For those who don't know, this is literally one of THE best funk pianists in recent history. Go listen to the Jamiroquai albums since he joined in 2002. Absorb everything you can from this man right here.
Yes! Matt is sooo good at what he does. He also co-produced 100% of the last Jamiroquai album. And his new track "Interstellar love"is quite cool too - ua-cam.com/video/NENaQvRIEs0/v-deo.html
When building-up EDM songs (house, deep, prog, etc) it's always of a huge impact to enhance chords as a tension moment. This guy in 10 minutes just taught everyone new 3 years of music theory. Hahaha. Amazing.
I have learned most of these ideas on my own over the past 10 years (only a hobbyist, but my undergrad is in music prod), but I would have LOVED to have had someone share them with me with the level of charisma and knowledge that you naturally bring, Mr. Matt Johnson. My wife is a huge Jamiroquai fan, and I am thinking that I should be as well. In fact, as I ended up going in a different direction (I am now an English prof at a university here in Nashville), so I want to commend you on your incredibly effective teaching methods. You are a natural teacher. Lots of people may know these musical concepts, but very few people can communicatee them as compellingly as you do.
funny when Matt was talking about the trick when you switch the minor chord to a major I immediately started singing "with all my heart, I love you baby" and voila!! Love the video!
I love those cases where you find something a bit bland but you can tell there's something there, then you break up the chords into just the right rhythms and intervals, add some passing note movements within those chords, and it just flows perfectly. A really fun exercise is to come up with SUPER dense chords, maybe you have 4x 5 note chords and together they cover ALL the notes, it probably sounds very out there, but try to play the notes individually, balance the intervallic and rhythmic movements by hinting at things other than chromatics, and there's probably a groove there where every note is just right.
Thanks for this it was great! usually, music theory is taught in a way more classical and boring way. And this man make it seem so easy, jealous of his piano skills now
Love your channel you really show so much on how to get better I'm new to piano I'm a drummer for over 30 years you explain and show things where it makes sense thank you so much👍
Good video, great content. Only thing I’d say is it’s pretty difficult to see the notes you’re playing due to the color grading you do the keyboard, the black and white, and blue make it hard to follow the chords. May I suggest using an interface with higher contrast, or articulating the chords you play verbally?
I wanna learn those chords from this video every single one was so amazing and beautiful is it possible to get a chord sheet of the melodies that were played in the video?
in one of your recent videos, you acknowledged Mike Lindup's Living it up intro groove. Nice to see such respect between the most talented players. If I were capable, I would do the same for Steve Winwood and of course, Bob James. Still working on it
Great to connect a face for all the knowledge I’ve intuitively learned from listening to Jamiroquai! Too young to die got me a long way into music theory, thanks a lot!🔥🔥
Thank you for putting the on screen keyboard. I'm bad at hearing what key something is in when trying to learn something new. Seeing what keys you're hitting helps immensely 👍
You basically said, like, all the most important things (minus the lyrics) about songwriting in about 10 minutes. These should be in a poster on the wall of my studio.
Hi lovely lesson as usual just did you know Synthésia ? It's better for to show the keyboard (in free mode you can se all the notes you play on the keyboard and on the falling area try it really good for lessons ;)
It’s called the circle of fifths (or circle of fives/Vs) because each chord is the V7/dominant of the next in the sequence. You get through all 12 chords and the. It repeats.
quick note for the editor: for the sneaky 5ths, the 5th is the amin that comes before the gmin, not the 2nd chord, which is just a differently voiced dmin (the root)
If you loved this, you'll also like Matt's video on Neo Soul Chords - ua-cam.com/video/joXTOHPAhd8/v-deo.html
Is there a link to the entire stream? So great!
@@elementlab41 I interviewed Matt, this is not available anywhere else
@@SolStateMusic Gotcha! Well, thanks for sharing!
This was awesome!
His whole channel is gold. Your whole channel is gold.
You sir are gold.
the biggest producer flex is using a prophet as a midi keyboard
haha - is it still a flex when he has a Jupiter 8 (25K) and Moog 1 (7k)?
@@SolStateMusic 🤣
@@SolStateMusic i think for simple vst folk like myself, yes. yes it is.
haha I know it wasn't a flex but I also noticed that😄
Those plastic key thud noises ...
For those who don't know, this is literally one of THE best funk pianists in recent history. Go listen to the Jamiroquai albums since he joined in 2002. Absorb everything you can from this man right here.
Yes! Matt is sooo good at what he does. He also co-produced 100% of the last Jamiroquai album. And his new track "Interstellar love"is quite cool too - ua-cam.com/video/NENaQvRIEs0/v-deo.html
@@SolStateMusic I'll check it out!
I loved Jamiroquai. This is indeed pure gold . . .love the harmonic breakdown of the music . . .
When building-up EDM songs (house, deep, prog, etc) it's always of a huge impact to enhance chords as a tension moment. This guy in 10 minutes just taught everyone new 3 years of music theory. Hahaha. Amazing.
Not to mention that he's a physical-mashup of 80's William Sabka and Simon Le Bon.
Everything Matt is playing sound like instant Jamiroquai! You really know where the root for the sound of that band lies (yes and in the bass...)
Matt did co-produce the entire last album! But I've heard Jay from Jamiroquai has some good chord ideas too.
I have learned most of these ideas on my own over the past 10 years (only a hobbyist, but my undergrad is in music prod), but I would have LOVED to have had someone share them with me with the level of charisma and knowledge that you naturally bring, Mr. Matt Johnson. My wife is a huge Jamiroquai fan, and I am thinking that I should be as well. In fact, as I ended up going in a different direction (I am now an English prof at a university here in Nashville), so I want to commend you on your incredibly effective teaching methods. You are a natural teacher. Lots of people may know these musical concepts, but very few people can communicatee them as compellingly as you do.
I ain't even get into the tutorial but once I heard "pianist from Jamiroquai" I was SOLD
love the prophet midi controller flex
hahah casually using a prophet
Just his casual living-room Prophet :)
getting dangerously close to 100k there, very happy for you
Thanks! Appreciate your support :)
Matt is an absolute legend.
Final Fantasy Tactics Black Mage pfp ayyy
Bruh I've been watching videos and at random people using FFT music and been taken for a ride 😭😭
@@Buenosaurus-Rex hahaha love it. The music is just unreal.
Yup! He's been playing piano with style longer than most of us have been alive.
Finally, not too much talking or explaining, just showing chords, modulations etc. that sound good. Props and a big thanks to you🙂
I really appreciate the generosity of spirit that it takes to make videos like this - thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Sol State you're on fire, thank you so much for your hard work
Thanks man!
Loved this! Super insightful
Thanks Jay! Hope your music is going well :)
This was so helpful..Thank you for putting this together for the community!
What a charming and knowledgeable teacher, one of the best chord videos I've seen
Wow, thank you! Tell a friend
@@SolStateMusic already did!
Agreed
Great stuff! Matt is so talented, and such a friendly guy - a rare combination in the music world
Thanks, true that!
I'm like that to
You have the best music production education channel on Earth
Honored, thanks! Do me a favor and tell a friend!
funny when Matt was talking about the trick when you switch the minor chord to a major I immediately started singing "with all my heart, I love you baby" and voila!! Love the video!
I love those cases where you find something a bit bland but you can tell there's something there, then you break up the chords into just the right rhythms and intervals, add some passing note movements within those chords, and it just flows perfectly. A really fun exercise is to come up with SUPER dense chords, maybe you have 4x 5 note chords and together they cover ALL the notes, it probably sounds very out there, but try to play the notes individually, balance the intervallic and rhythmic movements by hinting at things other than chromatics, and there's probably a groove there where every note is just right.
I 👏 love 👏this 👏channel 👏 thank you so much for posting the stuff you stumble on. It's all _SO_ helpful
The left hand! I love the way he plays bass lines!
Matt you can't make enough of these... SOOOOO GOOOD and really helping out the community to bring more sweet music to the world :)))))
A word of advice good Sir. You should use Chordie for your key illustrations at the bottom 🤝
one of the best videos i've seen in... well, forever.
Wow thank you! Share it?
True sauce right here! Thank you so much for these gems. Instant sub 💯
Just subscribed. Learned a lot in this one video. Can't wait to absorb the rest. Great knowledge given away for free. Love it.
Thanks for this it was great! usually, music theory is taught in a way more classical and boring way. And this man make it seem so easy, jealous of his piano skills now
To be fair, I think he's been playing piano for like 40 years...
@@SolStateMusic ah yeah makes sense
Love your channel you really show so much on how to get better I'm new to piano I'm a drummer for over 30 years you explain and show things where it makes sense thank you so much👍
Matt has one of the best channels on youtube for musicians.
This was so insightful! Can't wait to try these strategies.
I absolutely love switching minor for major and vice versa. Like in Faith No More's Stripsearch - a brilliant and underrated idea!
all your videos have been so inspiring man, keep up the amazing work
Amazing grand piano tone on the Prophet. 👍
How lucky are we that such a legend makes UA-cam tutorials?
Good video, great content. Only thing I’d say is it’s pretty difficult to see the notes you’re playing due to the color grading you do the keyboard, the black and white, and blue make it hard to follow the chords. May I suggest using an interface with higher contrast, or articulating the chords you play verbally?
I wanna learn those chords from this video every single one was so amazing and beautiful is it possible to get a chord sheet of the melodies that were played in the video?
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Same to you!
Matt's the piano teacher we all wish we'd had instead.
Thank you for breaking through that 'writer's block' ! :):)
Matt Thanks so much for these great tips.
"Sweet Love" at 3:30 ... Love that chord progression
I recognized it right away. Sweet love m-beat. I love that beautiful vocal
@@AATRAXX m beat? Haha Anita baker
This has to be one of the best videos ever made!
Golden video. Pure gold.
Wow - in awe of your awesome talent!
Sounds great. Thank you.
Nice! This is information is solid gold man 👌
Matt’s so great. Love his generosity with his wisdom and vast experience. 🤙🏼
Legendary teacher!
Thx Matt, some great tips to try out!
in one of your recent videos, you acknowledged Mike Lindup's Living it up intro groove. Nice to see such respect between the most talented players. If I were capable, I would do the same for Steve Winwood and of course, Bob James. Still working on it
Thanks so much, really clear and easy to follow
Great to connect a face for all the knowledge I’ve intuitively learned from listening to Jamiroquai! Too young to die got me a long way into music theory, thanks a lot!🔥🔥
This is amazing 😳 thank you so much 💫
You're welcome 😊
Straordinario. Grazie per i tuoi consigli Matt ! Eccitanti accordi ed atmosfere ...
Amazing video, thanks a lot for bringing us this video with Matt
Thanks Matt. Sometimes I just jam along to a loop then take out the loop.
this is brilliant. thank u for turning me on to his channel. jamiroquai from the source. aaah
Thank you for putting the on screen keyboard. I'm bad at hearing what key something is in when trying to learn something new. Seeing what keys you're hitting helps immensely 👍
Thanks for the feedback!
Love this channel
This is awesome!!!!!
Really helpful thank you.
I subscribeth to thy channel for thy hath giveth thy information towards myself. I thank thy kind sir.
I shall thank you, see you at thy round table
matt is crazy talented !!!
🤓👍🏾. When I started to hear Anita Baker coming in and I felt like I was in a name that song game.
Thanks for the vids.
Wow this channel was a great find! I’ve been watching Matt’s channel for about 2 years he makes great content, good video 👍🏾
Ah man this is so damn Good! Gotta love Matt! You’re absolutely killing it with these vids Sol!
Inspiring as always..Thank you Matt 😎👍
Thank you! Such a great video and channel!!
This is GOLD
Legend 🙌🏼🥋
It's "grite"! lmfao But seriously: I love it for real! :-) Really great - and hi from Oregon.
thank you sol state and matt
💯💯
Amazing content! Love seeing new people on your channel I didn't know do content! I love Jamiroquai so I'm really excited to learn about Matt!
JKay's Automaton keys are sooo sooo spicy and accurate and at place and harmonies and tightness, gosh I'm a fan of this guy
Brilliant musician and teacher is Matt!
dude i love the chords u play
I wish i could identify chords by ear, but i can’t. At least i understand what he’s talking about.
Such a great segment! Thank you!!
great tips, thanks 😉👍
Love it thanks bro
You basically said, like, all the most important things (minus the lyrics) about songwriting in about 10 minutes. These should be in a poster on the wall of my studio.
this is incredibly useful
Rhythm in chords/movements is key also draws out emotions sometimes
Hola me gustan tus vídeos, Por favor una lección de piano cocktail easy for beginner.
Putting a fifth in gives me instant Disco vibes 4:55
Awesome!!
Lovely demonstration and discussion 🌐
really cool y'all collabed on this, took me a sec to realize that ahhaa
Hi lovely lesson as usual just did you know Synthésia ? It's better for to show the keyboard (in free mode you can se all the notes you play on the keyboard and on the falling area try it really good for lessons ;)
It’s called the circle of fifths (or circle of fives/Vs) because each chord is the V7/dominant of the next in the sequence. You get through all 12 chords and the. It repeats.
And I thought all geniuses were mad!!!! 🤩
Wonderful clip; I’m re-inspired.
Excellent 👍 I like that Matt explains stuff so you don't have to have his skills to put them into practice.
Such a brilliantly simple way of explaining things. Thank you Matt, you always make it seem possible to get better. : )
Thanx Matt!! Spicing up also occurs by adding 9/11/13, like you do. That’s often my way to make songs more interesting.
quick note for the editor: for the sneaky 5ths, the 5th is the amin that comes before the gmin, not the 2nd chord, which is just a differently voiced dmin (the root)
Great vid. I wish I could see the keys better
Great stuff