What if you could learn virtually any song you wanted? A childhood or pastime favorite?

Sounds too good to be true right?

Well, it’s now a reality with our new Song Robot software we released earlier this year.

http://www.hearandplay.com/learnanysong

Here’s how it works:

Song Robot accepts a file type called “midi.”

If you google “midi,” you’ll find 384 million results. (To get through all those results in a year, you’d have to visit 1+ million pages per day).

But this file is different from any other typical audio file because it actually carries information… not just sound.

And what we did was hire a team of developers to build the best program on the planet for “reading” this information and giving it to you in a simple interface that teaches you unlimited songs by:

-lighting up the notes of the piano in red and blue
-slowing down the song to as low as 10% of actual speed
-changing to any key you want, no matter how far
-looping certain parts repeatedly
-displaying only sharps or only flats or both
-allowing full rewind, fast-forward, & pause controls
-accepting up to 16 instruments at one time
-and much more…

For more details, visit: http://www.hearandplay.com/384million

So essentially, when you make a one-time investment in Song Robot, you get an evergreen system where the sky’s the limit.

If you can find the song you want out of 384 million “midi” search results (and most likely you WILL), Song Robot does the rest!

It’s never been easier than this.

To see it in action, visit: http://www.hearandplay.com/384million

(And just to let you know, I’ve never failed at finding the midi file of a song online. In fact, my blog features videos of me finding files to “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” “The Entertainer,” “Hero,” and more).

Why do so many midi files exist online why are they easily accessible on google?

Simple.

Other common folk put out midi files to show off their playing, just for fun, to share with fellow musicians, to allow conversion to sheet music, and simply because they can. Think 384 million web pages. That’s a lot.

I’ve created a full-length video presentation detailing everything. Check it out at:

http://www.hearandplay.com/384million

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reply.

Talk soon.

We’ve made many updates to our all-new Song Robot Music Learning software. So I thought I’d show you how to find a song on google (like “Take The A Train”) and play it in Song Robot, taking advantage of all its song-learning features. Enjoy!

Click here for more information on Song Robot (free video presentation)

I’m so excited to be making another huge update to Song Robot!

Now the keys are in HD and can be expanded as big as you want! If you have double monitors, they can span the whole length. Even if you connect to a 50″ plasma tv, it will have the same, crisp, sharp hd look!

Watch this video for the details.

Update: We made a small update since this video. Now, there is only ONE window even though the keys separate from the main control panel area. Even better!

Check out this 5 minute video of me detailing the latest changes to Song Robot. And remember, if you’ve already invested in it, you get lifetime updates for free. Just open the program and it should say a new update is available. If not, then you need to log into the digital center with your e-mail and dob to pick up latest update (then after that point, the software will look for updates every time you run it).

If you haven’t joined the group of proud Song Robot users, what are you waiting for? :-) Click here for more information.

After so many replies and interest in the new Song Robot software I recently announced, I’ve decided to do yet another quick demonstration that shows how the software can be used to learn virtually any song you can find (and there’s a good chance you can find ANY song you want on google).

In this video, I show you in just a few minutes how to find over 4 versions of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” (and that’s just because I stopped looking… there are literally dozens, if not hundreds, out there). I then open them in Song Robot.

At the end, I let the entire song play through (giving you the opportunity to pick up as many chords and progressions as you want — but you’ll want to get Song Robot so you can have full control to slow it down, change the key, loop certain parts back and forth, and more!)

For more information on Song Robot, click here.

Since the release of my Song Robot software, people have absolutely been going nuts over it.

So I’ve decided to create a full 30-minute video of Song Robot walking you through the hit song, “Hero” in slow motion.

The first part of the video shows most of the song played at normal speed. The next part shows it slowed down to 50% of the regular speed. The last part (which takes up the most time) shows it at a mere 10% of actual speed.

If you don’t have the actual software, this is the next best thing. Of course you don’t have full control but my video captures everything you’d see if you actually had the software.

So enjoy this video and if you really like what you see, why not give the Song Robot a try? Click here for details about it.

Click here for a free video demonstration of Song Robot.

After so many replies and interest in the new Song Robot software I recently announced, I’ve decided to do another quick demonstration that shows how to use the software to learn practically any genre out there.

In this video, I show you in just a few minutes how to find a famous jazz song and open it in the robot software. Then at the end, I let the entire song play through (giving you the opportunity to pick up some of the licks in there — but you’ll want to get Song Robot so you can have full control.)

For more information on the Song Robot, click here.

Ok, so I’m on the net and I come across this post about a free program that visualizes your midi files in a whole new way.

You’re probably familiar with Van Basco Karaoke, which takes your midi file and displays it on a piano screen. It’s great for learning how to play any song, if there’s a midi file available for it on the net. You just load your midi program through Van Basco and voila, the notes are displayed on your screen in a little graphical piano. You can even slow stuff down and transpose to any key of your choice.

(screen shot of van basco karaoke’s virtual piano)

But what I want to talk about is MidiJam, which takes midi visualization to a whole new level! It actually takes the actual instruments that are in the midi file and shows them playing REAL notes.

So the piano plays the actual piano notes that are being heard in the midi file. If there is a bass present, you’ll see the bass plucking real notes too. Same with drums, horns, strings… ANYTHING!

Download the program and mess around with it. It’s a little old school and not as user-friendly as I’d like but it’s decent. Read the “readme.txt” file. I had a hard time figuring out how to bring a midi file of my choice into the program (…you just actually drag the midi file to the midijam.exe icon but the “readme.txt” file covers all that).

It’s cool! I was impressed.

Oops, one last thing. You can then go to Freemidi.org and download as many free midi files as you want (there’s other directories out there too, just google “midi directory”). Then you can open them in MidiJam and enjoy the midi visualization “on steroids.”

Meanwhile, check out some of these clips of midijam in action that people have posted on youtube.

(since these youtube clips were screen captured, the audio sync isn’t perfect but once you download midijam and run it from your own computer, it syncs perfectly)…

And Chris Pirillo, the guy who introduced me to MidiJam:

Download: MidiJam