The Playground

Our wide-ranging and talented community of Simply Music Teachers and associates include an array of gifted professional songwriters and composers. We asked a bunch of them to share a little about how they work. We […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Oct 10, 2017
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My teenage son makes an awesome cup of coffee. He bought himself a ’70s percolator and spent a considerable time experimenting with different techniques, grinds, brewing times and who knows what else. Now that he’s […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Oct 3, 2017
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We are overjoyed to finally make the Simply Music Gateway Program available to Simply Music Teachers and their students. In this post Karen Nisenson, its creator (along with Neil Moore) talks about the benefits of […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 26, 2017
• karen nisenson, lessons, music, piano, simply music, simply music gateway, special needs, student, teacher

At Simply Music, we are committed to music as a whole-of-life experience, starting from birth, and even earlier. Although the focus of the Simply Music Piano program is obviously about playing the instrument, children don’t […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 5, 2017
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I previously wrote an article for the playground discussing how the way you listen to music compensates the artists that create it. But putting aside that issue, streaming music services are worth exploring if only […]

• Written by Daniel Kielman on Aug 15, 2017
• gordon harvey, music, music education, Music Services, piano, simply music, streaming music, the playground

Sasha is one of the most successful and respected DJs and electronic music producers in the world. A multiple award winner and Grammy nominee, he has performed worldwide to huge audiences and remixed artists like […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Jul 26, 2017
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    Beyond the breakthrough nature of our methodology, another unique feature of the Simply Music Program is its deep concern with the nature of learning itself – the behavioral aspects of the way we […]

• Written by SM Admin on Jul 6, 2017
• Book, Long-Term Relationships, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, the playground

This month we celebrate a birthday of an unusual kind. You might call it the birthday of the right to properly celebrate birthdays. And surprisingly, it’s just a first birthday, because on June 30, 2016, […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Jun 20, 2017
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I once attended a workshop with the British singer Sheila Chandra in which she sang a whole bunch of songs from various world cultures over a two-note drone. It was amazing the rich variety of […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on May 10, 2017
• chords, gordon harvey, gretta dunn, music, music education, musicians, One Chord Songs, piano, Play Music, self expression, simply music, the playground

The Playground has previously posted a list of some of films worth watching in which our favorite instrument, the Piano, was featured prominently. Following up on that post, I’d like to share some notable films […]

• Written by Daniel Kielman on Apr 26, 2017
• Composers, composing, daniel kielman, music, music education, musicians, piano, simply music, the playground