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How easy is it to learn to play in this manner? This boy is only age 14 http://youtu.be/3ojt7e88g2I
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Yes, that was awesome. I watched it three times. Who's student is that? 
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You don't really teach someone to play like that. You can teach boogie woogie bass patterns and riffs as well as ways of building successful improvisations and solos but this lad has a rare gift.
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Thanks for the link. Cool music.
According to his website he started classical study with a teacher at age 9 and continues classical study.
I think it's important to respect his hard work and realize he didn't just fall off a skateboard one day and play like that. Yes, of course he is talented too.
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Yeah this boy is gifted. The youtube link was put up in 2009 and now this boy would be 19 years of age. I wonder what he is doing now. Better go look at his website
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To answer the original question, you can't learn to do this overnight. Probably years of practice and experience with the style.
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He is one of the best boogie woogie players in the world at this point. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShlVcolw4o
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I have been following him for a while. He also tours around and improvise Blues. You can see further video of his on youtube..
Yes, he is very talented. I believe him to be 16 years of age now.
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Is there a question in a teaching context?
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I will be VERY rude here... I don't fully get the agitation surrounding boogie woogie... I find that the harmonic progression and the rhythmic pattern are identical with one another, so I'm not seeing/hearing too much creativity there. It's like the blues in guitar, but there you get the different sound and you get some bands (Jon Spenser for example) who take it further steps further... Here I'm not too sure... :-/
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I agree with Nikolas. I don't see much to admire here, other than his technical fluency, perhaps.
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I think the best thing about this video is how much he's enjoying what he's doing. I love watching young people get so much pleasure from their music. For me - the video brings back memories of my first teacher playing at parties. He could improvise blues/boogie woogie/jazz piano arrangements for hours. Good memories!
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Is there a question in a teaching context? There's a reminder to all of us. No matter how skilled we may become over a lifetime of practice on any known instrument, we can turn on youtube and find an 8 year old who's twice as ood. <humor> <but true>
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I agree with Nikolas. I don't see much to admire here, other than his technical fluency, perhaps. +1 Define "great." Playing repeated notes quickly is a skill almost anyone can learn very quickly. Playing everything fortissimo requires no skill nor finesse. Learning a LH blues progression is required by most methods around level 3. Not a big deal. Overall, kind of reminds me of Jerry Lee Lewis - perhaps that's his goal.
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From what I've heard I think Luca at 12 was already far better than Jerry Lee Lewis ever was. I think the way Luca plays now makes Jerry Lee Lewis look like a beginner.
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From what I've heard I think Luca at 12 was already far better than Jerry Lee Lewis ever was. I think the way Luca plays now makes Jerry Lee Lewis look like a beginner. I think you misread John's post.
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From what I've heard I think Luca at 12 was already far better than Jerry Lee Lewis ever was. I think the way Luca plays now makes Jerry Lee Lewis look like a beginner. I think you misread John's post. "3. Not a big deal. Overall, kind of reminds me of Jerry Lee Lewis - perhaps that's his goal."
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From what I've heard I think Luca at 12 was already far better than Jerry Lee Lewis ever was. I think the way Luca plays now makes Jerry Lee Lewis look like a beginner. I think you misread John's post. "3. Not a big deal. Overall, kind of reminds me of Jerry Lee Lewis - perhaps that's his goal." I think you misread John's post.
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AZN, I suspect we're wasting our energy on this thread. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/willy_nilly.gif)
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