As a producer, session musician, epic keyboard player, writer of film and TV scores, coach, teacher, songwriter, multi-platinum award-winner and multiple Grammy nominee John Capek is well established in the world of music. In this chat with Dan Hare John talks about: the influence of boogie woogie on his piano playing; his formative years living in Australia; his Bohemian lifestyle and nature; how he ended up in Toronto; working with Marc Jordan, Ian Thomas, Rick Springfield, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and many others; creating chord progressions on his keyboard; why Johann Sebastian Bach is the “founder” of funk; and much more.
