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How One Simple Trick Turns Basic Chords Into Legendary Riffs The Power of Patterns Timing is everything. In life, but maybe even more so in music. When people think about learning to play the piano, they often focus on the what—which notes to play. But without rhythm, without a clear sense of when to play ... Read more
After I had been in the rehearsal room with my very first band for about 3 months, it was time for our first show. I was pretty nervous, yet excited to try out my brand new stage piano. Man that thing sounded amazing. Classic vintage sounds and a much more real-to-life piano sound than my ... Read more
“In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around, but I’ll stand my ground, and I won’t back down." - Tom Petty Hi, In this edition I got for you - a Norwegian master-musician & loop-king to #love; a John Mayer guitar-part-made-piano in CoutCam-view to both #love & #learn; and some exciting updates (+ 🤯 ... Read more
"Life’s what happens when you’re busy making other plans." - John Lennon Hi there! In this edition I have for you - Donny Hathaway's reincarnation(?) to #love; a hauntingly beautiful Glasper piano vamp in CoutCam view to both #love & #learn; part 2 of the multi-part tutorial for Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" to ... Read more
"When you understand the language, loving becomes learning too" - Me Hi there! Welcome to this new season’s first Couturian, after our annual downtime. In this edition, I got a smooth-as-silk vocalist & wonderfull (learnable) CoutCam cover for you to #love; a multi-lesson “best-of-last-season” highlights-reel and one of the greatest piano intros of all time ... Read more
For this week's CoutCam video - a loop from a tune that I wrote called "Too Far Away." Taking the chords I shared with you earlier as the Progression Of The Week, here's my take on adding patterns and groove to that. The progression is very loopable, just steadily played in a groove like ... Read more
Stop This Train might very well be my favorite song of all time. Wait. Haven’t I said that before? Well anyway, it’s enough for me to have put in about 20 hours of work to make this Stop This Train piano tutorial - which has become a real shiner. Hi Guys! Back in the day ... Read more
Many -successful- people swear by visualization. They truly believe that if they think hard enough about something they want and envision themselves with every fibre of their bodies already having it - how it feels, looks, smells - that they will get it. And the strange thing is (or is it?) - it works. ... Read more
For this week's CoutCam video - an amazing bassline-loop taken from Stevie Wonder's "Boogie On Reggae Woman." This tune might have one of the sickest basslines in history. I didn't actually play that entire bassline - originally played on an amazing Moog bass-synth - but just extracted the main groove, so that I could turn ... Read more
You can only perform as good as your body and mind allow for. They are your tools - your instrument. When you regard them as such, taking good care of them makes all the more sense. “A sound mind is in a sound body" "Perfecting the personal regularly leads to success as a professional - ... Read more
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