You hear the fullness in your head. Your hands keep landing on the same chords.

You know the records that move you — the dense, rich voicings, the reharmonizations that take a song somewhere unexpected, the players who improvise like they're just talking. You want to sound like that.

But you sit down and the same shapes come out. The same go-to chords. You add an extension here and there, but it doesn't open up the way you hear it in your head. And when it's time to improvise or write something of your own, you don't know where to start.

That's not a talent problem, and it's not about learning more chord names.

Fuller chords, real reharmonization, improvising, composing — they all grow from the same root: an ear you actually trust.

That's exactly where this six weeks starts — and what it's built to develop.

Most courses teach you about music. This one teaches you to hear it.

There's a difference between knowing a chord is a Dm9 and feeling why it works — why it opens something up, why it resolves the way it does, why it hits differently on Sunday morning than it does on a late-night session.

Players who sound full aren't memorizing more chords than you. They're hearing more — and trusting what they hear. That's what lets the dense voicings, the reharmonizations, the improvising, and the writing all flow from the same place. We build that in six weeks. No textbook theory. No prerequisites. Just the framework I've used at the highest levels of music — broken down so you can use it immediately, wherever you are right now.

Six weeks. One shift.

• 01
  Train Your Ear

  Intervals, chord qualities, bass motion. This thread runs all six weeks — everything else builds on it.

• 02
  Richer Chords & Voicings

  Extensions, color tones, triad-stacking, shell and rootless voicings. The stuff that makes people ask, "Wait — how did you do that?"

• 03
  Reharmonization

  Substitutions, tritone subs, adding color without chaos. How to take a familiar song somewhere new.

• 04
  Improvisation

  Chord tones, melodic cells, phrasing and space. The art of saying something musical without overthinking it.

• 05
  Songwriting & Composition

  Motifs, progressions, song structure. How to take a feeling and finish it.

• 06
  Make It Your Own

  Live hot seats. You perform. We listen. You leave with something complete.

Live. Small. Real feedback.

Every week is 90 minutes on Zoom — small group, real time. Each session includes hot seat coaching: a player performs live while the group listens and learns, then gets direct, in-the-moment feedback. Between sessions, you have a private group chat and direct access to me.

15 seats — capped on purpose. Small enough that every player gets seen, heard, and coached. That only works live.

Everything is recorded — so if life happens, you won't fall behind. But the sessions are where the real growth happens. There's no substitute for playing in front of people who care.

A room full of players reaching for the same thing you are.

Growth slows down in isolation. It speeds up around people pushing in the same direction. This cohort puts you in a small circle of serious, like-minded players — jazz, gospel, R&B, and neo-soul — at roughly your level, all working toward a fuller, freer sound.

You'll hear how others voice the same chord. Steal ideas. Get feedback that actually lands because the people giving it understand exactly what you're chasing. The private community keeps that energy going between sessions — and long after the six weeks are up.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

• 6 live 90-minute group sessions via Zoom
• Hot seat coaching every session
• All session recordings, available anytime
• Rapid Reharm Reference — 336 chord substitutions across all 12 keys (a $37 value, included free)
• Private student community
• Direct access to Chris between sessions

Can't join live? The Replay Pass gets you every recording, the community, and the Rapid Reharm Reference — at your own pace, for the price of one private lesson.

Less than two private lessons.
Six weeks of real change.

For the cost of a couple of lessons, you get six weeks of live, small-group coaching — plus the recordings, the community, and a reference guide you'll use for the rest of your playing life. No textbook theory. Just what actually works, broken down so it's usable wherever you are right now.

When the 15 seats are gone, they're gone. The next cohort won't be until later in the year.

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Chris Cadenhead

Grammy-nominated pianist, producer, and educator with over 35 years at the keys and 23 as a working professional. Chris has toured and recorded with KC & the Sunshine Band, The Jacksons, Bruno Mars, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, Leslie Odom Jr., and many others.

He has also composed music for television and film, with work featured on shows like The Kardashians and E! True Hollywood Story.

He teaches what he actually uses — not what looks good on a syllabus.

KC & the Sunshine Band · The Jacksons · Bruno Mars · Prince · Stevie Wonder
Robert Glasper · Kamasi Washington · Leslie Odom Jr. · Ludacris · CeeLo · Gloria Gaynor
Terrace Martin · Justin Bieber · Lalah Hathaway · Eric Benét · Byron Cage · Mary Mary · Miami Mass Choir