THE BLOG

Towards the end of 2025, it occurred to me that music may be one of the most generous things left in this world.

People all over the world struggle to get their basic needs met. Even things as fundam...

In one of my dreams, I always wanted to play the piano.

As a child, my parents gave us a small piano and the chance to learn, but I didn’t take the opportunity. I had some basic music lessons in g...

By Derek Cannon of Hobby Jr. Derek loves rockhounding and writing about his experiences on Hobby Jr. He hopes to encourage young people to find a hobby they love.

There’s a quiet kind of clarity that...

Derek Cannon of Hobby Jr., contributed another wonderful article. Derek loves rockhounding and writing about his experiences on Hobby Jr. He hopes to encourage young people to find a hobby they love.

When we sit at the piano, we’re not just learning notes—we’re learning how to trust ourselves. Sunshine, one of the students in Simple & Beautiful Piano for Adult Beginners, recently shared her journe...

Want to learn a little bit more about how I became the musician, teacher, and entrepreneur that I am? 

Rhonda Rizzo of No Dead Guys asked me to write a guest article, where I got to reminisce about m...

 *This is a reposting of a recent newsletter. 

At the beginning of January, my dear mother—77 years young—began her piano journey with Simple & Beautiful Piano for Beginners.

She had been asking (ok...

During the time of the creating and launching my online piano course, my social media feed was (and still) flooded with ads for online piano courses promising miraculous results: “Play piano in two we...