Easy R&B Minor Chords
A neat little trick I have discovered for linking minor chords together. simply walking up or down 3 half steps to find the next chord. Do note however, the further you move from the root, the more the key changes.
New Membership Area
I will be shortly launching a new Membership Area. This will be a monthly paid subscription section with contents constantly being updated. It will feature Chord Progressions, Learning Videos, Backing Video, Track kits, Chord PADs and many more. This will be all new fresh content. I will update you again with the costs once I …
MAX for Live Chords
I have had Ableton Live and (MAX for Live) for some time now but never considered creating my own applications with it. MAX for LIVE is a very powerful audio creation tool. Devices can be created with no coding required. The MAX Chord Machine I have decided to create a new chords machine based on …
Keys and Guitar Jam
I hardly every touch the guitar these days. I know a handful of chords but not really enough to play properly. I other day I picked up the guitar, the first time in around a year. Randomly playing, I found two simple chords Amaj7 and Dmin7. Quite a different vibe when playing on the guitar …
Chords System – Bass
Just to explain a little more about the “Red” bass notes. Normally you would play the bass with the root key. E.g. the chord Cmaj, would have the bass at the Key “C”. However, in order to add some more depth to a chord progression you can use other keys in the scale e.g. the …
A New Chord System
I am creating a new never seen before, chord progression building system. What makes this method useful is how it encourages you the bend the rules a little. Sticking to standard theory will always limit your creations, however trying to experiment with chords from difference scales can be rather difficult. Do make sure you are …
Easy Neo Soul Chords
Allow me to explain this chord progression in more detail. This starts with the chord Ebmaj7, then straight away goes into some non-diatonic chords. These are Abmin9, Dbmin7, Gbmaj7. This works because even though Ebmaj and Abmin are in different keys they share many of the same notes. Abmin, Dbmin and Gbmaj are also not …
Using the Akai APC 40
The Akai APC 40 is not exactly new however I have had my eye on it for some time since I use Ableton Live. I also intend to use it for live performances. I have been playing around with TouchAble on the tablet which is fine at home, however since I use an Android Tablet, …
R&B Beat using kids Casio
Just an explanation about what’s going on in the YouTube video. The keyboard is a CASIO LK-121 which I bought for my daughter a few years ago. It cost around $200 at the time, however I am obviously not using the sounds from there. The volume is turned all the way down to zero. The …
More Touchable sessions
I love using Touchable so much I have been recording more and more sessions. I noticed that Androids can only connect via WiFi and not USB unlike the iPad. Having a wireless connection in a live performance didn’t seem like a safe option so I considered buying an iPad. However I managed to setup my …