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Ever wondered how to put chord progressions like this together? Wanna improve your piano chops? Do you want to learn music theory? universal principles of production, synthesis, audio editing, improvisation, composition, arrangement, music reading, songwriting? Then sign up for a lesson today!

I’ve been teaching people of all ages and styles for 10 years now and have 7 years of tertiary music education worth of knowledge.
Online lessons don’t need to be a drag I always make the effort to make them fun and interesting🌊

Go at your own pace, skill level, and regularity! Follow a strict syllabus or learn a bit here and there any thing you need I’ve got you! Send me a dm

and friends share this around for anyone you might know who is interested in learning piano!

#pianolessons #onlinepianolessons #learnmusictheory #learnpiano #pianoteacher #onlinepianoteacher

Practicing soloing these changes in between students for my gig this weekend, comment what piece you think I’m playing and I’ll buy you a healthy beer at @heapsnormal health club this Sunday!

@alih666 and @joshspolc will help me to sound my best so it will be a real treat

#sydneylivemusic #jazz #japanesemusic #guessthesong #heapsnormal

Very excited to announce a run of gigs coming up at the end of May and through June.

For the first time in several years, I’ll be sharing the stage again with two of my oldest friends and musical collaborators @joshspolc and @alih666 at @heapsnormal Health Club.

We’ll be playing:
31st May
14th June
21st June
28th June
3–5pm, Sunday afternoons

If you’ve ever followed what I do musically, whether through Little Archer or my work as a pianist and improviser, this is a chance to hear a mix of original compositions alongside music that has shaped me deeply as a musician.

We’ll be playing quite a few of my original compositions as well as reimagining music from Ghibli films and composers like Joe Hisaishi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Nobuo Uematsu, filtered through a jazz trio lens, with heavy inspiration from 90s and 2000s Japanese VGM textures and a lot of spontaneous improvisation.

Really looking forward to sharing this one. Please share around as I hope to catch up and grab a healthy beer with some familiar, and hopefully new, faces there.

snaps by the legend @moon.district Aka @dezvision

#sydneylivemusic #ghibli #heapsnormal #sydneyjazz #Japanesemusic #jazztrio #vgm

Light and sound.

🎹 @seanvalenzuela
📍 @curtainsjazzclub

Light and sound.

🎹 @seanvalenzuela
📍 @curtainsjazzclub

The fun never ends! I’m playing with @nana777tpvo at @curtainsjazzclub on Tuesday (tomorrow) so I’m Practising some voicings in all 12 keys.
You can really hear which keys I know in which I don’t 😅practising this way is super relaxing. It takes a lot of brain power at first then the penny drops and you get into a flow #jazz #piano #sydneylivemusic #voicings #hemitonicpentatonic

Been doing a lot of jazz gigs lately for the first time since Covid! Theres been a few really cool venues popping up around town and honestly it feels like the scene is on the up. It’s been fun rediscovering some of my heroes while I was studying jazz to give me something to revere.

I’ll be playing tomorrow night @curtainsjazzclub with @nana777tpvo and @yungdavo tomorrow night (Tuesday) come hear some incredible musicians (and me) #live #jazz #piano #errollgarner #sydneylivemusic

Give it up for @kayo_toyama! Our guardian angel in Japan who helped us so much with friendship and generosity. Go stay at one of her awesome airbnbs on your next stay in Japan! @meee_inc
#beats #japan #newmusic #kameari #airbnb

Also coming up this coming Monday are local legends jetrio!

Sean Valenzuela - piano
Blain Cunneen - guitar
Alexander Inman-Hislop - drums

jetrio is a Sydney-based three-piece that produces music that lands somewhere between meditative jazz, minimalist composition, and ambient improv - imagine if The Necks, Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bill Frisell got stuck in a room with nothing but time and someone hit ‘record’.

Sean Valenzuela on piano, Blain Cunneen on guitar, and Alexander Inman-Hislop on drums build atmospheres by zooming in on details until they take on new meaning. Melodic cells repeat, evolve, and loop back on themselves until something much bigger emerges. It’s hypnotic, but it’s never static. It’s detailed, carefully constructed, and guided by a collective vision that extends well beyond performance alone.

Little Archer spends most of his days wandering through videogame forests and nostalgic chill grooves, but rest assured he can fire some serious armour-piercing arrows when it’s time to battle.

🏹🏹🏹🏹💥💥💥💥

So excited for Sunday. Can’t wait to hear what everyone brings. Feels like we’re all about to push each other to new heights. Come cheer me on and wish me a happy birthday at the factory theatre Sunday 30th! Free entry 1-7pm would love as many friends there as possible more info bellow

beatheads2ser Beat Heads, threatnique and 2SER present Battle of the Beats, a knockout tournament where 16 of Australia’s finest producers and beatmakers go head-to-head for supremacy. This is battle of the bands for the production world. Competitors bring up to 12 beats if they reach the finals, with each round eliminating half the field until one beatmaker stands victorious. Beat sets and music by @sadivaa @doctorrobot9000000 Hosted by @mcpsmurf and @the.ikatana Sponsors include @2ser107.3 @turramurramusic @izotopeinc @nativeinstruments @deviousmachines @titusjonesbar @mixedbyespa @beatheads2ser @hawkesbrewingco @teletoneaudio This awesome event is at @factory_theatre as part of the #freekinweekends... it’s free and all ages! And if you rsvp you get a free drink! This will be an awesome event and set to bring the best vibes! Come through and cheer your favourite beat maker on !

We back!

The first jetrio show in three whole years courtesy of @mondaynightconfessions
We’ll be road testing some new material as well as serving some of the hits
Joined by Brisbane’s finest @miltonmangogh

See yas there xo

📸 @dezvision

Mum and dad taught me when it rains it pours. And boy does this week illustrate that.

Wednesday: 9-11pm @ramblinrascaltavern with @lyre_byrdland
Thursday: 8 to 10 pm@sakurahousesydney as @littlearcherbeats
Friday: 6:15 to 9:30 pm piano at @jazushi.surryhills
Saturday: 7 to 9:30 pm piano at @elevenbarrack

I hope my ears survive!

Mum and dad taught me when it rains it pours. And boy does this week illustrate that.

Wednesday: 9-11pm @ramblinrascaltavern with @lyre_byrdland
Thursday: 8 to 10 pm@sakurahousesydney as @littlearcherbeats
Friday: 6:15 to 9:30 pm piano at @jazushi.surryhills
Saturday: 7 to 9:30 pm piano at @elevenbarrack

I hope my ears survive!

Lyre Byrdland is taking over @ramblinrascaltavern every Wednesday this month! Stretching out with originals and covers by the grooviest bands. 2 sets of Afro, Funk, Reggae and Ska from 9pm. FREE ENTRY!