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Why do I make YouTube videos?
Just a one-to-one chat on why I go to all this effort to make YouTube videos about keyboards, synths and music technology. it’s good for you to know this about myself and the channel.
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FREE GEAR & PAID PROMOTION – What you need to know
Open letter to brands The Woody Piano Shack YouTube channel is a hobby and a passion project, not a business. I make videos “for fun” or “for the views” and absolutely not “for the money“. Making music has been my passion for 40 years and Woody Piano Shack is my platform to share my joy…
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Learning 200 New Songs S01E01
I’ve decided to broaden my repertoire and learn (in some cases re-learn) 200 fun pop songs arranged for piano. I’m going to do this anyway, and thought many of you might want to join me on the journey of learning some new tunes. I welcome requests and hope some viewers will follow along with me!…
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I Borrowed Electric Cargo Bike From Library
Here in Ystad, Sweden, you can borrow an electric bicycle free of charge for two weeks from the library. I presume it’s an initiative from the local council to get people interested in buying and using environmentally friendly electric bikes as an alternative to taking the car. There’s probably some sponsorship from the cycle brands…
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Four Cheap Alternatives to the New ROLAND JUNO-X
The new JUNO-X from Roland certainly is a fabulous, almost dream synthesizer for me, with its emulations of the classic Juno 106 and Juno 60, some of my favorite synths of all time. But It is quite expensive and takes up a lot of space, Today I’m going to give you four much more affordable,…
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Inside info about the white noise video
Let me share the “inside info” about this video. I couldn’t add it to the video description. You’ll understand why shortly. This video is actually an experiment to verify if white noise really gets copyright claims as discussed in my last video. It is also a honeypot with the purpose of catching fraudsters submitting bogus…
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Arranger Keyboard vs Synthesizer Workstation – Review & Demo
I get a regular stream of questions from people asking me if they should buy Synth Workstation X or Arranger Keyboard Y. This always puzzles me because this is an “apple to orange” comparison, or more literally a “Synth to Arranger Keyboard” comparison. They are completely different instrument categories! Therefore, there is no easy answer…
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My Nord Electro Story
In the late 90s I got really into the sound of the Hammond Organ and Rhodes electric piano, probably through the acid-jazz and neo-soul scene at the time, which led me to discover the great artists that were using these instruments in the 70s. Of course, I wanted to learn and play these instruments myself,…
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ABLETON LIVE – The Innovative Performance DAW
Ableton Live is one of the most popular DAWs or Digital Audio Workstations and has some quite unique workflow features that set it apart from the competition. It is developed by Berlin based Ableton, and the first version was released over 20 years ago in 2001. Ableton Live, I’ll call it just Live from here…
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NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT – Mighty Software Sampler
Maybe you’ve heard people talking about KONTANT but are unsure exactly what it is? Well, Kontakt is one of the flagship, most iconic and widely used products from Berlin based Native Instruments. The very first version was released 20 years ago in 2002 and quickly established itself as an industry standard. So what is it…
