Phat Chords

Learn how to make ordinary chords sound super fat using these techniques. I will break down some of my favorite chords and show you how I “fatten up” my chord harmony using certain tensions and intervals.

I’ll teach you how to build chords from scales and how to break them up into funk grooves. You’ll also learn about my “mini” clusters and how to apply them to your playing. I’m also going to show you many bassline ideas that will get your left-hand sounding super hip!

The DVD includes the sheet music, audio examples and MIDI file on the disc. Simply put it into your computer’s DVD drive to print the music and watch the DVD, or your TV’s DVD player to watch on your TV.

$39.95

$39.95

Funk Master Class

In this two DVD set, I teamed up with my good friend and outstanding bass player, Thomas Brinkley. Thomas and I have played together for years and have done several tours together. Learn from our experience playing both together and with other groups. We will teach you some of the “tricks from the road” that we have learned over the years.

You’ll learn how to find the “holes” to fill. I’ll show you what to fill in those holes. We’ll talk about leaving space, backing up others, the “one drop”, some slick chord progressions, soloing concepts, staying in the pocket and much more!

In the second DVD, Thomas and I let loose and play around with the groove. You’ll see in real time how we put together a groove, solo over it and interact with one another.

If you’re serious about learning funk styles, you’ll want to check out this Master Class DVD.

$49.95

$49.95

Funkadiddles

Just like drummers use paradiddles to improve their technique and dexterity, as pianists we can incorporate these same techniques into our playing. On this DVD, I’ll show you how to build independence while learning grooves using what I call “Funkadiddles”. This is a concept that I have utilized in my live playing to create enormous “pop” to the groove.

I’ll teach you step-by-step how to play each of these different funkadiddles. These grooves are easy to master and together with the 15 Funk Grooves lesson, will give you countless clavinet, organ, electric piano or acoustic piano groove options.

$39.95

$39.95

15 Funk Grooves

Learn 15 Funk grooves that you can apply in many situations. I’ll teach you the grooves step-by-step, note-by-note. The “virtual keyboard” makes it easy to see exactly which notes I am playing. I’m going to show you:

• My 16th-note grooves that sound like Herbie or Stevie
• How to add “double-stops” to the 16th-note principle
• How to apply 4ths to the 16th-note groove with a hemiola pattern
• 16th-note triplet grooves
• Adding thirds to the groove to make it “beefier”
• Adding chord structures to the groove
• Couplings - an innovative way to create literally thousands of grooves
• Tri-tone resolution grooves in Major and minor
• How to combine two or more grooves to make longer phrases

$39.95

$39.95