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Aimee Nolte is a jazz singer and pianist who lives in the LA area and performs regularly, both solo and with her trio. She is primarily a jazz player but knows over a thousand songs and can play them at the drop of a hat. She has a jazz piano degree from Brigham Young University and has been an active performer ever since she graduated in 1998; even as a wife and mother of 4! She has released two full-length albums so far that have been reviewed as deeply personal, captivating pieces of art. In 2016, Aimee started her YouTube channel, "Aimee Nolte Music" where she shares the music that is inside of her with the world. Teaching topics like harmony, arranging, advanced jazz piano techniques, and even beginning piano and vocal skills comes as second nature to Aimee. This single is the first step in a new album that will be finished around the end of 2018, and it marks a new stepping stone in Aimee's career. With it, she hopes to find a new, warmer vibe; an organic-feeling sensibility that takes from her jazz background but sees no limits, and stretches to include all flavors of music. "The Loveliest Girl" really captures that new feeling that she's trying to achieve with the use of orchestral-type scoring for woodwind instruments and lovely textual painting that makes you want to close your eyes and journey through the story that the song tells. Listen carefully. You won't want to miss a thing
She continues to play and sing regularly all over Los Angeles County. January, 2006 marked the release of her first album, “Up Til Now”. She sings, plays piano and harmonica, and wrote and produced all of the tracks on the album.
In 2010, Aimee released her second album with her longtime guitarist, Hideaki Tokunaga, entitled, "Just Us". Aimee composed 7 of the CD's 11 tracks, and co-wrote 2.
Aimee has had the opportunity to perform in the past with greats such as John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, Frank Vignola, Lenny White, and most recently, the Aimee Nolte Trio (with Mike Scott and Roger Shew), and her duo, "Skirt & Suit (with Joshua Payne on guitar) with regular gigs around the LA area. Recently she performed with Nicki Parrott along with a new trio (Robert Taylor & Justin Varnes).

Guitar Picking For Piano, 2nd Step

If you've watched my first video about finger picking style, as applied to the piano, this is the next stop on your journey. Now you can take that principle and apply it to countless songs. Link to the worksheet in the first video: Fingerstyle Guitar For Piano Tutorial

2nd cover of Wonderwall

The first cover I posted, two years ago had terrible audio, so I wanted to give it another shot. It's a fun tune to play and I hope you have fun listening.

The MONEY Chords

Learn a few more chords with me that will help you on your journey to be able to play by ear. I'm calling them "the money chords.” They really have other names that more properly describe their functions, but I’m keeping it simple here.

Making Chords Sound Like MUSIC

#AimeeSaysUseYourEars - 23 min free piano lesson - Once you can figure out simple chords to songs by ear, how do you make them sound like music? Video #2 in the Back To Basics Playlist. Video recorded using: Earthworks SV33 , Earthworks PM40, AKG P220, 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand, Panasonic Lumix G85

Live Chat And Tunes

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How To Play By Ear With Chords

Whether you want to play jazz, rock, pop, soul, or country music, you need to do this first! My new video, "How To Play By Ear With Chords" has a small rant in it. Show it to your piano teacher! See also: How to practice major scales

Thinking Outside The Box

Sometimes, you get a crazy idea that seems too nuts to work, but something inside tells you that it just MIGHT solve all your problems, and it ends up doing just that. Every sale on iTunes helps the album stay on the charts! It's there, thanks to you all!

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Looking For The Answers - Release Concert

Excerpts from my April 15 2019 album release show in Los Angeles at Vitellos with my wonderful band; Mike Scott, guitar; Bruce Lett, bass; James Yoshizawa, drums. Every sale on iTunes helps the album stay on the charts! It's there, thanks to you all!

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