Jacques Hopkins

Wow. 😮 Four years and over 2 MILLION views later, I’ve finally re-recorded my most popular video on YouTube: “Learn Piano in 4 Minutes.” Déjà vu, but better: youtube.com/watch?v=WeVZPL… #learnpiano #piano #pianolessons

@duolingo Please extend my daughter's streak. We were out of town and forgot to set reminders and she's devastated. I've emailed you multiple times with no response.

@AlexFinn He is, in fact, stronger. Very impressed so far. Thanks again. Been following you the past week. My clawdbot is close to being able to run my piano business :)

@PianoIn21Days sometimes you have to crash so that you can come back 10x stronger

RUN THIS PROMPT IN CLAWDBOT TO GET OPUS 4.6 RUNNING By default, Opus 4.6 is not supported by ClawdBot/OpenClaw. You need to do some manually hacking to get it to work. For my setup, this prompt worked for me Since we might be on different versions, paste this prompt down below into your Clawd and say "this prompt should help you upgrade to Opus 4.6. Check it over first to make sure it's compatible with our setup and won't break anything. Back up our config file" Here is the full prompt: Upgrade me to Claude Opus 4.6. Follow these steps exactly: Find the model catalog file: find /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/clawdbot -name "models.generated.js" -path "*pi-ai*" (On Linux, check /usr/lib/node_modules/clawdbot instead) In that file, find "claude-opus-4-5". There are two entries (one with provider: "anthropic", one with provider: "opencode"). Add this block above each one, matching the provider field to whatever the 4.5 entry below it uses: "claude-opus-4-6": { id: "claude-opus-4-6", name: "Claude Opus 4.6 (latest)", api: "anthropic-messages", provider: "anthropic", baseUrl: "<api.anthropic.com>", reasoning: true, input: ["text", "image"], cost: { input: 5, output: 25, cacheRead: 0.5, cacheWrite: 6.25 }, contextWindow: 200000, maxTokens: 64000, }, Patch the config:Use gateway config.patch with: {"agents":{"defaults":{"model":{"primary":"anthropic/claude-opus-4-6"},"models":{"anthropic/claude-opus-4-6":{"alias":"opus"}}}}} IMPORTANT: The config patch does a hot reload which won't pick up the catalog change. You need a full cold restart. Run: clawdbot gateway stop && clawdbot gateway start After restart, verify with session_status that you're running on claude-opus-4-6.

@AlexFinn I used claude to modify your prompt for my clawdbot. Still made him crash. But claude helped me get him back going. "Rocky" is officially on opus 4.6. Thanks!

To be super duper clear: Do not just run the prompt right away. We might have different set ups. First explain to your clawd what you're trying to do and say please examine the prompt below to see if it would work for us. Then paste the prompt I gave you. Safest way to do this

@HuntPalmer88 Classic reference

Chet Stedman play by Zach Root there

@AYSSPORTS Never seen that. How did he get away with that???

Vitello should've had to make a pitching change there. That's just bullshit

@MaxMcGuireCPA @ThomasEWoods @MaxMcGuireCPA thanks so much for the kind words ❤️

@ThomasEWoods @PianoIn21Days I don’t play the piano, but my daughter does, and I’ve heard great things about this course for adults. I have also have been following Jacques for quite sometime for his online business advice and he is a great guy.

Okay, piano players. I need you to crowdthink something for me, please. At my advanced through not quite decrepit age of 52 I'm thinking of taking up piano. My travel schedule is too erratic for an in-person teacher, so I'd have to be self-taught. What do you recommend?

✋✋ If you’re having trouble developing hand independence - or even just staying on beat - this video will help! There’s even an exercise you can do away from your keyboard. youtu.be/1bquAsEXynM

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you hate sheet music?🔥 🎼IMO it’s just about the worst way for a beginner to learn piano. youtu.be/6HHYpEjUZQ8 #piano #sheetmusic #beginnerpiano #learnpiano

@DoronDusheiko Hi Doron, sorry I missed this! I do not currently have a guitar course and I actually don't play guitar. But thanks for your interest! Glad to hear the course is going well. :)

@PianoIn21Days Hey Jacques, I'm loving your course. On day 16 and can't believe the progress I've made. I'm curious though, any chance you have a similar course for playing guitar? It's been another life long goal of mine and i'd love to see your method applied there!

Gotta love the lavender! 💜 We made some great memories on our recent trip. #familytime #family #travel #france #lavender

From our recent trip... selfie at a French vineyard!🍇 🍷 Red or white? #wine #france #selfie

Burger and fries for her, mollusks for me. Which one would you choose?

We went on a family trip! Still made sure to check in with my Piano In 21 Days team and keep an eye on the emails, though. #working #vacation #fanta #PianoIn21Days

Family time is the best! 👨‍👩‍👦 Especially with extra jam. #family #fun #coffee #PianoIn21Days

What are accidental notes, and are they put in songs… on purpose? 🤔🧐 youtu.be/Y7kc05VuvoU

Don’t freak out over the keys that have more one than one name. I promise, they won’t bite. 😉 youtu.be/sn74LFFbkvs #piano #pianokeys #pianolessons #musictheory

Can there be more than one key in one song? 🤔❓ youtu.be/EeREMgb8_64 #piano #keyboard #learnpiano

Meeting with my team and dreaming up future video ideas, plus chatting about some awesome student success stories from recent weeks. Chime in below with your own video suggestions! #team #brainstorming #pianovideo

This is the kind of piano journey that puts tears in my eyes! 😍😍😍 youtu.be/OdGr_6RI7EU

Major vs. minor keys! What “belongs” and how are you supposed to know?🤔🎹 youtu.be/Bmo3b4HJB-Q