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THE PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING A MENTOR IN YOUR PIANO STUDIES

Struggling With Your Piano Progress?

You’re Not Alone.

WITHOUT VIP MasterClasses

  • Don't know where to start and overwhelmed by the details that each piece or technical concept requires

  • Spending too much time figuring out how to do things on your own, not knowing what practice methods are best

  • Practicing isn’t effective, or you lose progress between practice sessions

  • Unable to produce the sound you want - things sound flat, clumsy, or unrefined

  • Feel unsure of the direction of your piano study - feelings of frustration, hopelessness, despair, or feeling like you should give up

WITH VIP MasterClasses

  • Learn to play your favorite pieces with step-by-step solutions & practice tips for your specific questions

  • Save time with proven practice strategies Josh has learned from many of the world’s best piano instructors

  • Retain the progress you make between sessions and increase practice efficiency

  • Play with more expression and learn techniques to improve your tone quality

  • Develop confidence in your abilities with proven solutions - use these videos as a springboard for your own creativity and ideas

WITHOUT CAPCUT MASTERCLASS

  • Overwhelmed by too many editing software options.

  • Spending too much time figuring out how to edit.

  • Your videos don’t look polished and professional.

  • Feeling like CapCut is too basic and missing key features.

  • Unsure how to create optimized videos for YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok.

WITH CAPCUT MASTERCLASS

  • Learn to edit high-quality videos quickly and easily.

  • Master CapCut’s hidden features to create stunning transitions and effects.

  • Cut your editing time in half with easy-to-follow steps.

  • Create content that engages your audience and increases views across social media.

COURSE CURRICULUM

Improve Your Practice Efficiency & Creativity - Here Are Some of the Concepts You'll Learn in the VIP MasterClass Videos!

GENERAL TECHNIQUE: The building blocks of playing the piece well

  • Exercises to reduce tension

  • Strategies for clarity & precision

  • Techniques for increasing speed where necessary

  • How to develop confidence in your playing

  • Proven practice methods for greater efficiency and results

FINGERING: Choosing effective fingering to make the piece easier to play

  • Strategies for less tension

  • Explanations of why certain fingerings work better than others

  • Stretching vs. crossing - when to use which for the best result

  • Small hands vs. large hands - how to navigate fingering choices based on hand size

  • Recognizing patterns

Day 1: Getting Started with CapCut

  • Welcome to the CapCut Masterclass

  • Why using CapCut

  • Overview of the Interface (Workspace, Timeline, and Tools)

  • Free or Paid Version of CapCut?

  • Basic Functions in CapCut

  • Proven Downloads and Templates

Day 2: Basic Editing and Media Management

  • Importing Media (Videos, Photos, Audio)

  • Managing and Organizing Clips

  • Cutting, Trimming, and Rearranging Clips

  • Working with Audio in CapCut

  • Synchronizing Audio with Video

  • How to Change Project Settings

Voicing: How to effectively bring out the melodic line & keep your accompaniment softer

  • My favorite practice method for voicing that I learned when I was 9 years old

  • The metal vs. feather analogy

  • How weight & speed affect voicing

  • Optimal dynamic ranges between melody & accompaniment

  • How character affects voicing

DYNAMICS: How to shape your phrases in a more professional way

  • How to create LONG, breathing lines

  • Pacing dynamic choices

  • Explanations of how professionals execute dynamic choices

  • How to create dynamic variety in similar or repeated sections

  • Tips for coupling voicing with dynamics for more vibrant expression

Day 3: Enhancing Videos with Transitions and Text

  • Adding Transitions to Your Videos

  • Best Transitions for YouTube, Instagram Reels, and TikTok

  • Adding and Tweaking Text to Your Videos

  • How to Add Subtitles in CapCut

  • How to Add Stickers to Your Videos

  • How to Use the Picture-in-Picture Function

  • How to do a Day to Night Transition (Match Cut)

Day 4: Platform-Specific Content Creation

  • Optimizing Videos for YouTube

  • Editing for Instagram Stories and Reels

  • Crafting Viral TikToks

  • Challenge: Mid-Course Challenge

  • How to Reframe Your Shots (automatically)

ARTICULATION: Enhance the character and textures in your piece

  • 3 types of staccato

  • Portato & how to execute this in a pleasing, non-vertical manner

  • Slurs & long phrases

  • Accents

  • Other markings (including ornamentation when applicable)

RHYTHM & TEMPO: Make your piece fluid & controlled

  • Choosing an effective tempo

  • Strategies for steadiness & how to avoid rushing

  • How character can help determine what tempo you take

  • Why clarity is more important than speed

  • How to increase speed without sacrificing character and expression

Day 5: Advanced Editing Techniques

  • Mastering Color Grading Inside CapCut

  • Working with LUTs Inside CapCut

  • How to Add Speed Ramps in CapCut

  • How to Add Motion Blur in CapCut

  • Working with Keyframes

Day 6: Special Effects and Audio Enhancements

  • Adding Filters and Effects

  • Choosing the Right Music

  • Adding Sound Effects

  • Enhancing Visuals Inside CapCut

  • AI Cutout (creative Intro Sequence)

RUBATO: An advanced-level concept to enhance the expression of your piece through the pushing and pulling of time

  • Discussions on differing levels of rubato

  • How to use rubato effectively and avoid sounding “seasick”

  • How much rubato to use depending on the style of composition and the time period of the piece you’re playing

PEDALING: When appropriate, pedaling enhances the beauty of your piece

  • Discussion about “syncopated pedaling” for greater clarity and smooth transitions

  • Explanation of the purpose of each pedal and when to use them

  • How una corda (the far left pedal) is misused by most students, and how to fix this

Day 7: Exporting and Optimizing for Social Media

  • How to Export Your Video
    (What to look for)

  • Export Settings for YouTube

  • Optimizing for Instagram Reels, TikTok, Shorts

  • Make Money with your skills!

Day 8: Bonus – Live Edits

  • Editing an Instagram Reel
    (Live Demo)

  • Creating a Facebook Ad
    (Live Demo)

  • Crafting a YouTube or TikTok Ad (Live Demo)

What's Inside the Course?

Introduction (Start Here!)

  • Instructions and the VIP Catalogue

  • Links to All of Josh's Gear

This Month's New Videos!

  • Click Here For This Month's Video Uploads!

  • A New Video Is Uploaded for Each Week of The Month

  • A New Guided Practice Session from Dr. Josh Wright Is Uploaded Each Month

Discounts for Members!

  • 25% Off the ProPractice Lifetime Access Course!

  • 20% off PianoMarvel Subscription

  • 10% Off Hidrau Model Piano Benches

Videos Sorted by Composer

Tutorials Sorted by the following composers (if you don't see a composer on this list, you can still submit a request for help with your specific piece):

  • Albéniz, Isaac

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian

  • Bartók, Bela

  • Beethoven, Ludwig Van

  • Blumenfeld, Felix

  • Brahms, Johannes

  • Chopin, Frédéric

  • Clementi, Muzio

  • Czerny, Carl

  • Debussy, Claude

  • Fauré, Gabriel

  • Godowsky, Leopold

  • Gottschalk, Louis Moreau

  • Grieg, Edvard

  • Handel, George Frideric

  • Haydn, Franz Joseph

  • Janáček, Leoš

  • Liszt, Franz

  • Mendelssohn, Felix

  • Moszkowski, Moritz

  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  • Pierné, Gabriel

  • Ponce, Manuel

  • Prokofiev, Sergei

  • Rachmaninoff, Sergei

  • Ravel, Maurice

  • Reger, Max

  • Saint-Saëns, Camille

  • Scarlatti, Domenico

  • Schubert, Franz

  • Scriabin, Alexander

  • Schumann, Robert

  • Stravinsky, Igor

  • Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Videos Sorted by Concept

Tutorials Sorted by the following concepts (if you don't see a concept on this list, you can still submit a request for help with your specific piece or question):

  • Accents

  • Accompanying/Ensemble Work

  • Accuracy

  • Alberti Bass

  • Alignment

  • Arpeggios

  • Arranging

  • Articulation

  • Chords

  • Digital Pianos

  • Ear Training

  • Evenness

  • Expression, Dynamics, Beauty, Tone Quality

  • Finger Strength/Dexterity/Precision/Clarity

  • Fingering/Choosing Effective Finger Numbers 

  • General Questions

  • Glissando

  • Grace Notes

  • Improvisation

  • Jumps/Large Leaps

  • Learning Strategies

  • Left Hand Technique

  • Legato

  • Lightness

  • Memorizing

  • Metronome

  • Mindset

  • Music Business

  • Nerves/Performing

  • Octaves

  • Patterns

  • Pedal

  • Piano Maintenance

  • Polyrhythms

  • Posture/Bench/Hand Position

  • Practice Regimen

  • Recording

  • Reducing Tension/Relaxation

  • Repeated Notes

  • Rhythm and Counting

  • Rolled Chords

  • Scales

  • Sight-reading

  • Slurs

  • Small Hands

  • Speed

  • Staccato

  • Stamina and Endurance

  • Stretches/Large Hand Span

  • Teaching Tips

  • Tempo

  • Theory

  • Thirds/Other Parallel Intervals

  • Touch

  • Trills and Ornaments

  • Tremolos

  • Voicing

Videos Sorted by Date

All videos from 2017 to present day are sorted by upload date

Josh's Guided Practice Sessions

Beginning in 2021, Josh began uploading "guided practice sessions" - short practice sessions where he guides you through things he is currently working on and the specific practice techniques he uses to be more efficient in his practice sessions

EXTRAS

Josh has uploaded a few bonus videos, including performance footage, how to practice on the day of the concert, and more!

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Josh Wright

Billboard #1 artist Dr. Josh Wright has delighted audiences across the United States and in Europe. He performed his debut recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in 2014. He has recorded seven albums, and has performed with many symphony orchestras.

Josh earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He earned a Master of Music degree and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Utah. His principal teachers are Dr. Logan Skelton and Dr. Susan Duehlmeier. He has also studied privately with concert pianist, Sergei Babayan.

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Students Are Saying

Take a look at our student testimonials! VIP MasterClass tutorials can be the catalyst to take your piano playing to the next level.

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Online Course

(1300+ tutorials)

Access to the entire library of videos, giving you access to all videos sorted by composer, concept, and date!

(Over 500 hours of content)

Guided Practice Sessions

Go "behind-the-scenes" with Josh's guided practice sessions, where he walks you through a short practice session of something he is currently working on

Memorizing Guide

Download Josh's free memorizing guide, featuring nine, actionable tips to help you memorize more quickly & efficiently.

Online Course (+10 h Content)

Lifetime Access to our state-of-the-art course to get a basic understanding of our proven agency model.

Bi-Weekly Zoom Calls

Access to our bi-weekly coaching calls with the entire Smartphone Agency team.

Step-By-Step Workbook

Download our exact workbook that helped us land our clients.

Direct Access To Dr. Josh Wright

Submit your questions & get them answered by a professional! Dr. Wright looks forward to helping you with your specific questions.

Access to All Past, Present, & Future Content

Josh uploads new content to the course each month, based on members' requests. As a member, you'll have NEW information and instruction to explore on a regular basis. You can also access all past tutorials based on other members' questions.

Discounts on Gear and Software

All members get exclusive discounts on premium piano benches and sight-reading software.

+What's Inside The VIP MasterClass Series?

1300+ MasterClass Videos

EASILY FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR:

✅ Tutorials Sorted by Composer

✅ Tutorials Sorted by Concept

✅ Tutorials Sorted by Date

✅ Submit YOUR Questions for Future Tutorials

BONUSES:

Access to Josh's Guided Practice Sessions

Discounts on Gear & Software

Email Support

Josh's Memorization Guide

Access to all Future Content

As time changes, so will the course, but no worries, we'll update the course on a regular basis.

Private Community Access

Join our amazing community of ambitious content creators and future entrepreneurs.

Discount on Gear and Software

All members get exclusive discounts on filmmaking gear and software we use to grow our own businesses.

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This Course is Perfect For You If...

You're Frustrated With Your Piano Progress

Find the practice methods & solutions to increase your efficiency at the piano

You've Wasted Hours, Days, or Months Practicing With Little To Show For It

Learn actionable steps from these tutorials to help elevate your playing in a shorter amount of time

You've Wasted Hours Watching Tutorials That Don’t Help

Endless YouTube videos leaving you confused? This course provides a step-by-step, no-nonsense approach that works fast and fits your schedule.

You Want Some Extra Inspiration & More Creative Ideas

If your playing is feeling a bit stale, or you're not sure how to liven things up with better expression or technique, use the advice in these videos to give you a boost

Be More Prepared For Your In-Person Lessons Or Your Performances

Whether you're studying with a teacher or on your own, these tutorials can supplement your regular regimen

You Want to Capture Memorable Moments with Professional Quality

Whether it’s family vacations or special events, create beautiful, lasting memories with high-quality smartphone videos.

PRICING

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Get an exclusive look into everything you'll be learning to start succeeding. 

MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN

$37 $25/Month

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  • Access to the Entire Library of Over 1300 Videos

  • Submit Your Questions, Get a Customized Video Response!

  • Submit As Many Questions As You'd Like

  • Access to Josh's Guided Practice Sessions

  • $25/Month, Cancel Anytime

  • 30-Day, Money-Back Guarantee

  • E-Mail Support

  • Discounts on Gear and Software

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YEARLY PAYMENT PLAN

$444 $250/Year

Cancel Anytime - (equal to $21/month)

  • Access to the Entire Library of Over 1300 Videos

  • Submit Your Questions, Get a Customized Video Response!

  • Submit As Many Questions As You'd Like

  • Access to Josh's Guided Practice Sessions

  • $250/Year, Cancel Anytime

  • 30-Day, Money-Back Guarantee

  • E-Mail Support

  • Discounts on Gear and Software

FAQS

Frequently Asked Questions

If you don't find the answer to your question here, please reach out to Josh & his team for assistance.

How quickly will I get access?

After you have enrolled, you will receive instant access to the course. Within a few minutes, you will be inside the course, and you can start learning.

What’s the refund policy?

Since our satisfaction rate is over 97%, we are confident in offering you a 30-day, money-back guarantee.

Can I use the VIP MasterClass Series on both iOS and Android?

Yes. You can use the VIP MasterClass Series on both iOS and Android devices.

Do I really get email support with questions?

Yes. Josh & his team are here to help. Send us an email at [email protected]

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