Pair this album with your next Sunday morning coffee…immerse yourself even deeper by picking up a paintbrush or pen. Let the melodies guide your creativity as the day unfolds…
Born from the artist’s daily piano sessions during covid isolation, these compositions evoke memories of a time marked by uncertainty, yet filled with an enduring sense of hope and connection.
Henning has masterfully captured these beautiful, fleeting moments in time with this work.
Although the title of Boysen’s first solo album suggests a Newtonian law of physics representing the omnipresent pull towards a greater mass…I can’t help but feel weightless once gravity connects the needle to this record. After discovering this was a digitally programmed piano I was hearing, I continue to marvel modern technology and how it can be tamed by the creative human to synthesize sonic bliss.
I grew up with the luxury of having a piano around at all our family gatherings. My sisters and I would always end up noodling away. I would like to formally apologize and also thank my aunts and uncles for not stopping what I am sure was absolute noise in the early years…
Eventually I learned some songs and basic triad chord shapes. As I got older I taught myself more via YouTube or memorizing sheet music found in our piano bench.
As I began writing my own music and learning basic music theory I was looking for new novel chords to add character to my progressions.
Matt Johnson, the keyboardist from the English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai, has a ton of great videos to improve your keyboard proficiency.
This one specifically is a great “hack” on how to play minor 11th chords. Useful and easy to implement as long as you know major and minor triad shapes.