April 28th, 2007MUSIC - PIANO IMPRO : DJ Shadow Chords
I love the simple piano chords in the intro of DJ Shadow's song ; Blood on the Motorway. So i made 2 songs based on those 4 chords and in this post, a 14:41 mins Piano Impro. Those four simple chords repeated with some variations between the loops. I do not recommend listening to the entire 14 mins and paying much attention to it. You must leave it in the background while doing something else. Maybe surfing around my Blog and Podcast? 
So for you couragious podcast fanatics, go ahead and enjoy my piano impro!
On a different version, I sing on this Piano Impro (the first 6 mins) but I'm not a singer so it doesn't sound amazing, i'll leave it out for now! But it was a good practice, it was fun and i like to create variations of my songs. If you have a good voice and like this piano impro, you could record your voice on my piano track. Send me the file and I'll compile your voice. You can have your own post!
You need to know i accelerated the speed of this piano impro! I don't think i could play piano this quickly without making more mistakes! Out of the 14 mins, there are some mistakes / mess-ups (It's live impro!) but it's very reasonable! If you wanna download and use some parts of my song, no problem. I'd appreciate a small comment!
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October 25th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Hey dude I love the entry chords in that song too.
I’ve always thought “man wouldn’t it be cool to make another song based on those chords?”
I’m glad you did, it’s awsome.
What are the exact chords used? I could never figure them out.
Thanks alot.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
man, i miss having a piano. i used to sit and do variations on a theme like that all the time. i do love my guitar, but i grew up with a piano. one of these days i’ll get a controller from work here and just do the virtual piano thing. but even weighted keys don’t feel the same.
i have acid 5.0 and love messing with it, but i really need someone to show me the nuances of it. and i need to learn how to record into it…or i guess into soundforge. oh well, i’ll get it one of these days.
btw, i can’t do a lot, but if you need any equipment, i’m the webmaster at midwest…hit me up, and i can get something knocked off our site price. i like to help out the home studio guys like me.
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
btw, Alex…i’m not sure what key he’s in, but essentially it’s this progression. i’ll give the chords in C, and then the chord numbers.
in the key of C, the progression is Am, C, F, Dm.
the numbers from the root key would be 6m, 1, 4, 2m.
hope that helps.
May 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Hey Nate,
It sure is great to play some variations of great sounding chords. I love the simple chords from DJ Shadows song “Blood on the Motorway” which is why I recorded this piano improvisation.
You sure do have a lot of musical hardware on your MidWest Stereo website! I which I had some nice hardware to help with my music creations but I guess they are pretty complicated to use? How much reduction could you have on the products on the website?
Also, I think the chords you mentioned are right one. Do you record your music? Send me some stuff I could add on the blog if you like.
Cheers
May 19th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
hey, karj. i’m still working on getting my stuff down to where i like it. got some rough stuff, but nothing i’d put out there yet. i’m still building the band and arrangements and maybe i’ll never get it exactly like i want it. but i will put it down someday…soon.
i can for sure knock 5% off the prices you see there. after that i’d have to pass you to my sales chief guy. he’s cool…he’ll work something out if it’s at all possible.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:46 am
@Nate When you are saturated and just don’t feel like improving anymore, send me your stuff! Even if you don’t think it’s 100% complete! When I create music, sometimes I just gotta say stop, otherwise I could spend weeks making tiny little changes which ultimatly wouldn’t really have a big impact on the final product. Any artist needs to be able to say STOP! Perfection is a curse!
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
Very Impressed. So did you just take the 4 chords Am, C, F, Dm and play notes within the chords? I recently got a MIDI keyboard and I have been messing around with it with ableton for a little while now. Thanks for sharing
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Thanks Brandon!
I can’t read music notes so I guess the chords Am, C, F, Dm you are mentioning are the right ones. Yes, 14 minutes of playing within those chords! Might sound a little repetitive but I do enjoy listening to my piano impro!
Good luck with your new midi keyboard! Send me some music and I can post it on my blog if you like!