Random Songs I Like Week #14! Ooh baby baby is a sexy Motown classic by the exquisite Smokey Robinson. He first recorded this song in 1965 with his legendary group The Miracles. It has been a huge hit ever since. Want to check out a tutorial I did on another Smokey Robinson classic? Click …
Performance
Shower the People Piano Cover
For Random Songs I Like Week #13, I will be singing and playing Shower the People by James Taylor. This song was featured on the 1976 album In the Pocket, This album features a ton of heavyweights, including Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt. This version only features …
The Glory of Love Cover
The Glory of Love is a wonderful old standard from 1936 that was originally recorded by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. I first heard this song in the movie Beaches, starring Bette Midler. It captured my imagination way back then and I have since performed it hundreds of times. I decided to do a cover …
Lucky Now Piano Cover
Lucky Now is one of my favorite songs of all time and it was high time that I do an impromptu piano cover of it. I first heard about Ryan Adams through his amazing Alt-Country band Whiskeytown (I have listened to Faithless Street at least a million times) and got excited about his solo work …
Photograph Jobim Piano Cover
Photograph is a gorgeous Bossa Nova by Brazilian master composer Antonio Carlos Jobim with English lyrics by Ray Gilbert. For this series, I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre. The only criteria is that I need to like it! Want to check out some more piano …
Sight Read Better…FAST!
In all of my years of teaching, one issue comes up over and over again. Namely, the fundamental issue that prevents people from being able to sight read effectively. Well, we’re going to tackle that issue. Big time. Today I’m going to show you how to sight read better – fast! My sight reading pet …