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Here I found a video where the steel drummer is playing with me. At the time he was a member of the Billy Cobham Band and also was playing with guys like Pat Matheny and and .... but people didnt like him so much.... here you see him playing with Billy Cobham and he was really angry when I said I wanted to continue alone - i could not understand his reaction since you can see the difference of my small concert in the church in Seegräben and his world tour with Cobham.....

Well that's a long story - I was in fact playing in bands at the beginning of my career. Mainly top 40 or helping out bands for open airs or stuff like that. I didn't really like the job but since I could not play piano anymore at that times I needed those jobs to survive. The better I got as a musician the more I was totally bored at those jobs - and then like in 2003 there was this big fight in the band I was playing. At that time this was the leading party band in Switzerland where the top musicians were playing. I got into a fight with the bass player and then the thing totaly got out of control so I left the band since I got great opportunities offered in the internet. And then things took so much off that I didn't have the time for other things anymore. In 2010 I started with my Farbmusik solo concerts. I could not work with other musicians because they did not understand the concept of improvising colors - later I tried to play with a steel drummer who also improvises with colors. Also I tried to form bands or work with other musicians but the audience always said that the other musicians disturb the music - they wanted to hear me solo. And the musicians all mainly wanted money instead of developing something really nice. So I continued to play solo because it made no sense for me to work with other musicians. Now this band might work because we are friends and we are on the same side. It's not about money - it's about doing something together.

So let's give the grand dame of jazz the honor - Ella Fitzgerald. C-Jam Blues will be the next jazz tutorial

Hey Tod, thats good that you are taking private lessons. Even I do this online Academy here I strongly recommend to take at least a few private lessons because everybody is different and a professional instructor can make the right corrections. Yes Autumne Leaves is a great tune to get into Jazz improvisation from beginner - advanced concepts. Merry x-mas to you too.

Yes practice practice practice is the key to it. And the long notes are the core of the guitar singing.

Yes took me a while but now I feel confident that this time we will make it with the band. Yeah I can guess that you 2 will come along to listen to a live concert. And Happy New Year to you and Colin too.

Hey guys, many people always asked me if I play in a band and in the past years I always said, that I don't play in a band because I am too busy with all my online projects which were going really well. But it always was something I wanted to do but of course I am really picky with musicians even everybody wanted to play with me in Switzerland. Well maybe not everybody but most of the musicians I know always said that they would join me if I would form a band. I had a talk with Mario Caspar 2 days ago. And I consider him the best drummer in Switzerland when it comes to funky, straight ahead and bluesy grooves. He said he's in and drummers always want to select there bass players and he has choosen Lubo Kopka because he wanted to have a bass player which plays easy going and simple but very steady and laid back. So thats the band now - a trio. Me, Mario and Lubo. You can see Mario and Lubo on the video's on Mario's Channel with the Kurt Ackermann band. Our first meeting will be in January and then we will see how far we get. Due to the overall situation the activities will be broadcasted mainly online - so stay tuned and check the concerts which are announced here on my website. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPmH62v44zSD_Hdm2UtZ_w

Danke Dir für die schönen Worte liebe Andrea

I think about this song here - either this version which I like more or the original version of Slade.

This is a german interview where I talk about my music, the Farbmusik and the philosophy behind all my music.

Hey guys, I have altered the Emoji's now and there is a small selection of HPCrazy Emoji's available : and some more. If you have any other suggestions for Emoji's please let me know and post a link where I can get them.

no with this one not 🎄

Finnish people are so crazy - I once had a finnish GF so I was there and these people really love music and do all those crazy things like this guitar player here 😄

Here is a cool x-mas tutorial 🙂 The backing track still must be here : https://www.hpcrazy.com/downloads.html

3 Easy Show Off Rock Guitar Licks Here I show you 3 easy rock guitar licks which help you to make an awesome show off rock guitar solo. Even the licks are not too hard to play. Pay close attention to my instructions on how to do variations and tone control to make your rock guitar solo sound really strong and professional.

Hey Roland, thats really nice to know. I honestly don't really check what other teachers are doing since I am too busy, so I am happy about any feedback. Yes I really paid attention to a perfect sound here. I have used the following settings in my AXE FX III device : Capt. Hook amp 2*12 cabinet Large spring reverb That would be the perfect and original amp setting for a real blues man

The premium member files are fully starting in April 2019 - so this tutorial was prior to that date. This backing track is available in any download or streaming store. HPCrazy - Rock Backing Tracks Vol. 1 - Funk Rock Am 95

Hey Carloline, yeah the pentatonics are great to practice all the time by any time of the day. With the bendings it just takes some time till they work but once they work it's like riding a bike - it's easy. I will be curious for our next jam in the lessons B-)

Blues Guitar Deluxe Here I give instructions on how to master a shuffle blues in the tempo of 80 bpm. This seems to be slow but if you want to make this kind of blues really great and punchy you need to know a few tricks and tips which I am showing you here. If you have any questions please ask it in this post below or book a private online guitar lesson.

and here my version of it

Good that you try to play the rhythm guitar. It's really fun 🙂