Matt....... you will never know how many people on this planet will become keyboard players due to these videos...... you are simply a positive vibe to mankind.....thanks !

I played classical piano for 13 years and while it was fun and challenging learning different pieces, it ended up feeling like homework. I stopped playing for 2 or so years and only started again after watching some of your funk keys tutorials and wanted to try out all those licks and techniques. You've made me fall in love with playing piano again I'm so much more of a confident and flexible player now. Seriously cant thank you enough for this content, you're actually a legend.

I see matt johnson. I clicked immediately.

These such amazing practical videos. I've been playing piano professionally for years in clubs, bars and hotels and this lesson should be given to any keyboard player needing clear and effective direction to play and make money in modern music. You are a great teacher and a generous musician. Thanks and blessings.

It took me years of frustration, effort and sometimes happy accidents to learn most of this. This stuff is gold. 👏

6 months into my piano / keyboard journey, this is both extremely inspiring and intimidating. Thank you for everything you do.

You're an absolute legend. I can't believe this is free. THANK YOU MATT!

It´s admirable, honorable and not a matter of course that a world-famous musician shares his experience with us! 🫂 Mr. Johnson

When I was 10, watching your music videos on MTV, I never thought that someday I could be learning from the person himself about music fundamentals.... Internet... it's mind blowing! :D

I keep hearing ‘The Groove’ by Rodney Franklin, takes me back to air piano on the dance floor……..love listening to you Matt, you’re such an inspiration

Dude! smiling from ear to ear. Rewatching over and over and over and learning tons. Thank you Matt. You're the G.O.A.T

This is GOLD, FRIED GOLD, folks. Liquid, molten and priceless knowledge. THANK GOD FOR KZfaq. And a big thank-you to Matt Johnson too :) Leg End.

Best thing you can do to support this guy is buy his album. It’s excellent for starters! Go to band camp. And like his videos.. what a dude. Love it Matt thanks.

best advice i have EVER heard, anywhere. nailed it. thanks.

This is utterly fantastic. The playing is top-notch, the sounds are great, and there's loads of ideas there for me to go and explore. I'm essentially a bass player that has been playing for 50 years, and who can play keyboards to an average standard. I'm so excited by this video, and I look forward to taking it apart. Many thanks to you for sharing such knowledge with me.

Went to find some help with my solos Found a channel by Matt Johnson🤯 dear God What a time to be alive

Wow! Just wow! Even as a complete beginner ( just bought a workstation for my 60th- after years on the tenor Sax) I find this inspiring. I can relate so much through my Sax journey. I totally agree on finding the tonal centre and playing in one key (rather than following the Chord changes). I found this totally inspiring. Enthusiasm doesn’t diminish as you get old. (Referring to my age and others like me). What a brilliant and natural teacher.

Matt you're already a guru on the keys and it's going to be so cool watching you climb and climb as a musical educator for thousands or millions of people!

"Doesn't matter, cos I'm me, he's him". Great advice, especially for someone starting out with solos..! Thanks 👏

This is a really helpful and entertaining tutorial. It feels like you're not trying to teach. More like a friend giving good advices, to further develop our own style. For me it's heartwarming. Thank you for sharing with us. 🙏

Thank you Mr. Johnson. Thanks from the deep of my heart. Andrea from Italy

25 years on stage I was cheating with the transpose-knob. Now, a few years after finish with the band, I learn and practice more and more. After all it's your fault! 😤 So thank you so much...🤝

Thanks Matty. I've stopped playing for about a year now. Fell out of love with my piano and music in general I think. This video has got me thinking that I need to get back playing again, So A Big Thank you! to you Matt. Really Many Thanks. By the way you really are a Super Player. All the Best.

@9:10 Chick Corea smiles down from heaven. Love your vids, Matt!

This is invaluable. Been in and out of playing. Done some composing, rock, blues, classical etc, but never gotten to the point where I can solo and elaborate. My dream to sit in a bar/restaurant and entertain people, and be able to do solos, without getting boring. And of course play with a band. There's this guy, Carli Muñoz, who played with lots of wellknown artists, Wilson Pickett, Association, George Benson - and my favorite band the Beach Boys. Now he mostly entertains people with jazz music etc in his bar in Puerto Rico. Wonderful! So thanks a lot for your videos! Awesome! Now I have some practising to do....😊😉👍👏🎵🎼🎹

absolutely love these mate. the knowledge you have as a professional musician is actually amazing and really makes your videos stand out on youtube compared with other youtube jazz tutorials etc.

Thanks for the video Matt. I love how you boiled the theory down into the essential things and also added a motivational part at the end.

Highest ratio of valuable information per minute EVER. Thank you so much!

Thanks Matt - learned more ini these 15 minutes than in hours of other course material - please keep up this great work. Your spark is very motivating!

Matt, all of your videos are so informative and, specifically, very enjoyable. Your content is top.

Thank you again for sharing both your knowledge and that subtle kindness in every video! Let it inspire the world.

You are not only an amazing player, but your advice is amazing and something that makes your lessons over the top.

Awesome video, Matt! I have been familiar with all concepts you talked about before going in this video, yet this ordered things in my head so well. Thanks, amazing teacher!

I really appreciate the way everything was explained. The entire video feels genuine, it helps immensely and doesn't feel overwhelming in terms of understanding. Thank you for another great video! 🤘🎹🎶

This was brilliant. Thanks! Very useful and inspiring. I've been playing keyboard for more than 40 years but always been rubbish on solos. This will help me develop.

This is awesome!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!

How many years I tried to follow Bill Sharpe's solos from Shakatak. You're up front in your face with the keyboard showing similar chord progressions and soloing around them is insane. Thanks so much! I usually follow you through your synth reviews, you should so more of these tutorials also!! Thanks!!! Cheers Mate!!

I love your videos. They are entertaining and exciting musically as well as amazingly informative and encouraging. It is so cool that you share this knowledge with us, and you do it in a way that makes a hack wannabe keyboard player like me feel like I could learn something. Thank you for being such a gentle and cool teacher.

Played music my whole life but just coming to keys, you are a huge part of that journey. Thank you for not only being a massive inspiration in this new journey but for the emotion you poured into the soundtracks of my past!

Thanks Matt for sharing. I love your videos. You not only educate but also inspire, and best of all make these skills seem attainable. Keep the videos coming.

Hey Matt, I;ve seen you in Israel during the Automaton tour and was just blown away,,,I've been a fan since the very first days of Jamiroquai...Today I'm a music instructor and I have one of the bands I'm coaching that plays only Jamiroquai stuff to the smallest details. Not only the big hits but also great sonf like Hey Floyd, Everyday and others. Your videos bring so much insight and shed so much light, not at all taken for granted all this knowledge and craftsmanship shared...Thank you so much for all of this!

All your videos are amazing Matt, they have helped me grow as a player the past two years. This video was what i needed right now! Your reminder to ease in and build excitement is a gold mine. Thank you!

This is such a useful video, delivered in a wonderfully simple and clear manner. So refreshing compared to so many other youtube videos. And what a player! I love your note choices, and you've got groove for days! Thank you for sharing your wisdom Matt!

One of the most inspirational videos I’ve watched recently. Thank you so much!

your videos are a real gem matt very grateful for your content greetings from Argentina

Love your sound - its 4 months since I last visited and the sound is just as fresh. Thankyou Matt

Genius sent to us simply through trial and error and long experience. I use these scales all the time, bu the idea of a centre had never really occurred to me. Thanks Matt - appreciate it 👌🤯

This is a nice and concise summary on who to build up a solo. Not only relevant for R&B, Funk and Soul. But also Jazz pianists can pick up on some of these ideas. Well done!

I've been listening to your music for a while now, but only this week I came across your KZfaq channel. I honestly just want to thank you for the content and the clarity of your approach to teaching. Thank You.

Best 16 mins I have ever spent. Thanks so much Matt for these pro tips.

As a player and a teacher, this is SUPER valuable! Thanks!!!

MATT !! that was brilliant !! one of the most informative practical hands on easy to understand lesson... really relatable .. Well done .. Respect..

I loved all of that! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I liked how you simplified the approach instead of immediately entering this mode or that mode scale which only seems to result in sounding like a bunch of scales instead of a well thought out solo. Keep up the fantastic work! Have a great day!

I remember being in 4th grade in Caracas, having bought my first few cds. N64 had just come out, i listened to traveling without moving with my brother. I was blown away by they keys. I love watching the man himself here on yt

Solid gold upload. Thanks Matt

Never ever seen anything close to how good you teach in this video! I decided to learn watching this now. Going to buy the lessons and get jamming =) Thank you!

Thanks for this great lesson, Matt. You are a star! Even better - you are an actual star who shares his knowledge and experience. Just bought the pack. Well worth it for the excellent backing tracks.

Matt I have been following and absorbing your tutorials for a few months now and everyday I advance my muscal vocabulary a little bit more. Thank you so much for sharing. While my guitars gently gather dust I am working my way past "hack" keyboard player.

The more I watch your videos, the more I learn. I guess that's the best outcome either of us could hope for lol. Thanks for another great lesson!

You are just amazing, Sir Matthew! 😁 Seriously though, thank you so much. I love your vids and watching you play. I will have to go watch all of Jamiroquai’s videography now to hear everything you’ve done. I treasure your work!

Just amazing awesomeness!! Thank you so much Matt!! I know what I'm doing for the next few months. Please do keep the lessons coming.

Matt, you're a literal wizard. Thank you for this!

Matt is so talented! Great musician 🙌

Outstanding tutorial! I hear so many players solo with scales and no ideas. You can have an amazing solo with just a couple of notes , eg. Miles.

Amazing tutorial. Please make more Matt. Its been more helpful than you can imagine.

Excellent explanation! I've been playing the piano for 50+ years and have only started jamming with others, including soloing (which terrified me) - slowly but surely I'm working this out, thanks for the class!

Great insights and playing…. the advice applies to many instrumental solos, not just keyboards …thank you

Thanks heaps Matt!! This will help me add licks to my recordings. I’m a singer of soul rnb that took up keys last year. You’ve been really helpful on this funky journey.

Fantastic Matt, thanks for sharing

Thank you so much for your great and inspiring videos. Thank you for sharing your passion and feelings about piano !

Great video Matt! As always. Really good stuff here!

Thanks Matt, 🙏🏻great video, I’m gonna take these tips and practice now, very grateful, you’re helping me switch off from the world right now! Which is so needed, have a great weekend 🎹🙌🏻😎

I don’t even know what to say really. I’m so thrilled to be able to hear from you. Your the man! Cheers

Wonderful playing Matt - always makes me smile Thanks

What an honest, great tip from a world class musician who shares. Wow

Love these technique videos. Thanks so much Matt, absolute gold!

Instant subscribe!! I think I’m about to binge all of your videos 🙏 my piano learning journey has been on the fast track thanks to great teachers like yourself and Julian Bradley.

Really great tips, Matt! Thank you

This is such an amazing lesson, thank you Matt.

Matt, I don''t know if you're still reading comments after a year you uploaded this video, but I'm 58 years old, I play keys since I was 4 or 5 and learned a lot of music theory in those years, the original blues scale has also 7 notes, seen from the major scale of natural minor scale the 3th and 7th tone are between the flat and major. Other influences is Irish music who used the seconde mode of the major scale. for the blues scale listen to Rapsody in Blue and the Irish just listen to Clanned. But don't worry, I still learn a lot from you!

Matt thank you to share this lesson, and give trust ourselve that it's possible to improve our level! Best regards!

Thanks for sharing Matt 🙏

Such a great video! Thank you, Matt

Thanks Matt! I've been playing piano/keys for decades, but I've always struggled with soloing effectively--so much so that it's easier to solo well on guitar even though I haven't played that nearly as long as I've been on the keys. Looking forward to fully bridging the gap!

Great improv Matt. As a smooth jazz saxophonist, I practice in my recording studio and learn my own licks. I come up with a groove on the keyboard, add bass and drums and play along with it. I hear a lick in my head and sing it. I then practice the lick until I can play it. I usually record while I am practicing and put together melodic solos this way. Once I have it under my belt, I will learn it in all keys. Really expands my playing and has helped me develop my own style and sound. Thanks for your continued inspiration. Luv your sound. You badass man...

Thank you Matt! Very useful and very simple explanations not easy to find from seasoned pros like you, cheers! 👍

Thanks again, Matt, for another incredibly inspiring and helpful video lesson!

Please do more of this kind of videos, they are super helpful. 10 / 10 teacher!!

Great insights and inspiration come from a great spirit. Thanks Matt!!!!!

I don’t think I’ve ever learned so much in 16 minutes :-) Thank you for sharing all this knowledge in such an inspiring way. I’m off to play now :-)

You are the best! These videos are so incredibly helpful and you are such a cool and kind soul. Thank you for sharing!

So many great tips in this video and agree that we as musicians all have our own personality. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and kindness 👍

Best contend in this context in youtube. Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for sharing your gift. 😎

Brilliant. As usual. Thanks Johno.

I'm 3 minutes in and this already beyond helpful. Thank you for this!

Always a pleasure to see you playing the montage ❤️

I had a question about your right-hand movement on your recent "left-hand" video. You replied by honesty saying it would be too much😢. However, I kept researching and found this video which explains EXACTLY what I needed to know. So now when I go back to watch your left-handed video, I'll know what you're doing! You're a great teacher...and from what I can discern from your perspective about music...you're a cool Kat to have as a friend.

Matt, this is very good, deductive and logical. I agree with you to do some more of this. it has been very informative.

Oh man, when you were talking about playing everything you know in the first bar of a solo, when I played vibraphone in jazz band back in college that was 100% me. Spot on, love it!