Music & Songs

The best English lesson you will ever sing.

Music is a powerful tool for learning a language. It is fun, memorable, and it works. Pete’s music/lyrics lessons are part English class, part karaoke show.

How It Works

Every student has their own theme songs β€” songs chosen specially for them. Each student gets a personal song based on their name or English name, plus favorites, movie themes, and more. In class you listen, learn the lyrics, and sing along karaoke style. Pete repeats with you until the words feel natural. Songs also play at the start of every class.

Step 01

Get Your Theme Song

Get a personal song based on your name, your favorite genres, movie themes, or TV shows.

Step 02

Learn the Lyrics

Break down real slang, idioms, storytelling past tenses, and contraction rules line-by-line.

Step 03

Sing Karaoke Style

Sing along with Pete until pronunciation, stress rhythms,
and word links feel totally natural.

Pete in a home studio explaining why music works for learning English

Why Music Works

Songs are easier to remember

Lyrics teach vocabulary, slang and contractions naturally

Singing improves pronunciation rhythm, and timing

Music tells stories β€” just like great literature

Karaoke practice builds confidence and fluency faster

The Songs

Pete’s music program focuses on classic rock and pop songs that tell a story β€” timeless songs popular in karaoke rooms around the world. These are songs you can sing at any karaoke bar or club, songs heard in movies, and songs performed on shows like The Masked Singer, American Idol, and The Voice. Songs that people everywhere recognize and love. Easy to sing, fun to learn, impossible to forget. A few favorites include

Student learning English through music on a video call with Pete

STUDENT PROJECTS

Music That Becomes Part Of You

Every student also works on special music projects. You will find songs connected to your name or English name, songs that tell your story, or songs that become your personal English anthem.

One student has collected 15 personal songs. Music becomes part of who you are in English.

Ready to learn English through music?

Book a music lesson with Pete on PREPLY.

Join the Conversation

Pete's Community

Pete has a WhatsApp community group called Pete’s Books / Movies / Series / Music a place to share songs, discover new music, and practice English through the music you love.

Access to this group is available to Pete’s students.

Students discussing classic stories together in Pete's Lab community
Desk with English study notebook, headphones and Pete's Lab coffee mug

Pete's MUSIC ENGLISH CLASSROOM

🎸🎢NEW GUITAR APP SUPPORTED BY Pete’s Lab

(MUSIC ENGLISH, BUSINESS ENGLISH (#2 STORY IN THE SERIES on PRACTICKAPP.COM)

Fabiano’s Guitar App Pracktick β€” The Biggest and coolest Project in (Pete’s Lab) Music English History

Pete’s student Fabiano β€” a guitarist and developer from Brazil β€” has built a real guitar practice app called Practick. And Pete has been supporting the English needs of the project.

What is Practick?

Practick is a guitar practice app designed for serious guitar players. It combines four essential tools in one place:

A tab player

A metronome

A session timer

Useful exercise library

Reports to track your progress

AI-generated exercises (Coming soon!)

The idea behind Practick is simple but powerful. Most guitar players spend hours practicing without seeing real improvement. Practick turns those hours into structured, measurable progress. Every session. Every day.

Practick is available free on practickapp.com.  Coming soon to IOS and Android!

The English connection:

Fabiano has been studying Business English with Pete. As his app grew from an idea into a real product used by guitarists and teachers, the need for clear, professional English became critical.

Website copy. App descriptions. Documentation. Instructions. User communications. All of it needed to sound natural, professional and confident in English.

That’s where Pete comes in.

Why this matters for Music English

Music and English have always gone hand in hand at Pete’s Lab. But Fabiano’s project takes it further β€” showing how English is not just about conversation. It’s a professional tool that opens doors in the global marketplace.

Fabiano’s story is proof of that.

Try Practick.com for guitar players and guitar teachers:

www.practickapp.com

β€” coming soon:  free on iOS and Android. 😊

PRACTICK: https://www.practickapp.com

🌎🎀TOP 10 SONGS KARAOKE WORLDWIDE

Below are ten of the most popular sing-along/Karaoke songs ever. πŸŽΆπŸŽ€πŸ’ƒπŸΌπŸ•ΊπŸΌπŸŽ‰πŸŽˆ

“Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen A rock opera that captivates with its dramatic shifts and memorable lyrics.

“Don’t Stop Believin'” – Journey An anthem of hope and perseverance, perfect for singalongs.

“Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond Known for its catchy chorus, it’s a crowd favorite.

“Livin’ on a Prayer” – Bon Jovi A powerful rock ballad that encourages audience participation.

“I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor A classic empowerment anthem that resonates with many.

“Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson A pop classic with an iconic beat and memorable lyrics.

“Wonderwall” – Oasis A staple in acoustic performances, loved for its singable melody.

“Shake It Off” – Taylor Swift A modern pop hit that gets everyone moving.

“My Heart Will Go On” – Celine Dion The emotional ballad from Titanic that many love to sing.

“Hey Jude” – The Beatles A timeless classic that invites everyone to join in on the chorus.

🎀πŸ₯³STUDENT MEMORIZES SONG!

A student and I sang Barry Manilow’s ‘Copacabana’ this week. Here is the best part: we did it without reading or using the lyrics. Neither of us read any words, and we sang it from beginning to end. This is the first time this has ever been done in class! This is another new step for the Music English Program. πŸŽ΅πŸŽ€πŸŽ–οΈπŸ…πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ CONGRATULATIONS!

🎀🎼BORN A RAMBLIN’ MAN❓

While watching ‘Supernatural’ Jose heard a song he liked, ‘Ramblin Man’ by the Allman Brothers. We did some practicing yesterday and he even taught ME the second verse! Lyric video is below.

My father was a gambler down in Georgia

And he’d wound up on the wrong end of a guuun

And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus

Rolling down highway 41