Almost a year ago, I created the Formula for Success and the Coach’s Formula for Success. These self-evaluation tools can help students and coaches see more clearly where they are with the various tools and techniques of the Simply Music program, pointing the way toward opportunities for improved results. Neil Moore and others at...
Here’s a fun video, with legendary vocalist Bobby McFerrin getting an audience involved at World Science Festival 2009. Together, they make music with the pentatonic scale. That may sound technical, but it’s just a particular set of five notes. There a really easy way you can play with them yourself — just use the...
Earlier today, I got to demonstrate the Simply Music piano method as a guest on Linda & Chester Freeman’s Swing Shift radio show. Linda & Chester run Got2Lindy Dance Studios, and their radio show airs on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month from 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. on WHVW 950AM out of Poughkeepsie,...
Potluck Creative Arts proudly announces the offering of a Simply Music beginner piano workshop through Red Hook Continuing Education in Spring 2011. A unique opportunity to experience the Simply Music method at a dramatically reduced cost! No experience or instrument necessary! Simply Music is a revolutionary, Australian-developed piano learning method that offers a breakthrough...
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 practice is likely to lead to slow progress and, consequently, to boredom. What can...
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 students use, without fail, whenever learning any new piece. Controlling the events — i.e.,...
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 impressed with some videos he saw of a number of my students after they...
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 for their kids’ practice routines. At first, it may have seemed relatively easy to...
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 comedy act The Axis of Awesome, shows how tons of famous pop songs can...
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 brain.” Check out this special issue, A mind for music. Leave a comment below.