JNTHN STEIN

P4 Guitar - Slick Pentatonics

Some easy ways to move through pentatonics without moving your hand to play some legato lyrical soulful vibes

Piano music EP (benefit for BLM movement)

I just put up an EP of freestyle piano music on Bandcamp. All proceeds from downloads will go to 2020-07-29 17:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post

old beats.

I just put up a bunch of m old music from the soundcloud days up on Spotify <3

Ableton Push - Paying w Wavetable Pt VI

Wrapping the series up! Final touches with midi routings in the matrix to make your synths expressive to the touch :)

P4 guitar - Sustained Note + Melody

This is one of the foundational ways to play guitar or bass melodically and harmonically at the same time. Practice this to get runs and scales while holding sustained notes at the same time <3

Ableton Push - Playing w Wavetable Pt. 5

Some nice things to do with LFO's in Wavetable that hit the spot and sound huge

piano - 1940's style

Welcome to July friends!

Here's a lil 4 chord turnaround to get that old black and white movie sound <3

New song next week

Hey everyone. I've got a new song coming out under my new artist name Charles Jacques next Wednesday. You can presave here at this link if you want. That's all. Love yall <3

https://ONErpm.lnk.to/takemytime

Piano - Cinematic Arps

Some beautiful games for making epic big cinematic sounds on the keys :)

Ableton Push - Playing w Wavetable Pt 4 - Envelopes

Aight here we go, bout to start using these Wavetable envelopes on Push!! 

Am I Next?

Hey friends. Some of you might have heard this song already on my Charles Jacques IG. If this is new to you, I collaborated with my friend Oritsé Williams and made this song about what is happening right now and the struggle of the black community, the death of George Floyd and the countless others. Making this song has helped me empathize so much with the movement. I hope it makes you feel something too.

If you're looking for ways to help, here's a list of of legal, donatio...

P4 Guitar - Chill Thirds

Sooooooo pretty when you playyyy the thirds :)

Ableton Push - Playing W Wavetable Pt. III

Hey everyone. I hope we're doing ok despite the many conflicts and injustices in the world, and that we are choosing to help in the ways that we can. 

I'm going to continue to provide this content no matter what, because I believe in the universally positive power of knowledge and creativity.

So, thank you for being here.

The global part of Wavetable lets you turn a single oscillator into MANY that sound huuuuuge together. Let's play

Kimono

Hey everyone. In case you missed it I wrote this song and made this video for my mom on Mother's day. I'm alsp releasing the song on streaming services this Friday. You can presave it here :)

https://ONErpm.lnk.to/kimono

That's all. Have a good day and thank you for being here <3

New Music!

Hey friends. Some of yall might know about my new artist project called Charles Jacques. I just released a new song today with longtime collaborator and friend Marie Dahlstrom, she's a suuuuper dope rnb singer. Please listen, would mean so much to both of us. And, take care everyone, stay creative <3

Ableton Push - Playing with Wavetable Pt II

Let's keep going with this. You can do some crazy things just using Wavetable's double filter. Let's gooooo

P4 Guitar: Jazzy diminished chords

The dimished scale is craaaaazy. The things you can do with its symmetry, just wow. Here's a great full diminished chord shape for guitar that you can move around and get those jazz vibes

Note: these lessons are intended to work for bass, or guitar tuned in all fourths (E A D G C F)

Ableton Push - Playing With Wavetable Pt I

Wavetable is sooooo dope. Now I'm gonna show you how to use it like a hardware synth using only Push. Let's gooooo

Piano: C#min / 7b9 - Inversions Pt I

More of those jazzy buttery vibes. Now we working on moving through inversions with the right hand to create movement within a harmony. Like rotating a shape up and down. Feels good, sounds good. Enjoy friends :)

I made a beat on Push in one minute

Here's something I filmed for Ableton. This was fun to play, it's the easy going simplicity that I love so much about Push

P4 Guitar - Maj7 to Min7: Common Tones

Continuing off what we were just talking about in my last piano vid, but now let's try it on the guitar. Here's a few easy 7th voicings that we can move around and easily drip the root down so that we get that beautiful common tonality with the the 3rd and 7th of each chord. LOVE IT.

Ableton Push: Chords + Melody Pt. III

This is like, the dream with Push playing. Being able to lay down smooth chords with the left hand while gracefully floating with the right, god damn. I'm still working on this myself. Here's the next level from last week, we've got a few more chords and playing around with borrowed chords too, to give it that major/minor drip. Enjoy yall

Piano - Common Tones : Dm7 to Dbmaj7

These two chords go together like jam and butter. They sound so good, and share the two most special notes with eachother: The third and 7th. It's amazing how the minor 3rd and 7th of Dminor becomes the major third and major 7th of Dbmajor, and the sound is just as enchanting. Enjoy this simple but powerful harmonic trick

Ableton Push: Chords + Melody Pt II

Hey everyone, happy April. Hope everyone is physically and mentally healthy and feeling inspoired.

Here's more on putting both hands together to get that full music spectrum, from drippy chords in the left hand to floaty melodic sprinkles up in the right hand

Prayer

Good wishes to everyone, and thanks so much for being here with me <3

Piano - My fav ii V I variation

Some of yall who know my music will recognize this sound. I use this progression all the time in my harmony, I find it to be so drippy and graceful yet expressive and cool and just modern sounding. Enjoy this lil ii V I variation turnaround

Ableton Push - Building Speed Pt 2 (Pentatonic Scales)

Hey yall. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said regarding these spooky times. So instead I'm just gonna continue to make content here, offer my knowledge and things to play with, maybe entertain you a bit too, and most importantly, help you entertain and better yourselves as we continue to embrace our personal creative spaces and put them to good use. A little extra time in the studio could be nice if we show up with our best selves and continue practicing and become better!...

P4 Guitar: 7th and 9th Chords

Tasty ingredients to make tasty sounds. Perfect for making you feel a little warmer in these weird times.   Wishing everyone the best, stay safe and sane and stay creative 

Building Speed on Ableton Push

Speed and effortlessness is not about working the hardest. It's about working the smartest. Here's how I learned to play fast and cleanly on the pads without even moving my fingers

New artist project!

Hey everyone. If you follow me on IG you might've seen my post today about retiring JNTHN STEIN and starting something new. I just wanted to let you know that, while I have an awesome new project that I'm gonna be announcing tomorrow and am very passionate about and immersed in, I'm gonna continue making content and running this knowledge base here on my Patreon as JNTHN STEIN. So, please stay! I'll keep the content coming as always. 

And, please don't ever hesitate to r...