5 easy chords (just triads with a few inversions used, nothing too advanced here), a killer guitar-strum transformed into a piano pattern and a melodic hook + left hand 'comping' that will seriously challenge and improve your technical skills and voicing-knowledge.
Month: September 2013
Cheating - John Newman
This week I have a very nice one for all you up-tempo lovers, blues-piano style lovers, Motown-feel lovers and Northern-soul fans out there.
John Newman, the up and coming rising star (his first hit "Love me again", has already topped the English charts at peak position no. 1, click here for my lesson featuring that song if you missed it earlier), is about to officially release his second single: 'Cheating' in the first week of October 2013.
However, the official music video on youtube has already reached an outrageous 2 million views in just over three weeks time.
Want to be the first to play this song, even before it is officially released? Well, I got just the thing for you right here! :).
Bare essential keys to harmony – The free manifesto
Hi to all you piano-lovers and (aspiring) pop-pianists.
Here is my gift, my free manifesto, written and freely downloadable especially for all of you that:
- Are interested in finding out how Pop-Piano actually works
- Want to find out what exactly this ‘piano-hacking’ approach is all about
- Would like to know the way Pop-Pianist and Pop-Musicians think when they play
- Would like to find out about the Pop-Piano mindset and how to use it to learn piano in the fastest way possible
- Want to learn the first few chords and tricks that will transform the way you study forever and make your level of playing shoot for the stars
Roar - Katy Perry
Many of you like her, probably just as many of you don't. However, she's big and she knows how to make her hits.
This lesson teaches those of you that do like her how to play her current biggest hit. For the rest of you it's still a nice exercise of stripping down a monster production and building it back up to a fuller piano-part (chorus).
