Recently, a Simply Music teacher asked the worldwide teacher body about how to handle a group of young students who were getting bored. Their parents are unable to attend lessons, and the kids don’t practice much. It’s obvious that skipping…
Category: Lesson Line
The Lesson Line is a newsletter providing special information for students taking Simply Music piano lessons through Potluck Creative Arts. Get useful tips to help make your piano lesson experience as successful as possible!
Support for Important Aspects of the Simply Music Method
At the Simply Music teachers’ conference I attended in January 2010, some of the most experienced teachers told everyone that the three most important elements of the Simply Music method are: The practice pad — which even their most advanced…
Videos of My Students
Lots of videos of my students this time around! Some from Simply Music, a bit from me, and some directly from one of my students as well. First, a couple of months ago I mentioned that Neil Moore had been…
Why Simply Music Piano Lessons Are Easier Than Traditional Methods
Students and parents/coaches often believe that the Simply Music method is demanding. It can be a challenge to be as diligent as the method instructs. It can be hard for parents to actively involve themselves in supporting and taking responsibility…
Few Chords, Many Songs
Here are a couple of videos that are on one hand just for fun and on the other hand great evidence for why we learn Accompaniment as part of Simply Music piano lessons. The first video, by the Australian musical…
Special ScienceNews Issue on the Impact of Music
Recently, ScienceNews magazine devoted a special issue to the connection between music and human development. There are a number of feature articles exploring why people make music and how it can have a “profound impact on the body and the…
First Video on Neil Moore’s YouTube Channel is My Student!
When Neil Moore, Simply Music’s founder, saw the videos I’d made of a number of my early students after they completed the first level of the Simply Music Foundation program, he called to tell me how impressed he was. I…
Original Song By One of My Students
Bill Giruzzi lived next door to me in the dorm when I started college. We were there next door to each for three years and have been friends ever since. He’s also the person who first told me about Simply…
Video About Encouragement, Piano and Otherwise
Here’s a great little video about encouragement. Leave a comment below.
Coaching: The Final Success Factor for Simply Music Piano Lessons
Last month, you saw how the Formula for Success could help you better understand yourself as a student and point the way toward improving your results. The 100 possible points came from ten different success factors. But the success factors…