Universe of Keys Youtube Page and Online Course

Universe of Keys Youtube Page and Online Course

This is the Official KZread Channel for Canadian CCMA and Juno Award winning keyboard player Mike Little. Mike is one of the most recorded keyboard players in Canadian Music History and has spent over 30 Years on the road backing up some of the biggest names in the biz. Mike has a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge and is committed to sharing his experience with others. To learn more about Mike's career check out out his website at www.mikelittlekeys.com . To learn about Mikes online subscription Keyboard course which has over 300 Videos highlighting tips on both the Hammond B3 and Piano go to www.universeofkeys.com . For access to tons of free content please subscribe to this page as Mike posts regularly :) If you love the content here and want to buy Mike a coffee you can do so here paypal.me/UniverseOfKeys . Enjoy!!




Smokin Hot B3 Lick!!

Smokin Hot B3 Lick!!

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  • @tp63us
    @tp63us13 сағат бұрын

    Sounds great. Thank you.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 сағат бұрын

    Thank you!!🙏🙏

  • @marques04rj
    @marques04rjКүн бұрын

    Hi, Mike. First of all, congratulations for your video. I have a doubt. There's an amazing song by Focus called "Answer? Questions! - Questions? Answer!", that has a organ sound that suddenly appears with a certain movement at the beginning, causing an interesting sensation. Soon after appears the Leslie effect, but what I would like to know is if that first movement is caused by varying the position of the drawbars. It happens here (the link goes directly to the point in time): kzread.info/dash/bejne/foxop66jgdiwebw.html

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysКүн бұрын

    That is definitely caused by drawbar movements. Nice effect!!

  • @marques04rj
    @marques04rj3 сағат бұрын

    @@UniverseofKeys really nice. And with the leslie added at the end, gets better

  • @texchnsawdrum
    @texchnsawdrum2 күн бұрын

    You have helped me so much. Thank you.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysКүн бұрын

    That makes me happy!! Glad to hear it 🎹🎹👊👊

  • @peternelson4630
    @peternelson46302 күн бұрын

    Great video! I’m so happy to have just discovered your channel. I have recently joined a dance/party band so I need to up my solo game in a more rock & roll or funk style. You’ve given me great ideas! As more of a “jazz guy”, I’ve thought differently about soloing but it’s been a great challenge to take on playing in this style. I might be contacting you for more guidance. Thanks!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys2 күн бұрын

    Peter,thanks for this! Happy to help :). Contact me at [email protected] if you would like to chat more about how I can help! I do custom master classes online and also have an online course. Would love to meet. All the best!!

  • @maestroone1237
    @maestroone12373 күн бұрын

    This is a classic example of one of those simple songs on paper but that actually requires a whole different level of ability to try and actually nail the groove and get it swinging like the great man himself and the band did, Melting Pot is a fabulous track also. Great lesson beautifully delivered as always Mike 👍

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏 🙏🎹🎹

  • @passionforguns
    @passionforguns4 күн бұрын

    MacDuff was the funkiest and most soulful of all the great B-3 players.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys3 күн бұрын

    Yes!! Agreed!!

  • @JSCarie1983
    @JSCarie19835 күн бұрын

    I appreciate your patience and teaching so much but dude remember when you were a beginner? This stuff is SO F-ING HARD just to space out two fingers from a current placement like you’re doing around 1:30. Feels like practice isn’t helping. And they say, “If you’re not having fun with it, Don’t do it.” Well I’m reminded of the days I’d play Nintendo and feel like breaking the controller over my knee bc it gets so damn difficult at times. AND THIS IS SLOW STUFF!! Jud’s getting frustrated!

  • @lexdunn4160
    @lexdunn41606 күн бұрын

    Excellent tutorial!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys6 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much, appreciate it!

  • @beyondasphalt8879
    @beyondasphalt88796 күн бұрын

    Finally! Years ago I sat down with our keyboardist and with four hands we did not get this close😀

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys6 күн бұрын

    Hahaha that’s funny! Glad you enjoyed!!

  • @CaptainJack2048
    @CaptainJack20487 күн бұрын

    I really like this song, and I've never gotten it from sheet music. This made the riff very clear, thank you.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys7 күн бұрын

    Great to hear :). Thanks for watching!!

  • @B3-R
    @B3-R7 күн бұрын

    Thanks Mike to this short tutorial, I have being working on it ,where I have also the notes writing, a confirmation of your video , it's pretty simple but at the same time needed a good coordination. Because I play pedal, I'm working on that too.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys7 күн бұрын

    Kick those pedals!! Bet it sounds great :)

  • @waxhead63
    @waxhead638 күн бұрын

    Interesting with the 5th on the bottom … maybe John Lord as channeling Booker T 🤷‍♂️👍🙏

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    It sounds mean!

  • @ebestul84
    @ebestul848 күн бұрын

    I love the Rheem Kee Bass in the back. My main organ is a Rheem Mark 7. Awesome organs made by a water heater company. Lol

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    Yes I agree. I also have one of their water heaters!! Hahaha.

  • @willburrito9710
    @willburrito97108 күн бұрын

    This is the only tune I can play on my Hammond. Still take figure how to keep the left hand going while the single note solo lead takes over. Guess I’m too old.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    I don’t believe Booker T plays the left hand during the solo. So you are all good ;).

  • @willburrito9710
    @willburrito97107 күн бұрын

    On his “Tiny Desk” performance he did. So I just figured……..

  • @user-mz6qu3hz6m
    @user-mz6qu3hz6m8 күн бұрын

    There’s actually a video of Booker T Jones teaching how to play it for keyboard magazine. Only a terrible quality version exists on KZread because copyright. I have an unadulterated version somewhere on a hard drive. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5-Bs7ubdMLXhrg.htmlfeature=shared

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    Thanks for this!

  • @matejasaric22
    @matejasaric228 күн бұрын

    Super simple for beginners! Can you do whole song plus improvisation on it

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    The entire song is in my online course. Solos plus a backing track. www.universeofkeys.com 🙏

  • @justusrogers7473
    @justusrogers74738 күн бұрын

    Mike, you're the best. I first started playing this song when I was about 10/11 years old on my free casio keyboard. Booker T was such an influence to me when I started playing. You might laugh, I remember recording myself playing the organ part on a cassette, then playing Steve Croppers part on a $10 guitar plugged into a stereo console I modified. I'm so lucky to now, to have a Hammond/Leslie and still enjoy playing this tune as much as I did then!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    Such a great story!! Awesome!!

  • @russthompson7994
    @russthompson79948 күн бұрын

    Now if I can only get that sweet growl!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    🎹🎹🤟🤟

  • @don4476
    @don44768 күн бұрын

    Booker did it when he was 16.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys8 күн бұрын

    Incredible!!

  • @don4476
    @don44768 күн бұрын

    @@UniverseofKeys And they were just goofing around trying to fill space. Zoinks. Steve Cropper tells the story somewhere in KZread land.

  • @larryhowards
    @larryhowards9 күн бұрын

    So helpful and awesome 🙌

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys9 күн бұрын

    Glad to hear. Hope all is great!!

  • @therevealing-studiesfromli4419
    @therevealing-studiesfromli441911 күн бұрын

    Nice Work my Friend...Simple and Straight. 🎹🎶

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys11 күн бұрын

    🎹🎹❤️❤️🙏🙏

  • @bluegroove777
    @bluegroove77713 күн бұрын

    Keep em coming Mike 🔥

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 күн бұрын

    Will do!!

  • @poopoo2153
    @poopoo215313 күн бұрын

    Beautiful! Great video. Wish i could afford a Hammond

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching 🙏🙏🎹🎹

  • @nickooh4772
    @nickooh477213 күн бұрын

    I have started your online course a month ago. Complete beginner in piano and organ. This is great, accessible and we can immediately have fun. Thanks Mike for what you do

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 күн бұрын

    Glad you are enjoying the course and thank you for the support!! Lots more coming in the online course in September. 🙏🙏🎹🎹

  • @nickooh4772
    @nickooh477212 күн бұрын

    @@UniverseofKeysgreat. i have already enough for a decade :)

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 күн бұрын

    Perfect :)

  • @willburrito9710
    @willburrito971014 күн бұрын

    I’m an old rec engineer from the the ‘70s and 80s and had the fortune of doing a lot of sessions with some great B players. While I’m not a keyboard player I do own a B. Love watching your simple but cool vids. Gimme some tips on the left hand stuff.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys14 күн бұрын

    What kind of left hand stuff are you looking for? Would love to hear the stories of the B3 sessions!!

  • @willburrito9710
    @willburrito971013 күн бұрын

    Maybe I should just take your course. Splitting the brain to keep the left hand and right hand isolated from each other is painful as you get older. It’s all about practice. Recording a good sounding Leslie was always a great moment. If the player brought his A-game, it all made it so much easier. Standard setup was one RE20 about 3 feet from the bottom louvres low passed at 1000Hz. Two Sony C37As for the top about 12” away. Normally I had baffles around a 4 foot area if it was part of the tracking date. 3 mics down to 2 tracks.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys12 күн бұрын

    Shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will get you a discount on the course. Lifetime membership gets you a free 1 hour lesson w me. Would love to meet and chat!! Especially about recording. I have been doing sessions for decades and it is my favourite topic :)

  • @B3-R
    @B3-R14 күн бұрын

    Great 👌

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys14 күн бұрын

    Glad you liked :)

  • @justusrogers7473
    @justusrogers747314 күн бұрын

    Cool Mike! The reverb adds so much to this one! 👍

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys14 күн бұрын

    I think so too!

  • @krambow1509
    @krambow150915 күн бұрын

    respect man, keep it real You did it, just like the record

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys15 күн бұрын

    Thaks man!!

  • @20EIGHTY4PICTURES
    @20EIGHTY4PICTURES15 күн бұрын

    Between my flickering eye lids due to the strength of the bubba kush and cocaine from the night before my replacement front desk assistant at the Internet Cafe opposite the Renaissance Hotel explained his script starts with a track from the doors, Riders On The Storm - he was obviously a very hooked up guy and best friends with Tom Cruise. Meanwhile the new marijuana dispensary down stairs was about to re open after a raid earlier that week - the new owner looked confident

  • @TheXIT
    @TheXIT16 күн бұрын

    YES!!!!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys15 күн бұрын

    🎹🙏

  • @TheXIT
    @TheXIT16 күн бұрын

    Amazing! When I’ve heard an organ pitch bend I assumed it was a VST

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys15 күн бұрын

    🎹🎹🤟🤟

  • @fleetwoodmac7873
    @fleetwoodmac787317 күн бұрын

    Fantastic 👌

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys15 күн бұрын

    🎹🙏

  • @musiceducationvideo4111
    @musiceducationvideo411119 күн бұрын

    Fantastic

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys19 күн бұрын

    🎹🎹🙏🙏

  • @jbowen281
    @jbowen28119 күн бұрын

    Interesting lessons with good background info. You really have a lot of key click in your playing. Time for a new keyboard?

  • @anthonycatania6954
    @anthonycatania695421 күн бұрын

    The best!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys20 күн бұрын

    Thanks Tony ❤️

  • @anthonycatania6954
    @anthonycatania695421 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys20 күн бұрын

    Very appreciated!! 🙏🙏🎹🎹

  • @spencercooper1603
    @spencercooper160322 күн бұрын

    Dude. You are awesome

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys22 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching!! 🎹🎹🤟🤟

  • @diiegopc
    @diiegopc23 күн бұрын

    Thank you! Could doing slides on a keyboard like the Casio CTK 3400 harm the keys?

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys23 күн бұрын

    Slides don’t need to be aggressive so just don’t hit it too hard ;). Hammonds are extremely tough 👊

  • @diiegopc
    @diiegopc23 күн бұрын

    @@UniverseofKeys i don't have a Hammond, I have a Casio ctk 3400, but still I'm not gonna do agressive slides. I've tried your recommendations and it sounded good

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys14 күн бұрын

    Good to hear!!

  • @davidmccall4776
    @davidmccall477623 күн бұрын

    I agree with you about the Leslie "pop" that occurs at speed changes. My 760, as you know, is a solid state unit, but the Combo-2 preamp has that signature pop, and it drives me nuts! I think there's an alternative switch available that is totally silent, which would be a Godsend! Great video, as usual! 🎹🎹🎹🎹🔕

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys23 күн бұрын

    Yeah… it can really become a thing when recording unfortunately. Not a big deal live. Thanks for watching!!

  • @brandeccohall
    @brandeccohall24 күн бұрын

    You kind of sound like Norm MacDonald if I close my eyes.

  • @Pedro-kt7qg
    @Pedro-kt7qg28 күн бұрын

    Hey buddy, what you playing, a B3? Looks amazing, love from Scotland

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys28 күн бұрын

    Hello :), This rig is my "portable" Hammond that I use for touring. I absolutely love it. Here is a video I made that tells the entire story of the organ!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4Fqz7uzZ7TIj7g.htmlsi=9FuY-i7Sk_OApgRZ Thanks for watching !!

  • @robertojaume
    @robertojaume29 күн бұрын

    muy buenos tips para los que nos estamos iniciando en la maravilla del Hammond, gracias y saludos desde Argentina !!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys29 күн бұрын

    Thank you Robert 🎹🙏

  • @Judah.lodge1
    @Judah.lodge1Ай бұрын

    As a beginning church organist I am so grateful for this video 🔥

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysАй бұрын

    So happy to hear 🎹🎹❤️❤️

  • @rnicmusic9637
    @rnicmusic9637Ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysАй бұрын

    🎹🎹🤟🤟

  • @gravynog
    @gravynogАй бұрын

    This is gold!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysАй бұрын

    🙏🙏🎹🎹

  • @mikaeljohansson83
    @mikaeljohansson83Ай бұрын

    Awesome Mike looking forward to even more Hammond awesomeness on Universe of Keys. And really nice video definitly gonna try out those drawbar settings even though I usually go with a few clicks of the 8:th drawbar together with the bottom 4.

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysАй бұрын

    Glad you are finding your own drawbar settings. Thats how you make it your own 👊👊🤟🤟

  • @mikaeljohansson83
    @mikaeljohansson83Ай бұрын

    @@UniverseofKeys Holy crap Mike I tried the bottom 4 with the 9:th during rehearsel yesterday and man it's a gamechanger. It's definitly gonna be in my tool box from now on🤟

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeys14 күн бұрын

    Amazing!!

  • @patsmusicnstuff1026
    @patsmusicnstuff1026Ай бұрын

    Awesome, as usual! Thanks!

  • @UniverseofKeys
    @UniverseofKeysАй бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🙏🎹🎹❤️❤️