Princess Pilime from the UK asks for some advice on warring musicians:
“Do you by any chance have tips on how to understand each other with the instrumentalists, at the moment we have a problem where the instrumentalists refuse or argue that they do not want to change to a key that suits the choir, they [...]
Its lovely when there is space for the keys player to work in some riffs, fills, passing notes and the like, but if you have lots of other musicians and vocalists all trilling and frilling its going to be a lot better if you refrain from adding to the “extras” mix and instead look to [...]
As a keyboard player do you ever feel frustrated that you don’t really venture beyond standard piano and pad sounds on your instrument?
Our new Advanced Keyboard DVDs will guide you step-by-step to unlocking more creative potential in your playing. Taking 10 popular worship songs, Tim Martin unpacks all the keyboard parts from a professional recording [...]
Rule of 1
A one piece band plays all the music. In a five piece band each member should play a 5th of the music. A temptation for keyboardists, particularly if you have come from a classical background is to overplay and step across other peoples parts.
Play just with right hand
If you struggle with overplaying one option is [...]
Mark Ecclestone from Canada asks:
“Can you please recommend any websites/teaching resources on learning how to develop musical improvisation and arranging skills (like on how to play a piece of music for piano building around playing arpeggios with passing notes) that are easy to understand for piano playing? A lot of the material out there is [...]
