Stevie’s “I Was Made To Love Her” is one of those true classics that very few don’t know. On the other hand, very few do know how f’in badd-ass the bass part of this song -played by the great James Jamerson, the founder of “cool” contemporary bass playing in my humble opinion- actually is. The groove is ... Read more

A melodic piano riff, left hand chords and a juicy accompaniment part can all be found in this piano tutorial, where I teach you exactly how to play Lukas Graham - 7 years, his current beautiful piano-hit. As always, we'll be tackling the exact piano part(s) as played on the original record. Always nice to see a piano-driven ... Read more

A Justin Bieber Piano tutorial. Who’d ever thought I’d end up making one of those? Not me. I can tell you that much. What I can also tell you, is that it very likely won’t be the last, ’cause like so many others I’m officially converted and from the hater I once was, I too am now ... Read more

When thinking Pop-Piano, it’s hard not to note the awesome influencer, pioneer really, of this style: Billy Joel - and maybe particularly, his iconic song: New York State of Mind. Now Billy has quite a few really nice, iconic Pop-Piano tunes under his singer-songwriter belt, but the out of this world piano intro to this particular ... Read more

If you’re looking to get funky, simulating an out-of-this-world bass part with your left hand -upping your the skills of that hand AND your timing an uncountable amount of levels once aced- than: this is your song. Holy crap I just can’t get enough of the funk in this track by the Weeknd. Really impressed here with ... Read more

Typical Bond-style Orchestration and a Pop-Piano-at-its-finest part, supporting yet another killer vocal-performance from our good friend Sam Smith. Sam oh Sam. You're blowing up man. An f'in BOND theme-song? Wow. But let's be honest: 100% deserved. What a singer. For a Bond theme-song, I think this one's actually a pretty cool tune too, right? Gotta love those Bond vibes. The ... Read more

Do not confuse Adele with Lionel. I know. They’re probably literal opposites, but still. It’s a bold move from this British diva choosing a song title that is already… -looking for superlative… found none- quite famous. So they might indeed be opposites as to what meets the eye, however now they also have two major things ... Read more

Some credit to the “founders” of our style (Pop-Piano), I thought, would for a change be in order again. There’s something about classic tunes.. I mean, who makes songs like these anymore nowadays? Right? A guy, a piano, a strong melody, solid harmonies played in an organic way on our beloved beast of an instrument. ... Read more

Every now and then -it’s rare, but it happens- a magician arises from the deep dark depths of music-wonderland. With so many crap pumped out and stuffed in our faces by the wealthy record companies via the main Radio, TV and Internet channels these days, I’m even happier when this happens now than ever before. ... Read more

Easy stuff to play here when you know your chords and patterns, yet very demonstrative showing how cool an simple three-chord part can become when adding a nice basic break-up pattern. Looking for a nice piano-driven track to suit you beginner Pop-Pianists, I felt OMI’s feel-good-summer-vibin’ track “Cheerleader” -which tops this week charts- could not ... Read more