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OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND, WE WILL WITNESS THE ARRIVAL OF A TECHNOLOGICAL TSUNAMI THAT WILL REDEFINE LIFE ON EARTH, GIVE BIRTH TO AN ENTIRELY NEW FUTURE, AND REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
The breadth and depth of change we’re experiencing is happening at breakneck speed and, more so than ever before, we need to think very differently about our lives, our future, our opportunities, and how we intend to manage new levels of complexity that we’ve never before witnessed.
I’m of the view that, regardless of whatever else emerges, the one critical, personal attribute that will dominate the future, is creativity.
As we understand more about music, in particular, creative music education, we’re beginning to understand the extent to which creative musicianship impacts the development of our brains. Creative approaches to music education contribute to the growth of the brain, directly increasing connectivity. And, at a neurological level, increased connectivity translates directly to increased creative capability.
In my recently published book, Music on Mars, we explore how naturally and profoundly musical all human beings are. We explore more about how technology is reshaping our future, and how creative capability has never been so important. We also explore how a unique approach to music education can provide critical neurological nutrition that directly impacts our creative capability. If you’d like to receive updates about my work, feel free to join my Mailing List. You can also follow me on social media – pretty much you can find me everywhere: @theneilmoore
“The Modern-Day Music Teacher,” presents three ‘essential keys’ that challenge traditional teaching methods, and explore the need for us to revolutionize music education.
First, Moore establishes that all humans are inherently and profoundly musical, dismantling the myth that musicality requires special talent.
Second, he advocates for “playing-based” education that prioritizes immediate musical expression over traditional reading-based approaches, allowing students to build a repertoire before introducing theory and notation.
The third key explores the vital distinction between “Method” and “Relationship” – two distinct and separate domains in music education that explain not just what to teach, but how to navigate the natural peaks and valleys of long-term learning relationships. Moore’s approach transforms music education from an exclusive pursuit to an accessible and natural self-expression that is available to everyone, regardless of age or background.
Most importantly, Moore positions musical self-expression as critical for humanity’s future, revealing how playing music uniquely enhances neural connectivity and creative capability— essential for navigating our rapidly evolving world. This powerful perspective expands music education beyond mere skill development to become a transformative force for both individuals and society, making this book essential reading for educators, parents, and anyone passionate about music’s role in human development.
Clearly, we value music education. But why is it that so many students struggle with music lessons and give up long before they ever learned how to really play? The failure rate of music lessons is breathtaking, and we’ve come to believe certain “facts” that are actually completely false.
This book is an educational supplement for both teachers and students. It presents critical insights that shed new light on our understanding of what it takes to ‘stick with it’ and flourish in music lessons. In fact, these insights are central to sticking at anything—a marriage, vocation or career—any long-term relationship at all. This is because all long term-relationships share a set of ‘six simple components’. Knowing these six components, and understanding the role they play, is critical if you want your children—or yourself—to succeed in the long term—at music or anything else.
The intention of ‘Music and The Art of Long-Term Relationships’ is to provide a simple, but powerful contribution to anyone interested in knowing more about what it takes to successfully navigate a long-term relationship with learning music.
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IN ADDITION TO BEING A CURRICULUM AND NON-FICTION AUTHOR, MY WORK AS A MUSIC-EDUCATOR, AND THE IMPACT OF THE SIMPLY MUSIC METHOD, HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF TWO BOOKS.
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What if there was a way for you to absolutely love to learn how to play the piano? It’s exciting, fun, and joyful from day one.
A World Where Everyone Plays is an anthology of stories that will surely inspire parents, teens, adults, and seniors to look at a revolutionary piano method that is bringing celebration back into learning – transforming the lives of its students and teachers.
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Have you ever dreamed of sitting down at a piano and playing your favorite songs, or even your own songs. . . but believed it to be impossible? Maybe you think you lack that something “special” it takes to be a musician? Or that it takes years of laborious study, or something specific in your DNA? In this concise but information-packed book, Laurie Richards untangles a mess of assumptions that has resulted in the vast majority of people believing that they could never be musical. Open a clear pathway to your own musicianship using some simple shifts in perspective, along with a new and natural approach to learning.
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A compilation of interviews with 32 CEOs and business leaders who played music as a child or adolescent, and view that experience as a defining one in preparing them for success. The 9 common lessons learned, attributes developed, and insights gained are identified, discussed, and illustrated through the experience and personal accounts of the research participants. These illuminating musical stories chronicle the journeys of these business leaders from the band room to the boardroom. This unique and entertaining perspective on the power of music education is ideal reading for business leaders, innovators, educators, musicians, music hobbyists, and other music enthusiasts.