours of decoding those horrible lines-and-dots-on-paper, having boring exercises crammed down my throat while never seeing any exciting progress.
I still didn’t sound like my favorite tunes AT ALL - just like you..?
Then, years later, I asked a guitarist friend of mine - who could literally play dozens of songs by heart - how ON EARTH he was able to do that, without needing any sheet music!?
When he told me “you just need to know your chords!” - this got me thinking.
What if I could play “guitar chords” on piano? Was piano really so different...?
Turns out it’s not.
After figuring out how to translate these “guitar chords” to the piano and how to turn them into flowing, moving, grooving piano parts by adding “patterns” (pretty much like those strums and plucks that guitarists use) not only was I suddenly able to learn dozens, even hundreds of my favorite tunes REALLY fast (and play them by heart), but also: I actually sounded like the original records!
Turns out this is actually the “secret” that pro “pop” (think singer-songwriters like Elton John, Billie Joel, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Cullum, Norah Jones, d'Angelo, Ben Folds, Chris Martin -Coldplay-, Tom Odell, Bruce Hornsby, Paul McCartney, John Legend, Alicia Keys etc.) players use to sound the way they do (and enables them even to play tunes on the piano, that are originally played on a guitar!).
After this exact method got me into the Conservatory after just 4 years of playing, I figured I needed to create a framework out of it to teach people that there is a better way to learn piano.
So I worked really hard to create a system that makes learning piano (and actually understanding music) really simple.
I started testing this system on my students and - although they all had the same amazing experience as I had - because they had to come see me in person to learn it, they were also each paying me a premium of $8000+ per year..
Another downside was that my limited time allowed me to help only a few students at a time. Then I had an idea:
“What if I deconstruct my entire approach the way it had helped me deconstruct music, then mould it into an online-program experience like no other..”
“What if I could create an experience that would be virtually the same as having me there at the piano in person...
...explaining every little nuance to sounding like the big artists - the Eltons, the Billies, the Stevies...
...that could help many more people learn my exact approach, in their very own tempo, on their own schedule...
...and that I could offer for only a fraction of the costs?”
Speak Music. By Chords. By Ear. By Heart. (No Sheets)
Have you ever dreamed about being able to use the piano with complete freedom - to express yourself?
To play anything you feel like, on the spot, and actually sound like your musical heroes.
It might surprise you that this is not nearly as hard as it may seem.
Not with the right approach, that is.
It requires a few things: understanding, practice, discipline and a clear path to follow.
A plan that tells you exactly what to do and when to do it.
Without it, the process can be overwhelming.
Piano Lingo provides this support - showing, guiding, holding you accountable and making sure you actually follow through.
It will fast-track your growth and save you years of frustrating trial and error.
Piano Lingo is created to help (aspiring) singers/songwriters, accompanists & Pop-Pianists:
Learn how music is built and how to use those building blocks to play and create your very own renditions.
Whether you'd like to play with others in a band, or accompany anyone's singing (including your own).
Understanding music's foundational building blocks will improve your arrangements, hooks, licks and riffs.
Chords + Patters are the equivalent of Words & Pronunciation - that's the Pop-Piano approach.
Build, voice & tastefully extend any Chord on the piano - the vocabulary you need.
Turn any set of Chords into an engaging, flowing, moving, grooving, embellished piano part.
Create your very own arrangements & embellished, re-harmonized interpretations.
Piano Lingo is the online pop-piano academy built around the Hack the Piano Method — a modern, chord-based system that teaches you to speak music fluently, just like your favorite artists do.
Inside Piano Lingo, you’ll find our premium guided training program (two versions):
Our program is a complete pop-piano process that will show you how to play modern piano arrangements, sounding just like when your favorite pop-piano artists would play them, without ever needing traditional sheets again, by Chords, Ear & Heart, using Chords & Patterns.
Using a combination of video, text and exercises, each lesson gradually takes you to the next level. Step-by-step, concise and to-the-point.
You'll internalize each concept in the fastest, most effective way possible.
You'll learn:
... but most importantly where everything stems from, so that you'll gain a foundational understanding to (re-)create everything yourself in all of your future playing.
After completing this program you'll never need any reference material ever again, and will be able to play your very own rendition for any chord-progression, turning it into a full-blown pop-piano arrangement, by ear & heart.
Here’s what Piano Hacking did for me...
..play anything within minutes, without ever having to decipher any sheet music...
... which has saved me a cumulative years of precious time, not spent slogging, but spent with loved ones ...
...improvise...
...get myself into the Conservatory of Amsterdam after just 4 years of playing (no I’m not that talented - I simply found this better way)...
...write my own music and publish a solo album...
...get collaboration deal offers and my system (this very system) featured by Yamaha and Roland...
...be the “Piano Man” when having the best time singing our favorite tunes at family gatherings...
...find dear friends through playing music...
...hone an amazing creative outlet for relaxation and fun.
And it’s not just me.
Over the past 8 years, thousands of people from all over the world have been learning to play their favorite tunes in no time using my system:
Piano Lingo, will give you the key to...
That’s right. A skillset that - might you even be able to find the right person to teach it to you - would cost you over $20000 and years of tedious lessons... is yours for only a fraction of that amount.
It all comes as part of the Chord Piano BluePrint, the complete Hack the Piano online training program, which we used to sell for €999, but I'm offering it here to you starting at only €499 €199.
And you are 100% safe to try it out. That’s all I’m suggesting. Just try it for 14 days to see if it works for you.
If it does, you’ll be delighted - and I think that’s exactly what’s about to happen. If for some reason you’re not delighted with all the new musical insights and ideas, the speed you’ll improve, learning the songs you love and the way you’ll make them sound - just like they do on the records - then just let me know and you’ll get all your money back.
You have a choice to make ...
Do what you’ve been doing (or worse, do nothing at all). You know where that will lead. Is that really where you want to go?
Or take a new action, and get a new result:
Finally understand what makes the Eltons, the Billies, the Stevies, the Pauls, the Jamies or any other favorite artist of yours sound the way they do and play anything you want, by ear - without ever being a slave to your sheet music again.
Which do you really want for yourself?
Thank you for reading this letter.
I hope you'll enjoy this program!
Can't wait to welcome you inside.
Yours Truly,
In case you're one of those people (like me) who just scroll to the end of the page to find the TL;DR - here's the deal:
Chord Piano Formula is our all access program.
It consists out of a few different, step-by-step, integrated parts.
the Chord Piano BluePrint is the core of the curriculum - a self-paced course that teaches (aspiring) singers, songwriters, pop-pianists and accompanists how to play arrangements just like the pop-piano greats (think Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Jamie Cullum, et. al.).
You'll sound like them because this course will teach you how to think like them and approach piano in the actual way they do too - by Chords, by Ear, by Heart.
All those great players are completely free from needing sheets, and so will you be - you won't need sheets, ever again.
Just playing freely, from the heart.
Add our *NEW* fail-proof, 12-step, week-by-week or month-by-month implementation plan with our Chord Piano MasterClass BootCamp PLUS the unbelievable and unbeatable aspects of our included Chord Piano Mastery Vault - that tie everything together with clear scheduling, step-by-step trajectories to follow, practice routines and so much more and....
Together they form our Chord Piano Formula Deluxe Edition.
This bundle-program gives you access to a Pop-Piano curriculum that represents +/- 10 years worth of music education (were they to ever teach you how this actual "real deal" approach works - which they don't) and will thus save you roughly €20000 in tuition fees.
The difference?
It will take you mere months to learn to play and sound like you've always wanted to.
Heaps of money & time saved.
(besides sounding legit and being able to create any type of rendition, on the spot... imagine the wonderful feeling of such freedom)
Full Pop-Piano curriculum.
10 years+ worth of music tuition, at not even 1% of the costs.
A well balanced mix between HD videos, text, audio and exercises. Clear, bite-sized, step-by-step and easy to grasp - so you'll make exponential progress.
Always-and-from-any-device-accessible to fit your schedule. Open your laptop, tablet or smartphone at the piano.
Cement your knowledge with step-by-step exercises and assignments - clear, to the point, effective. NO guessing.
Whether you are more of a beginner looking to get a full-scope pop-piano education, or a more advanced player, diving deep into chord-piano practice & theory to finally break free from constraints and get that sound you're after - our complete and scalable program will boost any player's progress.
Complete Step-by-Step Core Program
✅ Full Hack the Piano Method
✅ Complete On-Demand Curriculum
✅ Clear Learning Path
✅ Over 100 Guided Video Lessons
✅ Exercises & Practice Guides
✅ Lifetime Access
✅ 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
Deluxe Edition: Core Program + Mastery Series
✅ Everything in the BluePrint, plus:
✅ Full 12-Week Chord Piano MasterClass
✅ Step-by-Step Application & Implementation Plan
✅ Real-Song Walkthroughs & Play-Alongs
✅ Access to Archived BootCamps & Workshops
✅ Bonus Implementation Guides
✅ Exclusive Arranging & Improvisation Modules
✅ Lifetime Access
✅ 14-Day Money Back Guarantee
How to play anything you want, by ear.
We will learn Pop Piano tricks, traits and techniques to actually understand music. This works on ALL songs and you are free to choose your own songs, to do the exercises and assignments with.
All of my teaching, including this premium program, you'll find inside of Piano Lingo (our premium online Pop-Piano academy) is based on the Hack the Piano methodology.
Chord Piano Formula is my complete flagship program. It represents the full bundle of what I have to offer, synergistically integrated and optimized for the fastest route to your piano success.
The Chord Piano BluePrint course represents the full core curriculum to learn to play pop-piano by Chords, Ear & Heart - i.e. play in the exact same way that your favorite artists play too.
It's a completely unique system & approach worth 10+ years of piano education (if it were taught anywhere else) that can be finished in mere months.
See the many 5-star reviews from students who keep telling us they learned more about music in weeks from this program than what they learned in their entire life from other lessons combined.
The included 12-week/month implementation MasterClass BootCamp & the rest of the Chord Piano Mastery-collection allow for a deep-dive into the world of chord-piano, putting Piano Hacking into practice in a guided, structured, step-by-step way. It will help you actually implement and integrate everything.
The Chord Piano BluePrint is our complete core program — a step-by-step curriculum that gives you lifetime access to all essential training for mastering pop piano through chords, patterns, and creative expression.
The Chord Piano Formula includes everything in the BluePrint, plus Chord Piano Mastery — a full upgrade with the Chord Piano MasterClass, a structured 12-week journey through the BluePrint, along with the Vault, which features bonus workshops, follow along practice sessions and more lessons to deepen your skills and bring everything together in real music.
No.
Chord Piano Mastery is essentially a premium add-on that helps you implement and apply everything you learn in the BluePrint.
The programs are integrated. Plus - without the BluePrint, Mastery would make little sense.
You can sign up for both at the same time with the bundle offer we call "Chord Piano Formula."
This includes both the BluePrint and Chord Piano Mastery.
Whenever you want it to!
The Chord Piano Mastery is a so-called "Like Live" edition of our (previously held live) premium BootCamps, meaning that - even though these are the exact same programs - they are based on recordings and there is thus no need to wait for anything to go live.
These LikeLive editions represent an incredible value.
People have paid up to €999 to attend a live edition of JUST ONE of the SEVEN* BootCamps included with Chord Piano Formula, with the downside of having to wait for their actual cohort to start, show up on specific times for classes etc...
But you don't want to wait. You want to start NOW. Right?
That's why we have decided to make these *scalable* (i.e. suitable for any level) programs digitally available in streaming "Like Live" format while preserving virtually all of its live benefits.
It allows you to hop on board now.
Start learning what you want to play today.
Re-watch and re-do the program as often as you like (scaling up and getting more advanced with every go-round).
Convenience up, price down.
Now THAT's a deal
*the MasterClass BootCamp is a merger of: the OnRamp BootCamp (3 prior editions), the Platinum BootCamp (3 prior editions) and Singer/Songwriters' BootCamp (1 prior edition) - that's 7 prior programs that were previously sold for up to €999 each... an absolutely insane value.
€199 for the core BluePrint program. €399 for the deluxe Chord Piano Formula.
Since we are Amsterdam -and thus Europe- based, you'll be charged in Euros. The dollar price depends on the current conversion rate and optionally costs your bank or credit card company charges for the conversion. These costs are outside of our control unfortunately and conversion rates vary by day.
Please note that we cover any taxes.
No. You get lifetime access to everything.
Yes. But only on subscription.
For owners of the complete BluePrint we have the option to subscribe to Chord Piano Mastery at a €99/year subscription fee.
Lifetime Access.
Everything in this program is scalable and using the 6 pillars of chord-piano, we'll deconstruct and then build everything we do back up, gradually growing in level of difficulty.
You can "stop" (stick to) the level that's challenging, but not too difficult for you, which -whatever level that might be for you- will get you sounding very close to original records you listen to.
You can then redo the course later, going up to the next level.
Everything you need to know to play and sound like your favorite pop-piano singer-songwriters is there.
Everything you already know is easy to skip, or adapt to make it suitable for a level more advanced. (plus - repetition has never hurt a soul).
Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen your favorite artist look at sheet music at any of his or her performances? Exactly.
That's because they play pop-piano: piano by chords. They know their chords, harmony-theory, voicings, patterns and how to play with those. This is how they form all of their piano parts and this is exactly what you'll learn in this program too.
Chord-piano. No sheet-music (only chord-sheets every now and then).
That's not a question! 🙂
Just kidding. You can ask me anything by simply sending an email to coen@piano-couture.com
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