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Keeping It Real- Day #1

admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:52:26 +0000

Hi Guys, hope you are having a great day.

Today on Keeping it real, we are looking at James Morrison’s You Give Me Something’, a great song, with a little bit of added spice.

This is where I where I break down well know pop songs, sharing ideas, tips and tricks that you can use straight away to enhance your playing as well as your songwriting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNRVjKfRPAg

My First Records

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:00:48 +0000

I personally regard my first recording sessions as the greatest ever!
They contained the greatest solos, the keyboards were the loudest thing in the mix and why play a cmajor 7 if a diminished flattened 9th was available.

They were great for ME, but not for anyone else.

The first principle of playing on record is KISS.

Keep
It
Simple
Stupid

What’s My System?

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:00:14 +0000

There are eight notes in the scale.
If you have difficulty remembering the letters, give each one a number

Lets just say you were playing a song in the key of C, then C is the root note and the root note is 1.

C 1
D 2
E 3
F 4
G 5
A 6
B 7
C 8

Just so you don’t get confused C is both 1 and 8.
In technical speak thats called an OCTAVE (meaning eight)

Where Do I Begin?

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:00:12 +0000

Keyboard Mastery begins with an understanding that self mastery will be the foundation upon which you build your success.
It all begins with the way you see yourself in relation to your goal.

Think, ‘this is unattainable’ and it will be.
Think ‘scales are a chore’ and they will be.
Think ‘I will never get there’ and you will not be disappointed.

The truth is that if you believe you can, you are right and if you believe you can’t, you are right as well.

The Keyboard Master