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2 Minute Piano Lessons – “The CHORD [part 2]“
…and now part 2 of “The Chord” from our continuing 2 Minute Piano Lessons. This week you will add the Am7 & G Power Chords giving you the 4 most common chords you find within pop music. If you missed last week’s lesson, then you will want to go back to pick up [...]
2 Minute Piano Lessons – “The CHORD” [part 1]
I can’t tell you how IMPOSSIBLE it has been to get this video posted for you, BUT… it’s finally up & I think you will really enjoy this lesson! The goal of this video is to teach you the basics of playing a POWER CHORD (which I’m calling The Chord). Power chords are normally reserved [...]
friday questions
First, I just wanted to THANK YOU for your great response to the first 2 Minute Piano Lesson Video last week!! I really appreciate you watching it, texting, facebook-ing, tweeting, & emailing me questions about it. Even the video (that one of you sent me) to prove that you could do it was GREAT! So, I’m [...]
2 Minute Piano Lessons – “The Super Riff”
Tuesdays are generally when people release new media, so today I want to release something new for you. I’m starting a brand new series of videos, just for you, called “2 Minute Piano Lessons” (or in this case 2:01…man, that’s killing the perfectionist in me…ahhh!). Anyways, the lessons are right around 2 minutes long. So [...]
deadline
“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.” – Frank Zappa Just a quick reminder to all my songwriters out there that the deadline for your songs to be turned in is this Friday, November 18th by 6 PM (CST). There’s [...]
what I missed last week…
…was giving you a good explanation of the songwriting contest. It hit me somewhere in between my Thursday night StageIt concert, the Friday night concert with findingBethel, and this recap blog post that I had not done an adequate job of giving you the FULL details of this songwriting contest I am hosting. So, I would like to start again. This [...]
what you missed last night…
We had a great time last night – banjos, clapping, singing, drumming…PLUS 4 exciting surprises for you! But before I tell you about the surprises, I first want to express my gratitude to everyone who was able to log in and hang out with me last night – THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Now onto [...]
daniel john concert – [10.27.11]
I have a new ONLINE concert posted to StageIt.com, and this time there’s something completely new… (well, there are actually quite a few surprises, but I’m saving those **announcements** for the concert) I’ve set up a NEW facebook page here – facebook.com/DanielJohnMusic – where you can watch the entire concert through StageIt’s “Live Streaming Show” [...]
I Am Mike Wazowski!
Last night I performed my first solo concert online! It was a quick test-run of a concert weighing in at 15 minutes and few extra for an encore. I had an amazing time and hope you did too. After the concert this exchange between Mike and Sulley, from Monsters, Inc., came to mind: Much like [...]
concert in 3 days!
I’ve been practicing – are you coming? Here’s a link on how to purchase a $1 ticket to the show. And here’s a link to my show. See you Thursday Night @ 7:00PM (CST)!