Check out the below video for another chord borrowing tutorial. This time we using two 7th chords in the same progression The post Borrowing chords part II appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

Have you every tried to compose R&B music but you feel you are not getting the right sound? This is porbably because you are paying too much attention to standard music theory and trying to use chords that belong in a certain scale. Let’s take the C major scale for example, on the piano it … Learn how to use borrowed chords for R&B Read More » The post Learn how to use borrowed chords for R&B appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

Firstly maske sure that the pluggins are in the correct location Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/ Then as per the video, make sure that “Use VST2 Plug-in system folders” is ON The post SC2 on Ableton Mac appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

Check out the home page for downloads of similar chord progressions in both WAV and MIDI The post That funky Bass Jam appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

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I remember playing solos by simply learning the scales and randomly shredding. Although this may look and sound impressive to many, I don’t really think that it is too musical. This type of soloing is very common with guitarists since they can hold the fret positions in a key and quickly shred notes, escpecially on … The best way to play solos Read More » The post The best way to play solos appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

I am late posting this but we had a live event in Ginza on July 17th and it was a great turnout. We did 11 songs in total and one included a guest singer. My setup was my Nord Keybaord, Komplete Kontrol S49 MIDI controller, Steinberg Audio interface, AKAI APC40MK2 and a Laptop. The sound … July 17th Live event in Gizna, Tokyo Read More » The post July 17th Live event in Gizna, Tokyo appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

I will be playing live in Ginza Tokyo on July 17th as a member of the group Mellow Tonin’. Mellow Tonin’ consists of myself on the keys and beats. Also a rapper from L.A. by the name of Geno. We have both been living in Japan for a long time and have done various music … Live Show – July 17th Tokyo Read More » The post Live Show – July 17th Tokyo appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

As mentioned previously, I am working on a pack of easy to follow 60 second R&B / Neo Soul tutorial videos. These will hopefully be released sometime in June so do check back for updates. Also see below for the first sample video This is explaining how the 2-5-1 chord progression works. This is one … 60 sec Tutorials Preview Read More » The post 60 sec Tutorials Preview appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more

I normally use my hardware for playing the keys, I use a Nord Electro 5D. However, for a change of sound I often like to use a VST. My favourite is definitely the Velvet 2 VST by AIR Music Technology. For such a cheap price it has five electric pianos each with seventy awesome presets. … Best Rhodes R&B VST Read More » The post Best Rhodes R&B VST appeared first on Soulful-keys ..read more