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Similarity Awareness

January 19, 2021September 20, 2020 by Coen

Life is essentially a stack of experiences. How you experience and (are able to) do anything is based on previous experiences. Being extra aware of which part of a new experience or challenge might resemble something you’ve handled well or learned in the past – allows you to draw from those past experiences and build … Read more

CoutCam – Jamie Cullum’s All At Sea Vamp

January 19, 2021September 19, 2020 by Coen

For this week’s CoutCam video – a Vamp taken from Jamie Cullum’s “All At Sea” A very soothing, highly “loopable” vamp taken from Jamie’s Twentysomething album (my favorite). The right hand plays a back-and-forth sixteenth-beats pattern between a “b-flat” & “e-flat” (quarter) and an “a-flat.” The left hand changes chords (which makes the function of … Read more

Chord Progression Of The Week – Molina & Bear Keyscape Jam

January 19, 2021September 17, 2020 by Coen

We’re staying in the Neo-Soul vibes for this weeks progression, which is taken from an absolutely mind-blowing impromptu improvisation session between the amazing Emily Bear and the (dare I say it) even more amazing Jesus Molina. The jam originated after Jesus finished a session for a promo video for the software instrument Keyscape, when CEO … Read more

LOTW – Man In The Mirror Lick

January 19, 2021September 16, 2020 by Coen

This week’s lick comes from Michael Jackson’s brilliant “Man In The Mirror.” Lick timestamp taken from the original “Bad” album version Man in the mirror features one of the most astonishing bass-synth parts out there (just my humble opinion). Although the entire bass part is truly astonishing and a gold-mine for subtleties regarding timing and … Read more

The Musician’s Diet

January 19, 2021September 12, 2020 by Coen

I’m starting a newsletter. It’s called “The Musician’s Diet.” DIET – di·et /ˈdʌɪət/ habitual nourishment | something experienced repeatedly | way of living From Merriam Webster . com The word diet first appeared in English in the 13th century. Its original meaning was the same as in modern English, “habitually taken food and drink.” But … Read more

Chord Progression & Loop Of The Week – “Slick Enough”

January 19, 2021September 9, 2020 by Coen

Here’s a nice little, (neo)soul-influenced chord progression that I came up with. I’ve also used it in this week’s loop (see below), where you’ll find it actually played with rhythm / patterns. I’d like to challenge you, however, to first try and see what you would come up with as to how to play this … Read more

LOTW – The Rubber Band Man Lick

January 19, 2021September 4, 2020 by Coen

This week’s lick comes from the amazing tune “The Rubber Band Man1” – made famous again quite recently by being featured in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. Lick(s) -and timestamps- are taken from the single version. A bluesy lick, occurring in the song in two variations. The first is played only once at around 0:13. The … Read more

Repetition is the mother(-in-law) of skill

January 19, 2021January 14, 2020 by Coen

It sounds so simple – rehearse. Practice. Repeat whatever it is you want to learn and/or accomplish, consistently, and you will get there. Learn the skill. Reach your goal. Consistency is a term that re-occurs often throughout these nuggets. It’s somewhat of a “theme” if you will. And for good reason. Consistency -as opposed to … Read more

Routine is the Enemy – Consistency your Friend

January 19, 2021August 12, 2019 by Coen

Here I’ll talk a bit about the philosophy of alternation, thereby challenging yourself and how we can treat and leverage “growing into something” -“habitifying,” if you will- to actually make ourselves improve more effectively. We’ll look at how we can throw both our bodies and minds off-guard so they adapt to- and adopt a state … Read more

Happier Than The Morning Sun – Stevie Wonder Cover

January 19, 2021June 29, 2019 by Coen

Man, how I’ve always loved this beautiful Stevie Wonder tune Happier Than The Morning Sun. Took me some time, but I finally grew a pair and actually covered it.

I made another cover! Finally. 🙂

I’ve been playing around with Happier Than The Morning Sun for some time now and finally decided just to record it. Is it perfect? Hardly. Will it help as a next step to getting me back on track to doing this more often, absolutely.

After putting in tons (8 months+ full-time, 50hrs+ weeks) hours into setting up the new free-to-play Piano Lingo platform (yes, that’s FREE to play, as in: you can learn how to play piano here for free – try it out here) I’m back to creating content. Finally.

Happier Than The Morning Sun has been one of my favorites for so long now, and thus sitting on my list of “to-cover one day” that I thought it was about time now.

I personally really like how the original Clav part translates to the piano this way.

What do you think?

You can find a keys-only, animated-overhead view (or in other words the famous CoutCam video) to learn the keys part perfectly, in the Piano Lingo members area.

What would you like me to cover next?

Hope you’ll enjoy this one.

Cheers,