LA-based pianist and hip-hop producer Elijah Fox shows us a strategy he uses to create interesting and intricate rhythms on the piano, keeping the listener guessing while keeping the arpeggios flowing. soundfly.com/courses/elijah-f...
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A little rhythmic movement can go a long way when it comes to building flowing textures on the piano.
This is one of the foundations of Elijah Fox's unique, "Impressionist" style across all of his creative efforts from composing to improvising to producing, and detailed in full throughout his new course on Soundfly. For Elijah, a simple displacement of the rhythm patterns in a phrase can have an enormous effect on the end result, as the arpeggios take on a "pulling" feeling, exuding so much more emotion.
It's a simple trick yet it sounds so complex; it's creative and opens up new possibilities for your playing, your techniques, and your writing. And this is just one of many approaches to jazz and improvised playing that Elijah explores in his course on Impressionist Piano and Production.
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Watching Elijah Fox's Instagram feed, you're likely to see something new everyday. From silky R&B tracks and spacey synth jams to old-timey stride piano covers and soulful improvisations, Elijah's talent spans genres and styles, yet all of his music is imbued with a single unifying element: impressionism. For Elijah, that means striving to make every moment evoke powerful emotional reactions in his listener, and yet also remain open to pensive wandering. In his exclusive new course for Soundfly, Elijah Fox explores his singular approach to writing, improvising, and producing the “impressionistic” music which has hypnotized fans around the world, been championed by artist collaborators like Yussef Dayes, Tom Misch, and Kiefer, and become the foundation for Drake & 21 Savage's hit "Major Distribution."
Throughout the course, Elijah takes students through his process of composing, improvising, and producing this deeply touching music, as well his modular approach to practicing which ensures a constant flow of new ideas and patterns. Elijah also shares his philosophies and perspectives on modern harmony, orchestration, and beat making. Students will be challenged to up their skills on the piano and build new loops and tracks inspired by Elijah's guidance.
To the future students of his course, Elijah declares: "I've gained so much joy from playing the piano - and I hope to inspire you to find some of that as well."
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