Improv Weekly: 24 Feb 2021

Once again revisiting a couple themes from an old personal improv recording.

Improv Weekly: 17 Feb 2021

Don't know how I go through pedals so fast; this one's only three months old and it's already...

Improv Weekly: 10 Feb 2021

Celebrating 100 YouTube subscribers! Thank you so much to all of you who been tuning in each...

Improv Weekly: 3 Feb 2021

I did my 6 May 2020 improv weekly using only the white keys, and for a while I've been pondering...

Improv Weekly: 27 Jan 2021

There was a multi-year stretch in my life where basically everything I wrote/improvised was in...

Improv Weekly: 20 Jan 2021

I was planning for this to be a calmer, more quiet one overall... until around 8 minutes in,...

Improv Weekly: 13 Jan 2021

If I had known the last one would get 400+ views I would have recycled more obscure 2020 riffs...

Improv Weekly: 6 Jan 2021

New year, new setup!

Improv Weekly: 30 Dec 2020

Dozens of themes and motifs from all of this year's improv weeklies are reprised here in this...

Improv Weekly: 23 Dec 2020

This all-new arpeggiated octaves technique (starting around 5:40) might be too powerful for my own good.

Improv Weekly: 16 Dec 2020

Improv Weekly: 9 Dec 2020

Kinda waiting for it to snow now so I can start pre-recording the ones I'm gonna release on snowy days.

Improv Weekly: 2 Dec 2020

Been very into parallel thirds and fourths lately; you can really do some interesting stuff with them.

Improv Weekly: 25 Nov 2020

Been a while since I've tried one in a swing rhythm...

Improv Weekly: 18 Nov 2020

Another painfully average and derivative one. No excuses this time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Improv Weekly: 11 Nov 2020

I remembered (heh) all too late that I was thinking about doing a left-hand-only improv this...

Improv Weekly: 4 Nov 2020

Every week I find a new and even more obvious way to subvert my signature lick.

Improv Weekly: 28 Oct 2020

I should stop starting these in C, because I never escape...

Improv Weekly: 21 Oct 2020

I may have... jacked the opening theme from somewhere :D

Improv Weekly: 14 Oct 2020

You all thought 11/8 was too easy? All righty then...

Improv Weekly: 7 Oct 2020

Starting off season 4 with a throwback to my now two-year-old piano piece Insomnia - in...

Improv Weekly: 30 Sep 2020

Wrapping up season 3 of Improv Weekly! This one was rather well-rehearsed, because I had done...

Improv Weekly: 23 Sep 2020

Feels good to have the pedal back...

Improv Weekly: 16 Sep 2020

You might notice something out of place in the bottom right of the frame this time...

Improv Weekly: 9 Sep 2020

The return of the tritone!

Improv Weekly: 2 Sep 2020

Trying out a different setup this week, with a bit nicer lighting. The beginning motif is...

Improv Weekly: 26 Aug 2020

I tried to make this a more relaxed one but I've apparently lost the ability to come up with...

Improv Weekly: 19 Aug 2020

Again drawing inspiration from a 15-year-old song of mine for the opening theme - the same one...

Improv Weekly: 12 Aug 2020

I rarely do improv in 12/8 time, but I thought 12/8 would be a good day to try it out.

Improv Weekly: 5 Aug 2020

The theme at 10 minutes in is from a dream I had a few days ago, where I was playing piano for a...

Improv Weekly: 29 Jul 2020

To my half-dozen long-time viewers, see if you can figure out what made me burst out laughing at...

Improv Weekly: 22 Jul 2020

I should probably get back to recording these before my two-hour improv streams, rather than...

Improv Weekly: 15 Jul 2020

As you can see, my fanbase just doubled...

Improv Weekly: 8 Jul 2020

I'm back! Took last Wednesday off, both because I was already uploading the Canada Day Improv...

Improv Weekly: 24 Jun 2020

Friendship ended with VI-i; bV-i is my new best friend.

Improv Weekly: 17 Jun 2020

Nearing the end of season 2!

Improv Weekly: 10 Jun 2020

Time for my monthly excursion to the black keys again...

Improv Weekly: 3 Jun 2020

The main theme in this one is from a short song I wrote when I was eight years old, which for...

Improv Weekly: 27 May 2020

Fresh off a 4-hour live composing stream, thought I'd go for the trusty left hand arpeggios...

Improv Weekly: 20 May 2020

My sleep schedule decided to screw me over big time today, and I had to record this right after...

Improv Weekly: 13 May 2020

Found a new favourite cadence! Also scattered throughout are fragments from my piano piece...

Improv Weekly: 6 May 2020

This time, I gave myself the additional challenge of not using any black keys. As you might be...

Improv Weekly: 29 Apr 2020

Maybe this is when I finally retire that octave ostinato crap I do with the right hand all the...

Improv Weekly: 22 Apr 2020

A somber one in light of recent local events...

Improv Weekly: 15 Apr 2020

This one is very experimental; not sure how to feel about it. The recurring themes are from an...

Improv Weekly: 8 Apr 2020

May have needed to actually set my alarm today to do this one. So much for prerecording...

Improv Weekly: 1 Apr 2020

Might have gotten my recordings mixed up; I'm hoping this is the right one.

Improv Weekly: 25 Mar 2020

Might have went a bit ham on this one. No regrets :)

Improv Weekly: 18 Mar 2020

COVID-19 is giving me plenty of time to pre-record these now. One day, I'll actually familiarize...

Improv Weekly: 11 Mar 2020

I realized, while chatting in a music discord server, that the word "tiresome" is made out of...

Improv Weekly: 4 Mar 2020

Been cooped up in my room for over a week now, sleeping during the day, due to illness. Maybe my...

Improv Weekly: 26 Feb 2020

Went with a tried-and-true strategy: pick two random chords and just run with 'em.

Improv Weekly: 19 Feb 2020

Had a four-hour jam session on the 15th and I guess I've been dry ever since. Time to take a...

Improv Weekly: 12 Feb 2020

I gave up the fast tempo about halfway through - it's exhausting haha.

Improv Weekly: 5 Feb 2020

I legitimately couldn't remember the source of the tune at 2:18 until I listened back to the...

Improv Weekly: 29 Jan 2020

A calm, relaxing one to round off a very eventful month.

Improv Weekly: 22 Jan 2020

Getting over a cold, keeping things pretty low key.

Improv Weekly: 15 Jan 2020

Eventually I'll get over my addiction to the low/high notes I now have at my disposal.

Improv Weekly: 8 Jan 2020

Second in the weekly series!

Improv Weekly: 1 Jan 2020

First in a new series! Wish me luck :)