For Mother’s Day, it is common to give your mom a cute card or some flowers and chocolates. But this year think about making a personal and uplifting program of songs you can play that your mom would enjoy. If you decide that part of your gift to your mom this year is to play …
Celebrate your mom with Mother’s Day Songs on piano Read More »
This month the ‘King Of Pop’, Michael Jackson, would have become 60 years of age. Dearly missed, not only his fans will remember and celebrate his outstanding talent on this occasion. We at Skoove honour Michael with an arrangement of one of his super hits: Heal the World. In this blog I will teach you …
? Tricks & Tips – Create your own intro to almost any song Read More »
I have heard it so many times from many of my friends and acquaintances, that I think this needs a clarification once and for all. So, many people ask me: Do you think I can start playing at my age? How long would it take me to learn and to actually being able to play …
Myth buster: Why And How You Can Learn To Play The Piano Read More »
With Skoove‘s new Blues & Boogie Woogie course you can learn to improvise on the piano and create your own scales. Today most prominent early Blues music you’ll find addressed to Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966), Charley Patton (died 1938), Robert Johnson (1911-1938) or Muddy Waters (1913-1983). There is still plenty of unacknowledged talent in Blues. …
Learn to Improvise Blues Music with Skoove and Get Over Your Winter Blues Read More »
On May 18th co-founder Florian Plenge shook a lot of hands at Skoove’s booth at the annual #cnight, but none so exciting as the German Chancellor herself! Skoove was thrilled to get the opportunity to participate in this year’s #cnight alongside the Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften (BVK). Our co-founder Florian Plenge spent the night showing off …
Skoove meets the German Chancellor: A Recap of #cnight2017 Read More »
This month, we were honored to receive a Gold Stevie Award for Best App – Education & References and a Silver Stevie Award for Startup of the Year! We have put a lot of hard work into making Skoove even better this year, so we were thrilled to see our efforts noticed and congratulated …
We won two Stevie Awards! Best Education App & Startup of the Year (Silver) Read More »
With hundreds of Summertime festivals and conferences just around the corner, Skoove is gearing up to make several appearances at some of Europe’s finest. We are thrilled to announce that Skoove was just selected as a finalist for the 11th annual Midemlab Startup Competition! Focusing on the most promising international music startups, …
Midemlab 2018 – Skoove Selected as Finalist! Read More »
We are happy to announce that we recently secured a €3M investment. This round will be helpful in further developing Skoove and to make our interactive online piano learning an even better experience! Our co-founder and CEO Florian Plenge explains that “With this new investment we are excited to take the next step in …
We got new funding! Read More »
Most of you are familiar with the moving tune and words of the most covered Beatles song ever “Yesterday”. Some of you may even have plans to watch the newly released movie of the same name. The movie features an alternate, and frankly unimaginable, timeline in which nobody but one man in the universe remembers any …
Why The Beatles’ songs are the most covered ever Read More »
Many of the DJs and producers you’ll see on stage this summer have a musical background in piano. If you have tickets for Tomorrowland in Belgium or another electronic music festival this summer, you must be counting the days. But how do all these DJs and producers become worthy of taking the stage at such …
Why every DJ or Producer should learn to play piano Read More »
The many benefits of piano playing for the brain impact all aspects of life. Music has been part of human culture for thousands of years. The oldest instruments to be discovered date back 40,000 years. Music is central to our life because of its unique, positive effects on the individual and the group. You may …
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Many factors contribute to our impressions of the giants of classical music. Consider Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy. They have been immortalised in media, their music and influence are great. But what did music mean to them? And what can this teach us about our own musicianship? Mozart (1756 – 1791) Mozart was born into a …
Why are Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy considered geniuses on piano? Read More »
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