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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).

Soloing On "SO WHAT"

Transcribing GREAT solos, analyzing them and learning to apply key elements into your own soloing is the best way I know to improve your improvisational skills. I'd like to show you what I worked on with my student, Lucy in our last lesson and challenge you to transcribe, analyze, and GROW.

All The Crazy Re-Harms

Thank you to everyone who submitted a re-harm video for “Crazy!” There were so many great ones! Show some love in the comment section!

You Reharm Aimee (Gnarls Barkley - Crazy)

Click the link below to get the free vocal track (and a bonus pdf of the chicken-scratch re-harm that I did), and GO TO WORK. You've got until Thursday at 10:00 am, Los Angeles time to submit your own video re-harm creations. I'll make a compilation of the ten that I love and put them together for my video on Friday morning! Send me A VIDEO of yourself playing your instrument(s) along with my vocal track. Feel free to get creative and make something amazing! If you want me to add a link to your youtube or social media sites, include it in the email that you send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Korg SV-1 Keyboard

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Crazy Reharm PDF	PDF	546 kB
Crazy Reaharm Vox 105 BPM	MP3 File 105 BPM	1085 kB

Pro Tip: Triadic Planing

Using major triads as upper extensions and "planing" can give your piano playing a wonderful new sound! Let's talk about how to do it and ways to use it!

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NOT Getting Featured On iTunes!

Racking up pre-sales was enough to get me to number 1 on the iTunes Charts, but it wasn't enough to get me featured. What's the big secret, iTunes? And why can't I find it on THE WHOLE INTERNET? iTune Amazon CdBaby

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.