http://hmpi.net/blog Serving Gospel Musicians All Over The World Sat, 09 May 2009 14:09:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By popular demand we have created a new package deal that includes both Neo Soul And Jazz DVD Courses. You will receive the Neo Soul And Jazz Approach classic DVD and the new Neo Soul And Jazz Extreme DVD course. This package deal is only $27.00. We will only offer ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2009/05/09/new-neo-soul-and-jazz-approach-package-deal/ $14.95 BUY NOW Hi, we will be making a lot of  changes to the HMPI website. We will be adding a lot of cool new features. One in particular is a section where you can view free video lessons. We will be taking down the song tutorials section ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2009/05/04/song-tutorial-deluxe-disc-song-tutorials-being-discontinued/ I wanted to share a tip with you that I believe really works. I call it the Big Fish principle.  Who we are, what we know, and what we can do musically is a result of our environment, experience, and practice. It is very important to be around the right things and ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2009/04/17/abstract-tips-for-improving/ A question or problem that many gospel keyboardist have is knowing what to do with the left hand. This is my view on the issue. On both hands you have five fingers. Technically anything you can do with your right hand you should be able to do with your left ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2009/04/10/that-pesky-left-hand/ One thing that holds true for many gospel songs or for any genre of music for that matter, is that there are certain patterns that you hear often. What I mean is that harmonically songs are similar or the chord progressions are similar from song to song.   Let me give you an example.  Lets ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2009/02/06/the-power-of-patterns/ You are probably wondering how can success be an enemy. It is possible for success to be an enemy. Before I tell you how lets talk about what success is. I believe that success is not measured by how much money you have or what kind of car you ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2008/12/15/the-enemy-of-success/ Have you ever sat down to practice and didn't know what to really work on? Have you ever felt like you were not accomplishing much in your practice time. We probably have all felt like this at some point in time. Let me share some things with you that has helped me ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2008/10/29/practice-tips-that-work/ We now have available one of the sections from the DVD Learn A Neo Soul and Jazz Approach. We have made the section on Tritones available for instant download with screen capture. You will learn what the Tritone is, how it is used, and some easy but effective ways ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2008/10/16/new-how-to-apply-the-tritone-video/ The sound that we consider to be contemporary gospel is made up of many chords that have tritones in them. A Tritone is theoretically an augmented 4th or a deminished 5th.  For example if you where playing the C major scale the notes would be CDEFGABC C is the first note and ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2008/10/03/tritone-tips/ One of the easiest ways to learn new songs that I know is by reading the chord symbols. By chord symbols I mean symbols like Cmaj7, D7, Ebmin, F#min7 etc. Many musicians get turned off when they see these kind of symbols if they don't understand them. Playing chord symbols is a ... http://hmpi.net/blog/2008/09/29/an-easy-way-to-learn-songs-by-popular-demand/