NEW SM STATION DIGITAL SINGLE: ONEW FEAT LEE JIN-AH "STARRY NIGHTS"
Sun, 08/14/2016 - 8:46am
Hey all,
When I was in Korea in April, I had the opportunity to write with a young and amazing talent named Lee Jin-Ah. She's a singer and song writer who became popular after her succesful participation in KPOP STAR which is like the Korean version of American Idol. Jin-Ah has a jazz background and she both sings and plays piano at a very high level.
The song we wrote together with Simon Petren called "Starry Nights" is now released as a digital single by SM Entertainment's digital channel "Station". I'm very proud of this song and happy to see Jin-Ah performing it together with Onew, from the very popular boyband SHINee.
I think u guys will enjoy this one, I also played a little guitar solo in the middle of the song :) The animated video is also very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVQ7YJRehM
Regards Andreas
Spotlight on Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Fri, 08/05/2016 - 9:54am
Most people think of jazz as a quintessentially American genre of music. Within the jazz world, though, gypsy jazz sits as an important piece of the picture that can be traced to gypsy musicians in Western Europe. Its style builds around the gypsy jazz guitar and violin, and through its stages of development has retained a melodic, flowing style, and a focus on gypsy jazz guitar as both the lead instrument and the rhythmic engine. And while many musical styles come from several pioneers, gypsy jazz guitar indisputably comes through one specific source.
Emergence of Django Reinhardt
Olympic Song for EXILE (Japan)
Tue, 07/26/2016 - 7:34am
Hey all,
I'm just back from a lil vacation on the island Mallorca, Spain. Hoping everybody had a nice summer so far! The Rio Olympics 2016 is about to get started soon and I'm happy to have contributed with a new song.
Joy-Ride with the legendary Japanese group EXILE is selected as the Official Theme song for Fuji TV in Japan during the olympics. The single is released physically amd digitally on Aug 17th but the MV preview is
already out. The song was written by me, The Euroz & Ninos Hanna and I also play some guitars, keys and synth bass on it. It's an uptempo melodic dance song and the crazy dance skills of some of the EXILE-members
are being showcased in the video. The Japanese lyrics are written by the very famous EXILE lead singer Atsushi. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGil3-FGSVw
Regards Andreas
Introduction to Jazz Guitar Chords
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 2:24pm
"That sound! Those chords! How can I play guitar like that?"
If you enjoy hearing great jazz guitar players like George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass - you may have wondered what exactly are they doing to get that sound? No matter what your experiene is with playing guitar, you probably know that mastering jazz guitar will take some time and effort. So how do you get started? One way to begin is learning the basic jazz guitar chords.
Jazz Guitar Chord Theory
Playing jazz guitar uses more complicated chords than pop, country or rock. Most of the chords in other music genres are made of just 3 notes, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th. For example, in the key of A, the chords are A, C#, and E. Jazz guitar adds a 7th so that you have a Major 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th.
This can become complicated on the guitar, and so we created a number system which teaches you to create triads of chords. In our online Jazz Guitar lessons, you can learn how to adjust your playing to take advantage of going across the neck rather than down to get the note.
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