Pro Pianist Hears Sabrina Carpenter For The First Time 🔥

Discover Erskine Hawkins' 🎹 creative approach as he listens to Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" for the very first time and attempts to play along. How does he know what to layer so quickly? Watch this video to find out!

🔥 Meet Erskine Hawkins III: Erskine is a top music director, producer, and pianist. He started playing gospel music at 13 and led bands by 14. He graduated from the University of North Texas as the first African-American in their Jazz Piano program. Erskine has directed music for Chrisette Michele and Zendaya, and toured with Eminem and Rihanna. He also plays keyboard and organ at the Potter's House Church in Dallas under Bishop T.D. Jakes. Erskine loves church music for its impact and stresses continuous learning. He advises musicians to ask questions, build a strong repertoire, and practice regularly.

🔥 Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Erskine Hawkins Listens to Track: Drums & Vocals Only
1:54 - Erskine Takes Notes
3:03 - Erskine Adds Layers: Starting with Bass
3:17 - Erskine Adds Layers: Synths
3:39 - Erskine Adds Layers: Strings
3:44 Take Lessons With Erskine
3:53 - Erskine Adds Layers: Organ
4:05 - Erskine Plays the Final Take
7:07 - Erskine Hawkins Hears the Original Song
8:24 - Closing Thoughts

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[ilichiregius]

He single-handedly produced a brand new track.

[ikemmanuel-audu]

you can tell he is a concert arrangement specialist, the build up to that last appergio is for the artists final big finish chorus. so systematic!!! wild to see in real time

[adoming]

Erskine's version was fire. His chord voicings are amazing. keep these coming!!!

[JemmaHeigis]

HOW did he get that iconic synth part in the pre chorus?? How?!! ❤❤❤

[JamieTIdders]

Honestly this version needs to be released on streaming

[BelovedJohn-iluo]

The broken chords 😢 damm... I've seen people do too much but this guy kept it simple, classy and jazzy all at the same time

[kevinlucas]

It is surreal that I actually used to play along side this man in church! Keep on playing bro! (PS I’m stealing some of these chords)

[wizkeys]

Those arpeggios at the end gave me chills.

[Albert_XXI]

Erskine just poured a whole lot of juice into it. It's always a pleasant experience to watch a pro performing his magic effortlessly.

[danieltsan]

His reharm is actually really close to the original considering the original is 2-3-6 progression. Really great work and he made the song a lot more interesting

[mihaU]

That's sick. I love that pianists in here not only play piano part but actually produce a new track.

[jahrinstrumente]

ERSKINE HAWKINS. Didn't know this dude. He is the man, man. What a musician !

[nguyenvuan]

I actually fall for Erskine's version. Please do make more videos like this. I learned a lot from these talents.

[BelovedJohn-iluo]

Never heard of him. But when I saw that he is a lefty, I knew it was going to bang

[evenvega]

When he hits the wheel at 5:42, idk why but I love that detail so much

[claire.morgan]

Wow he just banged that out like it was nothing! He needs to do more of these because he's so creative. I had never heard the original but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't typically listen to it, but he made it so groovy.

[TemporaryTemporary-yj]

The chord progressions used are reminiscent of those used in 80/90's J-pop, (the ones that have jazz elements) and you could almost imagine this being used as an intro to a season of the anime series, *Card Captor: Sakura*

[moretromain]

This is a really good one, for multiple reasons! First it shows how crazy Erskine is as a first learner for sure! But then when you deep further, you realize that it's a good show of many things, such as how crazy skilled young musicians are today, how much the producer role has become all about challenging and most importantly channeling that while keeping track of what the track needs, how much now more than ever creativity comes from all side of the board, at any moment of the creative process...we live in wild and crazy exciting times, and it's so refreshing to see everything challenged that much on the musical space, thanks Pianote to bringing that to us, and thanks Erskine for your talent and contribution!

[simonkempnerguitar]

I was NOT PREPARED for this 😄😄😄 Bro brought some HEAT to this track, I LOVE the (passing) chords, reharms and embellishments... the details are insane and really stand out! Wow this was def my favourite episode so far!

[bunce]

This one was great. Tasteful- not too overboard with the chops but not too plain. Great take!