The Playground

How many things can you think of that have nasty side effects? Medicines. Technologies. Political policies. Even just things we’ve said or done to people we know. How many times have you been thrust into […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Apr 8, 2012
• coaching, learning, lessons, mark meritt, music, piano, play, simply music, speed, the playground, time, walk

If your feet aren’t tapping and your jaw hasn’t dropped when you hear Peter Amstalden play a rag, you just weren’t listening. To hear this self-effacing fourteen-year-old play is as inspiring as it is to […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Apr 8, 2012
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I remember hiring a car on a holiday a few years ago. We could only tune the radio to one station, playing popular music, and as the songs cycled by, I started to realize that […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Apr 8, 2012
• chords, learn, music, piano, simply music, songs, teach, the playground

Today I want to talk about some of the benefits of using digital software for composing music. First off, I would like to acknowledge that I began sequencing music on my father’s old “Ensoniq SQ-2” […]

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 8, 2012
• chase moore, composing music with digital software, digital software, simply music

Here are three more apps to add to the ever-growing list of innovative music resources in the post-PC universe.   Bebot Normalware iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch $1.99 Bebot is your friendly robotic creative companion, with a lot […]

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 8, 2012
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‘Tis the season to drag out the carols and traditional songs. But do we mindlessly mouth the well-worn words of all those all-too-familiar Christmas standards? We asked the Simply Music staff to tell us about […]

• Written by SM Admin on Dec 16, 2011
• blog, Christmas, holidays, seasons, simply music, songs

Dr Katrina McFerran is a music therapist, researcher and a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Author of many works including Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy, she has a special interest in reaching adolescents through […]

• Written by SM Admin on Dec 16, 2011
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Since her beginnings as a Simply Music student, Eliette Boumeester has grown and expanded her musical horizons in multiple directions, including becoming a singer-songwriter and one of the youngest ever Simply Music Teachers, much of […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on Dec 16, 2011
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The term “Coaching” brings many things to mind but perhaps the most common is the image of a professional sports coach—like Vince Lombardi or soccer coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Professional sports coaches train athletes to […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Dec 16, 2011
• art, coaching, lessons, music, piano, play, robin keehn, simply music, students, teachers, the playground

Bradley is a Simply Music student who has acquired music as a life-long companion. He is a musician, a composer, an accompanist and an arranger – all by age 16. Bradley is also a very […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Dec 16, 2011
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