re: stacks - as I've already mentioned a few times before, is one of my favorite tracks of all times. However bare and simple the recording (crappy even!), the bed of harmonies, supporting that hauntingly gorgeous melody is just so unbelievably strong. Music in its purest form. Beautiful. So, a few weeks ago, since I was just starting ... Read more

With Isn't She Lovely, Stevie Wonder was an early pioneer, bridging a gap between Jazz -with its heavily extended voicings and 2-5-1's- and Pop -where four chord loops would become the standard. Although premiering this blunt form of turnaround, because of it's juicy implied "V" (the dominant in the "in between" 2-5-1, leading to a ... Read more

I decided to stick with the big hits one more time this week, so if you're interested in how to play Billboard's current no 1, The Chainsmokers - Closer, this is your tutorial. Consisting out of just 3 - albeit quite juicy extended - chords, this tune once again proves how monotonously minded and sound/production driven ... Read more

Sia keeps outdoing herself in the field of chart topping pop music. Hit after hit come from her hand and/or throat and I am quite positive that with her (now still new) "The Greatest" she is again shooting for peak position. After hearing the arguably biggest name in current popular music - Sia play her ... Read more

Jamie’s “These Are The Days” is one of those perfect pop/jazz-piano-mix tunes that holds a TON of valuable skills, licks & techniques to re-use in the rest of your playing. A true treasure trove. I could write a ton about Jamie as a pianist. How awesome, talented and crazy skilled he is on the keys and ... Read more

How could I not make a solid tutorial of THE summer hit of 2016 -Justin’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling”- when it holds such an extensive amount of funk, groove, fresh- and tightness, mainly because of its killer bassline? Yes I know. I’m a bit on the late side with publishing this one. Sorry for that. However, I felt it ... Read more

How to play Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover. Prince is cool. Was cool -sadly-. Super cool. Right? One of those one-in-a-billion musicians of a simply out of this world caliber. Playing in their very own ballpark with the likes of Michael, James, Marvin, Stevie and I could name a few more. But not ... Read more

An iconic Pop-Piano groove written and performed by an even more iconic band. The Beatles have been one of the early definers of pop music (and Pop-Piano with it). Their ingeniously crafted songs as well as trade-mark riffs -like the one on piano that I'll teach you in this lesson- have been an inspiration for generations to come. By ... Read more

Dire Straits - On Every Street is one of those songs that makes you wonder where real music has gone these days. When I first heard the beautiful instrumental intermezzo -which later translates into the killer guitar-riff outro of this tune- I must admit there was a brief moment where I suspected angels to be peeing ... Read more