Focus Hocus Pocus

[dilwich123]

What a wouldnt give to put my Jan Akkerman Solo on this Paul ;) Brilliant playing as always :)

[throthelens]

Sorry, I yodeled, couldnt help it.

[MrNeonkind]

is this a bong in the background? :) well, nice job, dude. you're the man.

[inkystinky123]

That solo is stunning! Any specific scale your playing? (with exceptions of course.)

[paulwwells]

@inkystinky123 Thank you. Err - I don't think it is a special scale and it varied greatly on each attempt. Sort of a chromatic staggered across 5ths

[adamcroft]

If you did Sylvia by Focus, I would probably the happiest guy who ever lived.

[Annihilator909]

did u speed it up?

[doodleplop800]

So, so, so good.

[doodleplop800]

RD700?

[m0zc0re]

Is that a bong next to him? That explains so much.

[vicmon3]

nice



[0xmnmx0]

I vote for a tutorial! this song is so epic

[Sgtfuckface]

My vote's for this as a tutorial.

[stpuma5]

awesome!! great job!

[xzen2]

I vote too for a tutorial!



[chubbs3000]

Vote for a tutorial everyone come on we need to play this :)

[paulwwells]

@chubbs3000 Say a little prayer 12 Killing me softly 7 Tom and Jerry 6 Focus Hocus Pocus 5 Blue Peter 5 Queen (best friend) 4 No Quarter 4 Brum 3 Balamory 3 10cc 3 Billy Joel - just the way 3 Sade - is it a crime 3 Mr Bluesky 2 Waltons 2 Michael Macdonald 2 Flintstones 2

[TheVocoderGuy]

@chubbs3000 Focus tutorial would be nice also I have to point out YOUR CHEATING YOU'VE GOT YOUR PIANO SET UP A SEMITONE!! XD

I was wondering why it was so hard to play along... lol

[paulwwells]

@chubbs3000 It's there now

[chubbs3000]

@paulwwells Wahoo! cheers m8

[chubbs3000]

tutorial pleaseeee, this is fantastic

[paulwwells]

@chubbs3000 votes = 5

[noobownage2]

@chubbs3000

Ye I need a tutorial too :S

I need to play this so bad!

[chubbs3000]

thats 6 votes now paul :) , 7 more for a tutorial :)

[Timmegie]

Tutorial :)???

[Acronoob]

I dont suppose you could do a birds eye view recording? I'd love to play this like you do, it really captures the feeling :)

[Acronoob]

@Acronoob also, i dont suppose your keyboard was tuned up a semitone?

[paulwwells]

@Acronoob tutorial votes = 3 (the way it works is whenever anyone asks for a tutorial I increment the vote count. Whenever I've got time to make tutorials then I pick off a few from those with the most votes).

[Shaktul]

@paulwwells I'd like a tutorial too please. :)

[Hairboy01]

@paulwwells well ill vote too then :D

[burnsmay]

All the people who tried to cover Hocus Pocus will be amazed.Excellent playing

[MacedonCollowrath]

So damn good!

[palg123]

please, lets play song by Rainbow - Cant let you go, or Street of Dreams. thanks.

[palg123]

great work..,

[abbeltuinstra]

Woww, you are good! Nice cover! Your solo is (almost) as good as Jan Akkerman's!

[meliswisscanadian]

SICK I like it

[The1truesushiboy]

Wow... That's pretty nice...

[JDRM]

This actually rules. Nice one dude

[Fish260258]

I'm 52 and i see this song live!Most bizarre song ever,but very good!

[Xesum]

This is Amazing.

[LSchoenmakers]

You mister are awesome.

[paulwwells]

thank you LSchoenmaker - this song is being used by BBC3 at the moment. It's a great song. Who doesn't mime to it as it's playing.

[LSchoenmakers]

@paulwwells

I saw Jan Akkerman play live a few months ago, my very first concert (16 years, shame on me :P). After that Gary Moore, but damn Jan was great. Just missed this song because I was a bit sick during the whole show. Still hate myself because of it xD.

[Rasmaras]

im doin Uber when i listening this song xD

[teedlebomb]

Solid. Wish you were Kalamazoo - we could jam!

[paulwwells]

Sorry but I'm a really long way from Kalamazoo; it looks a nice place from the Wikipedia page :)

[GOSHtakaharu]

i wants chordss

[xXChaozLordXx]

dude!! this is awesome

[kostorama]

This song is incredible, and this is an impressive cover of a song that had drums, guitar, and synth. Well done! I keep trying to play it myself, but cannot get the hang of it. Did you learn it by ear? Could I get the chords like TwistedAnvil did four months ago? Thanks for any response.

[paulwwells]

The easiest is if I add it to my list of tutorial to do - it won't be very quick, say a few weeks time, but the result will be a lot more useful to you.

[kostorama]

Whatever you decide, I'm fine with. Thanks for any help, and keep on playing such awesome piano songs!

[ayJo0]

i love the sound=)

[krealler]

actaully the only thing i want is sheets for the part when he starts Jodeling (or however its spelled)

00:25 - 00:42

[krealler]

it would be nice if you could send sheets to me or make a tutorial video.. i dont know how to read chords but you could also send them anyway

[TwistedAnvil]

you couldn't send me the chords could you? I've been trying to play this piece by ear on my keyboard for about two years now, and I still don't think the chords are right. Many thanks :D

[paulwwells]

I'll send you a private message - if I just type the chords here YouTube will not post the reply.

[dave00004483]

Awesome!!!!!! Absolutely correct too, as far as I can tell. Brilliant keyboard work.

[paulwwells]

Dave, thanks very much :)

[poepaars]

beer

[Hankdevries]

really nice, but then i wanted to learn this piece too, you fast forwarded this a little bit so its out of tone.. can you say how much faster you have made it? so i can listen to it and learn the song correctly? anyways great job

[SmiertSpionem]

Spot on!

[BasicModelling]

Spotless!

[Sycsa]

Impressive!

[KooTeeV]

Perfect! You play very well. Keep rocking!

[paulwwells]

Thanks :)

[Shwaggetyshfifty]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[paulwwells]

Thank you very much.

[dreadswinging]

ok, i would learn that...

BUT IT'S SOLID!

[paulwwells]

Thanks. It's a lot easier to yodle on the piano than by voice.

[paulwwells]

Have a go - it's great fun to play; and judging from other cover versions here on YouTube it's common to just do your own thing in the end section.

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