Online Piano Lessons & Artist Development - Play from chords and improvise.

From 48 £ /h

Kris Baines is an established pianist & composer, with his music streaming in over 180 countries. He specializes in solo piano, felted piano, and emotive instrumental music. Lessons are available on a regular or one-off basis and can be tailored to meet the student's requirements.

If you want to improve your style and technique, play from chords, and improvise, you will benefit greatly from lessons with Kris. For those who play piano in a church context, Kris can also offer many tips and helpful advice from his experience leading congregations in church singing.

If you are a beginning artist, just starting to compose, and want to know how to get your music recorded and released all over the world, Kris also offers artist development coaching.

Extra information

You will need a good, stable internet connection, the Zoom software/app, and webcam ideally showing your hands on the piano as well as being able to see you clearly.

Location

Online from United Kingdom

About Me

Hey Students,
My name is Kris , originally from the UK, but have lived in New Zealand for 26 years, and now back in the UK!!! In the last 20 years my focus has been as a recording artist, distributing my own compositions to over 180 countries via streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora etc. However, I'm in a unique season now when I can take a limited number of students to teach piano. My focus is on helping you express yourself on the piano, learn to compose, play from chords and by ear, and I can also help get budding artists started with development coaching - showing you the steps you need to take to get your music streamed around the world. I'm looking forward to teaching again, so please reach out if you are interested. One-off and regular lessons are fine.

I live in Essex, UK with my wonderful wife, and 8 of our 9 children (one is married) - so it's certainly not boring in our home :-)

Happy playing!

Education

No formal music education.

Piano lessons when young, self-taught.

Some time at a music college in Newcastle UK, but then left to join a band in Los Angeles :-)

Experience / Qualifications

Over 43 years experience as a piano player, over 35 years experience in various fields including composition, recording, session work, playing in bands, film and tv scores, sync music, performance, church music leading, and tuition.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Duration

30 minutes

45 minutes

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Skills

Piano

Life coaching

Music composition

Availability of a typical week

(GMT -05:00)

New York

Online via webcam

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Tue

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Fri

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Sun

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08-12

12-16

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20-24

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-Sessions in English / French

-As other people do regularly, you can also please your loved ones by offering gift vouchers available all year round.

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