Get a breakdown of the song on our blog >> www.pianote.com/blog/come-sail-away-piano-tutorial-lawrence-gowan/

@felikspodolak2983

Жыл бұрын

Hey could u do a cover of the chain by mac fleetwood please

I actually had to give that ending a standing ovation. Bravo to Mr. Gowan and thank you Pianote for featuring him.

Been a Gowan fan for 40 years. This was such a treat!

Thank you, Mr. Dennis DeYoung.

I just saw him and Styx around a month ago. Enjoyed his breakdown. Gowan is the most energetic keyboard player I’ve seen.

Spectacular Gowan !! Thanks Pianote

Gowan is amazing!!

This. is. AWESOME! I've loved this song for four and a half decades.

What a special lesson...Thank you

Holy crap he’s amazing. So humble for being so legendary. This might be one of my favourite videos on KZread lol Now if only I could play it…

@pepperdog2039

Жыл бұрын

he did not write this dennis deyoung did

@bakerfx4968

Жыл бұрын

@@pepperdog2039 ok cool. What does that change about what I said lol

@jonkrispeterson6678

11 ай бұрын

He isn’t really legendary. He plays with a band that was made famous by songs not written by him. Very few people know him by name or sight. Dennis DeYoung is legendary.

@bakerfx4968

11 ай бұрын

@@jonkrispeterson6678 boy do I have some news for you about most famous musicians… Never heard of Dennis deyoung so I guess it depends on age/crowd etc

@jonkrispeterson6678

11 ай бұрын

@@bakerfx4968 well, he wrote over 1/2 the songs that Styx is known for. Lady, Babe, Come Sail Away, Paradise Theater, Mr Roboto, Don’t Let it End, and The Grand Illusion.. Gowan is a 20 year fill in because someone got in a fight. There isnt a single song he has written that has gotten significant radio airplay. All those listed are either certified Gold or Platinum.

Wow! Whoever wrote this song is a total and complete genius.

@pepperdog2039

10 ай бұрын

dennis deyoung

@Hughami

10 ай бұрын

@@pepperdog2039hiya. I suspect Ed was being ironic. Have a goodun! 👍

@PikesvilleAl

2 ай бұрын

Hard to believe he isn't in a band.

@jcarrolljr3052

Ай бұрын

Dennis DeYoung was the composer/songwriter and original vocalist

Wow. Just wow. Undisputable mastery of the Keyboard, a fantastic voice, a great personnality and a humility and will to teach us. A great man. Thank you!!!

Wow, great that Gowan gave us the gift of breaking down the keyboard performance for us. One of the best songs ever

I just came here confirm I've been teaching my daughter the intro correctly. I didnt expect a master class on the whole song :-) Gowan is the only one who could properly fill Deyoung's shoes in Styx.

Thank you so much for this in depth gift. I wish more bands did this. Styx rocks

Wow !!! that's GOWAN !!!! Amazing Musicians !!

Such a cool guy and great musician. Humble as hell, too. Bravo to Lawrence, not to mention Dennis DeYoung who wrote and sang the orignal. Very cool lesson.

Pretty superb piano, considering Dennis started as an accordion player! A nice tribute to his genius by Gowan!

Pretty advanced for me, but I will try. This is an epic Styx song. Love it ❤.

My song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I love this song so much

Nice job! There's a lot of technique there that I lack, but it inspires me. I haven't seen Styx in 42 yrs but I will see you guys in April in Connecticut..! Till then!

One of the greatest voices in Canada 🇨🇦

What a fun guest to have on. I was always neutral about Styx. Only once I saw them live did I appreciate just how epic this song actually is.

This is one of my all time favorite songs and I was considering trying to learn it on Piano and Drums and then this video drops! Couldn't be happier!!!!

I’ve always loved this song and now I love it even more!! This is an amazing video. Saving this to my playlist so I can watch it over and over ❤⛵️🌌🚀🪽

Oh my God. So good!

Had the pleasure of seeing STYX.. You, Mr. Gowan, LIVE in Kelowna, BC..OCT. 2022. The show, and this song was magical! It's always been a favorite as a teen and thru the years. I have attempted to learn on my own. Thank you for this breakdown. It's perfect!

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo ! Gowan the tutorial and the solo performance !!!

You have been a fave for so long. Thank you for this stunning performance!!!

This is so good. You can just see the professionalism and showmanship and craft at work. I'm a computer programmer by trade, but this is by far the hardest thing I've ever seen. I just don't understand how people do it, how they can read, memorize, improvise those chords, melodies. It seems like magic. I've tried to learn, but I'm just not cut out for it. :(

@khx73

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine how many times he's played those notes... the muscle memory would be so ingrained. It is amazing

@bakerfx4968

Жыл бұрын

@@khx73you also have to appreciate that he knows all the theory behind too though, I definitely don’t lol

@Hughami

10 ай бұрын

Hello. Um, he is a fine musician, clearly, and probably a nice man, but if someone just copied you code and demonstrated how clever it was without acknowledging you as the author, I assume you’d be annoyed? Well, that is pretty much what he did here: he didn’t write it, he is demonstrating Dennis DeYoung’s craft, not his own. Have a goodun.👍

@PikesvilleAl

29 күн бұрын

@@Hughami Low class move taking credit by omission. Image someone playing Beethoven or Mozart and pretending they wrote it. He knows damn well most people under 30 or so have no knowledge this is a Dennis Deyoung song

This was very informative, and loved the way Gowan let us into his mind a bit on the way he interprets the melodies, lyrics, and performance as a whole. (I also had to dig out my 1970s double decker Lowrey organ to learn along with this - worth it!)

Incredible! Absolute legend! Thank you, sir.

Awesome!!! Thank you, Mr. Gowan! Thank you, Pianote!

Like a fine wine...better with age! Magnifico!

Actually insane that we get to hear his thought process and see him play!!! Everything is so intentional according to his vision, what he sees and the feeling he is going for. Absolutely even more appreciation for his musicianship & creativity and so thankful for this super rare opportunity to learn a piece from the artist themself!! Thank you!🤩😄❤️🔥🙌🙌🙌

@billyjenkjr

Жыл бұрын

Well technically, Dennis Deyoung ( The founder of the band STYX) is the One who originally wrote and sings this song. He still sings it in his Solo Band since he was forced out by members in the band Styx.

This was awesome! I sure hope you engaged Mr Gowan for more than this one project?

Thank you for sharing. Such a great explanation (theory and demonstration)...learned alot from this video!!

I still remember my part for this song from our marching show my sophomore year of high school, fall of 2009. The theme was styx. I played clarinet and we had the eighth note figures in the opening. We had to practice those quite a bit so thats likely why its still there.

Absolutely love this ❤❤ Pianote has out done itself

@PianoteOfficial

Жыл бұрын

We love Gowan!!!

This is one of my favorite songs. I've tried for years trying to figure this out. Thanks for this video!!!!!

@PianoteOfficial

11 ай бұрын

A pleasure! Tag us as soon as you learn it please :) We would love to see you play this.

LOVE this song!!

This is great! One of my favourite 70s songs

Rock royalty laying down a classic tutorial. awesome.

Thank you for this ❤

Thank you for the breakdown of this timeless masterpiece. I actually wondered, how you actually played the trills in this song...cant believe i found this!!

Absolutely incredible and inspiring!

Standing ovation! Thank you.

Awesome ! I’ve always loved this song

Amazing! Love this!

Que chingón! gracias por compartirlo con nosotros, una gran inspiración

Loved it!!

Love it!! Thank you Pianote! Caroline

Lawrence is a legend.

Wonderful video! What a blessing to hear him perform. Styx has been a favorite of mine for many years. I saw Dennis DeYoung sing as Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar which was phenomenonal. Every member of that group is an awesome musician. Thanks Mr. Gowen for sharing your talent! I look forward to seeing you live again!

Amazing!!!!

AWESOME!

Great video. My only grip is it would have been nice to say who wrote this beautiful song in the beginning of the video.

Wow! Love all Styx music. Still a beginner piano player though. Rock on!

Beautiful performance!

That was brilliant and fantastic for sure! A great song excellently done Mr. Gowan 😊🙌🎶

@pepperdog2039

Жыл бұрын

dennis deyoung wrote it and played it

@curtisbrown3847

Жыл бұрын

@@pepperdog2039 yes I knew that but Gowan does a great job with it

I just saw them in Shipshewana and they were amazing!

Thank you!

Lucky me, first piano lesson taught by Mr Gowan!! Inspiring! Thank You for sharing your incredible talent 😀

@MKPiatkowski

5 ай бұрын

OMG, that's amazing!

Thank you pianote I wanted to learn this for my family 😭

I'd never listened to this song and I just discovered it's beautiful

@outcastcwd

Жыл бұрын

It seems impossible to me that there are people who've never heard this!🤯 Now you have to listen to all of the rest of their music! 👊😁👍

I've always loved this song, but until I saw Gowan play it, I had never FELT it. What a MASTER!

ComeSailAwaycellent

Класс!!! Это просто Космос!!!

Love ❤it!

Sehat selalu untuk semuanya. Salam dari saya di indonesia. Terima kasih. ❤❤❤

Спасибо

After successfully playing this on the air piano for 45 years, maybe I'll give it a go on a real piano for a change!

Epic.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

What I find amazing here is how a lowly accordion player from Chicago cobbled together this song one night and it has made classically trained pianists the world over like Larry sit forward and take notice. He broke it down brilliantly here because Dennis simply couldn't. Denny has been consistent about explaining how he has always composed songs by ear and keeps noodling along until it sounds right.

Wow! If you wrote this stuff, then you are Truly Blessed. 😀👍

@jcarrolljr3052

Ай бұрын

Dennis DeYoung is the composer/songwriter and original vocalist

@michaelbeeministries2020

Ай бұрын

Okay. Thank you 👍

Respect, 45 Cairo, Egypt

This is great! Can I request Criminal Mind as a tutorial encore?

@mule71

Жыл бұрын

Yes! This! Some of Gowan’s own material demonstrated please. 🙏🇨🇦

THat's crazy to be taught the song by the person who ACTUALLY plays it. Thanks so much!

I have the privilege of jamming with the original band on Saturday mornings when the twins and I attended UW- Whitewater. I was still a teenager when my band fuzzy opening act for REO Speedwagon in 1972 at Road America. Of course I had to perform Come Sail Away with my cover band as leave vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Are you play keyboards but I don't think I can play it as well as you can. Where did 50 years go?!

@PikesvilleAl

29 күн бұрын

how many lies? Dennis did not write the song until 1977

Both Styx and Scarborough are lucky to have this man.

How does he layer in the lead synth patch? Is this a patch on the Roland or another Midi'd source? Obviously the piano is layered four times here but I'm curious. I did see the VK module sitting on top for the organ stuff. I also wondered about his live rig and setup.

@MKPiatkowski

5 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that too.

amazing that piannote didn't contact dennis deyoung to do this explanation. he performed and wrote it.

@MKPiatkowski

5 ай бұрын

Dennis has always said he creates by ear, just noodles around until it sounds right. He wouldn't have been able to break down the chords and theory the way Gowan did.

@pepperdog2039

4 ай бұрын

@@MKPiatkowski deyoung wrote them what on earth are you talking about.

@MKPiatkowski

4 ай бұрын

@@pepperdog2039 It's like how some great hitters in baseball can't break down their swing because it's all instinctual. I understand that's how Dennis writes. So while Dennis could talk about the pieces he put together, Gowan was able to apply music theory (which he studied) to explain it in more detail. Which is more what this channel does.

@pepperdog2039

4 ай бұрын

@@MKPiatkowski deyoung has a degree in music and taught in public schools for 3 years. you are right the truly great ones do not have to offer a tutorial because they are creatively superior. plus gowan's singing deyoung's songs does great disservice to them.

@MKPiatkowski

4 ай бұрын

@@pepperdog2039 I disagree. I think Gowan does a great job of making a great song his own. Then again, I've been a fan of Gowan's long before he joined Styx and actually feel him singing Dennis' songs are a step down from his own material. But to each their own.

Thank you can you teach Renagade?

I liked that's Melody's Chords 🎹 lyrics songs ' Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton . When I having a job's worked as ♎ government I want to buying Yamaha Keyboards 88 - keys , Roland Keyboards 88 - keys and KORG LS - 88 keys ..

Love Gowan!! Never knew he was the Dennis replacement. Now I want to see Styx 2024. He’s great

eric theodore cartman is a happy kid

Who could be better at teaching you Styx's classic hit "Come Sail Away" than the maestro himself? How about Dennis DeYoung, You know the guy who wrote and performed the song and the original founder and leader of Styx.

Who could be better at teaching you Styx's classic hit "Come Sail Away" than the maestro himself? -THE GUY WHO WROTE IT

He’s playing rd 2000 I think

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Had Mr Gowan taken a moment to acknowledge that this brilliant tune was written and performed by Dennis DeYoung-a side-note by the webmaster doesn’t really count-I would have had a little more respect for him. Whilst he didn’t explicitly say it was his tune, he certainly gave the impression that it was. A little humility by the current owners of the Styx name, who, after all, largely owe their career to Dennis, would be a nice change of course. A pity that people have such short memories.

@tmw3489

8 ай бұрын

Had you actually spoken about the content, you would come off as someone who had actual appreciation for music instead of some old salty boomer.

@Hughami

8 ай бұрын

@@tmw3489 Hello. Had you some intelligence and good manners you might not have sounded so ignorant. Grow up, there’s a good chap. A lovely day to you.

@tacotony1000

7 ай бұрын

Take it for what it's worth my hat is off to GOWEN for taking the time to show everyone how his improvising of the song.

@Hughami

7 ай бұрын

@@tacotony1000 Hello, and I have no problems with LG, seems a nice man, and it isn’t that the video isn’t good, just that it would have been classy of him to have acknowledged the actual writer/singer of the song. The original members of Styx have been denigrating DDY for twenty years despite largely living off his achievements. Gowan has also been living off DDY’s work, so, as I said, I would have had a little more respect for him if he had acknowledged it. Nice day to you.

@tmw3489

5 ай бұрын

@@Hughami salty ass boomer

So cool to get a lesson from an actual rock star,the source.

@Hughami

10 ай бұрын

Um, rock star he may be, the source he certainly isn’t. 😁 enjoy your day.

@robertmichalscheck3072

10 ай бұрын

@@Hughami Um,he wrote the song and sang the original hit version,so how would he not be considered the source,duh!,

@Hughami

10 ай бұрын

@@robertmichalscheck3072 Hiya. No: Dennis DeYoung-Styx’s primary singer and songwriter-wrote and sang the song, 21-odd years before Lawrence Gowan even joined the band as his replacement, that’s why. Always best to know what you’re talking about before you “duh” someone, huh? Look it up. Have a goodun.👍

Too bad fkn KZread throws ads in the middle of the song destroying the immersion.. good vid otherwise. Learned a lot

that Pianote link attached to the video doesn’t have the same rhythms sheet music shown in this video 🗑🚮

Recently saw Styx in concert and I have to say all the disdain I’m seeing for Gowan is uncalled for. He’s incredibly talented and brings an energy to concerts unlike any I’ve seen. Of course DeYoung deserves all the credit in the world for the song but that shouldn’t take away from the talent of this man and the amazing performances he gives.

@PikesvilleAl

29 күн бұрын

Fine, but he and the others have no moral ground tp use the name Styx.

Sad part is "Come sail away" isnt Gowans song. Its completely Dennis Deyoungs. I was able to play "Come sail away" by 1980 by sight reading and I wasn't even 20 yrs old yet. Either way thats Deyoungs song 🎵 period.

Piano playing skills excellent, but sadly, his voice has seen better days. Happens to all singers.

Please remember that Gowan is a skilled Styx tribute musician only and has not written any of the famous Styx hit songs. Taken credit for the song written and originally performed by Dennis DeYoung is pretty weak.

@yamahagrand

2 ай бұрын

I didn't see him taking credit for it. The fact that Dennis isn't in the band is an issue best addressed with Tommy and JY. I'm a keyboard player myself and a big fan of Dennis and his work as a songwriter and performer. I wish he was in the band but until he is welcomed back someone is going to do it. May as well be Lawrence.

@PikesvilleAl

2 ай бұрын

Proves he belongs in the stolen band with the other thieves.

@PikesvilleAl

29 күн бұрын

Who could be better at teaching you Styx's classic hit "Come Sail Away" than the maestro himself? -REALLY?????? Dennis DeYoung would be better..

Answering the question "Who could be better at teaching Styx's classic hit "Come Sail Away" than the maestro himself?" It seems to me that the ACTUAL maestro, the one who wrote the song, who sang the lead vocal and played the iconic keys part on the original hit, would be a much better choice. Gowan is a fine musician, but if we're drawing comparisons, he's barely more than a cheap knock-off of Dennis DeYoung, the immensely talented TRUE voice of Styx.

@endtroln5139

13 күн бұрын

Dennis frying is dead find him and then put him in a video if u want Gowan is awesome