ONLINE LESSONS

for modern piano

Pop/Rock and Jazz Fundamentals

Chord Theory

Improvisation

Music Technology

& More

TRIAL LESSONS

Your Teacher

James Baker is a versatile and well-rounded musician with a career spanning multiple disciplines - the guy’s been working on stage, in the studio, and in the pit since he was 15

As a Green Room Award-winning musical director and accompanist, he has been responsible for vocal coaching, band leading, and performing in musicals and cabarets on stages as far-flung as Melbourne, Australia, and Edinburgh, UK

As a hired gun, he has worked extensively as a session musician in recording studios and as a regular keyboardist for corporate bands and theatre-based tribute & original shows

As a composer, he has written and recorded original music for cabaret and theatre, with his compositions heard by audiences at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

As a student, he studied under the excellent tutelage of renowned Melbourne musicians Marina Kostromin, Darren Wicks, and Jack Pantazis at NMIT (now Melbourne Polytechnic)

As an educator, he has taught one-on-one contemporary piano lessons for over a decade and has worked as an accompanist, band leader, and musical director with over 100 Music 1 HSC students for their final performance exams

As a musician, he knows his craft and understands the critical skills musicians need in today’s industry

We take on students from many backgrounds:

- Adult and teen beginners

- Pop/Rock/Jazz band musicians wanting to juice up their sound

- Classical pianists wanting to tackle the unique intricacies of contemporary music

- School and university students developing their modern playing chops in solo, accompanying, and band situations

- Music 1 HSC students in NSW developing their final exam performance program

The common denominator is a love of modern music, an open mind, and a willingness to learn

Our Focuses Include

30 Minute Trial Lesson

Get a taste of the learning atmosphere with a 30 minute introductory lesson

Lessons are available 7 days a week (most weeks) in Australian and European time zones

All learning materials are provided

*Currency conversion provided as an estimate only - online bookings are charged in Australian dollars and actual currency conversion rates through your bank may differ

Online Lesson Space

Ready for your lesson? Head to rockoutloud.live/join/wkdkeys to login

IMPORTANT: Rock Out Loud only works in the Google Chrome browser on computers and the Rock Out Loud app on phones/tablets

Rock Out Loud

FAQ

Bookings and Cancellations

Lesson availabilities are emailed towards the beginning of each month and are booked exclusively through our online booking system

We're fully flexible up until 1 hour before your scheduled lesson

If you need to cancel/reschedule:

  • Up to 1 hour before your lesson: you can reschedule for free or cancel your lesson and receive a full credit for a lesson back to your account
  • Within 1 hour of your lesson: you forfeit the full lesson fee

If Wicked Keys cancels your lesson:

You'll be provided a full credit for TWO lessons for each single lesson we cancel (yep, you read that right: if Wicked Keys cancels your lesson you get two for the price of one)

What time zone are lessons in?

Australia: 7 days a week in the early evening (most weeks)

UK/Europe: 7 days a week in the afternoon (most weeks)

How often are lessons required?

We operate on a “book when it suits” principal - that means the regularity is completely up to you. We aim to give enough song work, theory, and technique during your lesson to keep yourself busy for a solid few weeks

How do your online lessons work and do I need any special software?

We use "Rock Out Loud" for our online lessons - it's a video chat software designed specifically for musicians (believe us, for musicians it's miles ahead of some of those other video chat brands out there)

Rock Out Loud prioritises high quality sound, you'll even be able to see exactly what James is playing via the onscreen notation and midi keyboard.

Best of all? You don't need a user account and Rock Out Loud will run on the Google Chrome browser on your computer, or via the Rock Out Loud app on your iOS/Android phone or tablet.

Any questions?

Email James at info@wickedkeys.com.au