The Playground

Kenny Werner is a jazz musician with, according to a review of his brilliant album ‘Institute of Higher Learning’, “seemingly limitless gifts as a pianist, bandleader and composer”. As well as being extraordinarily prolific as […]

• Written by SM Admin on Dec 4, 2012
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  Some of my earliest memories are centered around the piano. I have an older sister and three older brothers, the eldest being only 7 years older than me. As each of the boys turned […]

• Written by Neil Moore on Sep 28, 2012
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Lynn Kleiner has been teaching since 1978. As developer of her own programs based on the Orff philosophy, she has started countless children on their musical journeys, as well as presenting her work internationally and […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 28, 2012
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“It’s like having your friends come to visit you on a weekly basis”. Despite a strong traditional music background, Kelly Natale didn’t dream of teaching until she encountered Simply Music. From that moment, nothing stopped […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 28, 2012
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  My first memory of playing the piano with others is sharing the bench with my two older siblings. Since I was the youngest in the family, I would get to sit on the end […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 28, 2012
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She was just like so many other young beginners in 2003 – shy, not sure of why she was there, not sure she wanted to be there but LOVED music and wanted to make some […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 28, 2012
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OnSong by OnSong iPad/ iPhone/ iPod $7.99 With so many Apps out there for musicians these days, it’s hard to be sure which one is best suited to your needs. Most of them have the […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 28, 2012
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The great blues players spend most of their time working with riffs, little musical sentences you can throw in over the top of standard chord progressions. Our very own blues maestro Scott Jones has plenty […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 28, 2012
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Today I’d like to talk about compression and dynamic processing in music production. These are common effects and tools that are used in recordings. Dynamic processing is where a recorded signal coming in will be […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 28, 2012
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  Hello again, Simply Music community! This is the third and final article in my Soulful Grace series. Here I’m presenting an introduction and an ending for Soulful Grace that, while relatively simple to play, […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 28, 2012
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