Blog Posts in 2024

4 songs with Mark Black playing piano – if I’m going to teach you piano I have to be able to play piano. True? True. Classic rock (the AMAZING ...

Me performing one of the great neo-soul pieces, from 2006, ‘Crazy’ by Danger Mouse and Ceelo Green. This performance is from 2018, which sort of ...

When learning to play guitar many of us have to learn to solo as well as accompany the voice, including if we accompany our own voice!! So you need to ...

Learning to be a great or good vocalist requires we give other people the emotion and meaning of what we sing. Here’s me singing 3 great R&B songs – 2 ...

In this video I’m performing 2 soul pieces, a jazz standard, 1 classic rock, and one modern rock song. Back in music school one of my professors said ...

If you’re taking flute lessons from me, you need to know that I can actually play, right?! Here’s a jazz standard and an r&b/pop piece – 1 melody and ...

Here's one where I’m singing (or, in Mississippi/Alabama where I'm from, that would be 'sangin). You need to know your teacher can sing if you take ...

If I’m going to help you play sax dramatically better, you need to know that I can actually play, right?! Here are 4 different songs, with me playing ...

If I’m going to dramatically help you play and sing better, you need to know that I can actually sing and play well, right?! Here are 20 different ...