The Playground

Songwriting doesn’t have to be done balancing pen, paper, guitar and coffee cup on your lap. In fact, most modern pop music is constructed on the computer from the get-go. Gordon Harvey outlines this process […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Feb 7, 2018
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March 29, 2017 isn’t just any ordinary day when it comes to the world of Piano. A worldwide group of likeminded individuals decided that because this day is the 88th day of the year it […]

• Written by Daniel Kielman on Mar 28, 2017
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Our voice is the original musical instrument – portable, always available, universal and versatile. Instruments created entirely new worlds of sounds. With those new sounds came different layers of music, no longer strictly melody but […]

• Written by Daniel Kielman on Mar 14, 2017
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In our last discussion about the diversity of Jazz, we cast a very broad net to show how varied music can be under the jazz umbrella. This time I thought we could explore just how […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Feb 15, 2017
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Some human beings just can’t get enough creativity. It’s not enough to have the most amazing music machine to play, now it seems there’s the irresistible urge to get visually creative with it as well! […]

• Written by Stephanie Iadanza on Nov 2, 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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With my Simply Music students, I do a lot of improvisation and composition. It’s one of my favourite aspects of being a musician, having been writing songs and creating instrumental pieces for most of my life. […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Mar 27, 2013
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  What do raising children, going to school, holding down a job, and taking piano lessons have in common? They each start with a goal that requires a long term commitment! In Simply Music, we […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 24, 2011
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The piano’s exact birth date is lost in the haze of history. All we know is that it was invented by the Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. He developed his new […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 20, 2010
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