The Playground

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”.   Song #10: “Lead Me To…

• Written by Neil Moore on Oct 17, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”.   Song #8: “Can I Share…

• Written by Neil Moore on Oct 10, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

The other day, Leon, Neil Moore’s son and my coworker, shared this super cool image of an old repurposed piano in our office chat [We use a software called Slack to communicate across the Simply Music Team]. And it totally inspired me!! This image, plus…

• Written by Stephanie Iadanza on Sep 26, 2019
• art, fun., Music is life, piano, repurposed piano, simply music, teach

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”.   Song #6: “One More Time”…

• Written by Neil Moore on Sep 17, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”.   Song #4: “Tear For A…

• Written by Neil Moore on Aug 9, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”   Song #2: “Sit By My…

• Written by Neil Moore on Aug 6, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

Neil Moore founded Simply Music in 1998. He has travelled throughout the entire globe spreading his “playing-based” piano teaching method and growing a community of Simply Music Piano Teachers who believe in this method and share his worldview that “everyone is musical.” The heart of…

• Written by Neil Moore on Jul 30, 2019
• Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground, Vignette

What do WE listen to, to soothe ourselves? We listen to music for more than just pure entertainment. We also listen to music to help with relaxation and to decompress from the day, but furthermore for good, quality sleep. From classical and ambient music to…

• Written by Stephanie Iadanza on Apr 30, 2019
• music, music education, personal stories, piano, quality sleep, self discovery, simply music, sleep apps, sleep struggles, stephanie iadanza, the playground

Piano lovers, it’s that special International Piano Day time of year again! We have celebrated Piano Day in many ways in the past with shared lists of unusual pianos, collections of all things piano and more. This year, to commemorate our favorite mechanical friend, we…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Mar 28, 2019
• gordon harvey, music, music education, piano, piano day, simply music, stephanie iadanza, the playground

Next time you’re with a group of people who are at all interested in music, insert the word “jazz” into the conversation and observe how they respond. For every person who pricks up their ears, there will probably be a half-dozen who roll their eyes.…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Mar 20, 2019