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Welcome Joe Alterman – Jazz, Rock, Blues, Pop and Hip Hop Piano Instructor
IROCKU is pleased to welcome Joe Alterman to the IROCKU team. Joe graduated from NYU with a BA and Masters in Jazz Piano. He has since performed at many world renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note alongside jazz greats Houston Person, Les McCann, Dick Gregory, Ramsey Lewis, among others. Downbeat describes Joe's sound as “rooted in the blues, and with a touch reminiscent of the great pianists of the 1950s—Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans.” It is clear Joe hits all of the necessary points for Jazz critics and fans alike. Here's what some of the great jazz, rock and blues pianists have to say about Joe: "Joe Alterman is a breath of fresh air on the music scene. I love hearing him play! It’s happy music with tasty meat on the …
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What do the bands Parliament Funkadelic and Lynyrd Skynyrd have in common?
These two bands couldn’t be farther apart musically. P-Funk, famously known for being a musical hybrid of funk and psychedelic rock, and Lynyrd Skynyrd is the quintessential Southern rock band. Both bands, though, have a heritage of embracing rock’s top keyboard players. P-Funk’s founding keyboardist Bernie Worrell, was a prodigy and keyboard pioneer, pushing the boundaries of digital and synthesized sound. Billy Powell, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s roadie turned keyboardist, laid down some of rocks most recognizable piano leads with “Call Me the Breeze”, “Freebird”, and “Tuesdays Gone”. Crazy as it may seem, both bands have keyboard player Peter Keys in common. In 1996 Peter replaced Bernie Worrell in the P-Funk lineup. In 2009 he was selected to be Billy Powell's replacement in the Lynyrd …
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Welcome Eric “Scorch” Scortia – Piano Instructor
IROCKU is delighted to welcome Eric “Scorch” Scortia to our team of writers and instructors. Texas-based “Scorch” is a multi-keyboardist and bandleader who specializes in blues, rock, jazz, gospel and country. He has decades of touring, performance, and teaching experience and holds a degree from the University of North Texas School of Music. Early in his career, Scorch became friends with fellow keyboardist Chuck Leavell while they were on tour together, and is proud to join up with Chuck again on IROCKU. Purchase a Private Lesson with Scorch: Scorch has performed with numerous legendary musicians, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wynton Marsalis, Delbert McClinton, Bo Diddley, and many more. He has recorded on and produced numerous album projects and has four solo albums …
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Welcome Russell Jamie Johnson- Voice Instructor
IROCKU is delighted to welcome Russell Jamie Johnson to our team of writers and instructors. Russell Jamie Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, and actor based in New York City. Russell Johnson discovered his voice for the first time as a child. Soon after, Russell picked up the guitar quickly by watching his brother play. He grew up inspired by the songwriting of The Smiths and Bob Dylan. However, it was following the sudden death of his father in 2009 where Russell’s hobby transformed into a source of healing, freedom, and connection. His passion led him to Boston where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Songwriting and Voice Studies from Berklee College of Music in 2016. During his time there, he performed and worked with music industry luminaries Chuck Leavell, (Allman …
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Piano Webinar with Chuck Leavell
Pre-register for a live webinar with Chuck. In this webinar Chuck will share ideas on how he approaches improvising over blues arrangements. The webinar is focused on intermediate and advanced players but all levels are welcome. We are not requiring payment at this time. This is to reserve your spot. Pricing for the webinar will be based on the number of people who pre-register. We will follow up with you on price, date and time. Let us know if you'd like to pre-register: Pre-Register Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! …
PJ Fossum- Jazz, blues, rock, R&B, and indie rock pianist & instructor
IROCKU is delighted to welcome PJ Fossum to our team of writers and instructors.Paul Jacob (PJ) Fossum is a New York-based pianist, keyboardist and synthesist. While his music is focused often in a jazz and improvised music context, his influences encompass a wide scope from bebop to classical to indie rock to electronica. He performs in New York City with synth band BXTR as well as his jazz quintet.Growing up in Canada, PJ started piano when he three years old. He studied classical music for 15 years, he decided to redirect and shift focus in his musical pursuits. In his early 20s he immersed himself in a formal jazz education, while the path of his informal education was significantly more diverse, side-manning in projects of Jazz, Neo-Classical, Blues, Neo-Soul, R&B and Indie Rock. …
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Last Chance Before Christmas – 30% Off
Holiday Special 2019- 30% Off All Annual Memberships and Annual Membership Gift Certificates Holiday Special 30% Off Use coupon code: Holidays2019 Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Coupon is valid December 12-December 24,2019 …
Black Friday Special – 35% Off
Black Friday Special- 35% Off All Annual Memberships and Annual Membership Gift Certificates Black Friday 35% Off Use coupon code: BlackFriday2019 Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Coupon is valid November 28-December 1, 2019 …
Calling all Music Teachers – Online Music Lessons
IROCKU is extending our online music lessons to include rock, jazz, pop and blues instruction for piano, guitar, bass, drums, voice, and sax. If you are a music teacher or if you know of a music teacher who is interested in connecting with new students via Chuck Leavell’s website, www.irocku.com, for online music lessons please let us know. Please fill out our music teacher registration form or send us an email to onlinelessons@irocku.com. For our live online lessons, we encourage teachers to follow a methodology that works best for them. We don’t require teachers to follow our irocku methodology for the live online music lessons. Teachers can choose to use lesson content of their own or the irocku lesson content. We prefer that instructors teach in a manner that is best suited for …
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