The Playground

  Creating your own original music is one of the most beneficial aspects of studying an instrument and being a musician. In Part 1, I talked about two of the three keys to reaping those […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Jul 26, 2016
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Credit: http://www.intuneaudio.ca/ In the last two articles, we talked about the benefits of recording yourself and what to listen for when reviewing your recorded efforts. In this installment, we’ll discuss some practicalities of making recordings. […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Jul 12, 2016
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Credit: college.usatoday.com We hope all our Teachers and Students in the United States are enjoying 4th of July celebrations. But why not spread the national pride further afield? We enlisted the help of the wonderful Elizabeth […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Jun 24, 2016
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  Here in the Information Age, there’s no end to the opportunities to learn stuff. Trouble is, there’s no end to the stuff we ought to learn. How do you narrow all the available information about your favourite […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on Jun 12, 2016
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Credit: http://sepeusz.blogspot.com.au/   In the first instalment of this series, we talked about the value and benefits of recording yourself.  It’s amazing what you’ll notice about your playing when you listen back to it without […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Jun 3, 2016
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Credit: http://www.coos.be/   We know our teachers and staff are passionate about their day jobs, but for some, this is just part of their musical journey. Many of them have multiple irons in their musical […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on May 27, 2016
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Credit: Fabrizio Paterlini – The Art of the Piano Creating your own original music is one of the most beneficial aspects of studying an instrument and being a musician, even if you’re not especially interested […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on May 22, 2016
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  “Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human” – Jewel   Since 1998, Simply Music has provided transformative music education via our Teacher Training Program, giving […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on May 16, 2016
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Stories of Music is a multimedia book with heart and soul, telling its tales through poems, pictures, videos, recorded music and text in print and online, and giving something back in the process by its […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on May 5, 2016
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In the old days, music was an ephemeral thing – if you weren’t there at the performance, it was gone forever. Nowadays if you wanted to, you could chronicle your every moment at the instrument […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Apr 28, 2016
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