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Ok, lots of happenings in the FunkGroovoSphere these days. Two separate people (that I know of) have managed to pull off decent videos of themselves playing the first funk groove:

aerospacepat pulls off a pretty good attempt, and holds the honor of being first to post a response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aujX6X7Hoto
alexserbia89 grooves it with the drums on his keyboard. […]

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(plus downloadable audio from “How to Play a Funk Groove, I”)
I’ve been trying. Really trying.
Honest.
I’ve gotten my second funk groove all written, and I can actually play it(!) but with summer vacations and busy work schedules, I haven’t found the time to get the video for it put together yet. So lets spin this into […]

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Just a minor update while I continue to try and find time to finish up my in-progress piano series, “How to Play a Funk Groove, II.”
A number of people have requested transpositions of the 30 must-have blues licks into other keys. Thanks to software, this is very easy! You can now get PDF files […]

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I’ve got another free video series for you. This time — it’s over to the blues for 30 must-have blues piano licks.

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While shooting some video at a local park, I was disappointed with the quality of the onboard microphone’s audio. I remembered stumbling across a web site describing a way to make a pair of binaural mics using an Altoids box. So… I decided to try and make something for myself.

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Back in November, 2007 I posted my video series on How to Play a Funk Groove on the Piano. A number of people have contacted me hoping for written music for the techniques shown in the videos. Unfortunately, its not a direct transcription of the demo/solo at the end, its simply the notation used for […]

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Ah… the good old days.
In high school and college, I used to sit in front of my music gear for hours making little grooves just for fun. It would stretch on into the night and early morning, and it really wasn’t about wanting to be a rock star… it was about having a good time […]

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I’m happy to announce the launch of my alter-ego site, www.chilkari.com the new home of my electronic music. You can listen to some of my selected electronica and trance pieces there, and download the MP3s for playing on your iPod, or what-have-you. You can also head over to my channel on Odeo to subscribe to […]

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UPDATE: I’ve posted a downloadable PDF with the music for the techniques in this series. Head over to This Post to download it.
I’ve released a series of how-to videos on how to play a funk groove on the piano for expertvillage.com.
You can find links to all of the videos in the series, in order, on […]

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