For those of you who have followed my Series on How to Play a Funk Groove on the Piano, I’ve got another free video series for you. This time — it’s over to the blues for 30 must-have blues piano licks.

Here’s the final demo of the series (after the break), where I run through a bunch of the licks from the series. Scroll down for links to the downloadable music (as a PDF), downloadable MP3 files of the backing tracks and links to the entire series.

Den ganzen Beitrag lesen…

While shooting some video at a local park, I was disappointed with the quality of the onboard microphone’s audio. I remembered stumbling across a web site describing a way to make a pair of binaural mics using an Altoids box. So… I decided to try and make something for myself.
Den ganzen Beitrag lesen…

Back in November, 2007 I posted my video series on How to Play a Funk Groove on the Piano. A number of people have contacted me hoping for written music for the techniques shown in the videos. Unfortunately, its not a direct transcription of the demo/solo at the end, its simply the notation used for each of the techniques presented in the series — but it should be enough to get you going.

Techniques Used in How to Play a Funk Groove on the Piano (PDF).

I hope it helps — I’m always happy to answer questions. Just post a comment, that way the answer will be there for others who might have the same question.

UPDATE: By request, I’ve also posted two versions of the backing drum loop I used in the videos for your practicing! Unfortunately, I don’t have it at a variety of speeds. You would be able to slow it down using audio software (such as the free Audacity ). There is a single time through the loop — if you use Audacity, you can create as long of a loop as you’d like. I’ve also uploaded a 5-minute loop.

• Loopable Drum Backing (loop on your own in audio software, 35k)
• 5 minutes of the drum backing groove (4.7 mb)