FUN PIANO LESSONS

MOTIVATING PIANO STUDENTS TO PLAY THE PIANO
WITH COOL SONGS Composed by Jerald Simon

Jerald’s MISSION

TEACH MUSIC THEORY THE FUN WAY!
MOTIVATE PIANO STUDENTS WITH MUSIC MOTIVATION®
​Help piano students learn COOL SONGS and ESSENTIAL PIANO EXERCISES!

Jerald Simon created his company, Music Motivation®, to motivate music students of all ages with “Cool music that excites, entertains, and educates”. The three main areas of focus for Music Motivation® are: Theory Therapy™, Innovative Improvisation™, and Creative Composition™.

Jerald’s primary Music Motivation® mission is to Create fun, original piano music that is cool, exciting, entertaining, and educational to help motivate and inspire piano students – especially during their teenage years. The theme for Music Motivation® is: “Let music motivate you!”

One of Jerald’s primary goals at Music Motivation® is to help prepare the next generation of composers, arrangers, musicians, music teachers, and musicologists to use their music and their love of music to make a difference in their own lives, their community, and the world.

FOCUSED ON RESULTS

OUR CREATIVE PROCESS

SKILLS TAUGHT TO PIANO STUDENTS AND PIANO TEACHERS

1. Weekly and Monthly Piano lessons (Primarily focused on teaching teenagers – ages 12 and up, and adults).
2. Music Theory - Learn intervals, chords, scales, etc., and how to use them. I want to put the FUN into theory FUNdamentals.
3. Improvisation - Change any style/key signature, etc. Learn to arrange music and play the same piece 100 different ways!
4. Composition - Learn to compose music of your own. Learn how to create a melody, add harmony, and publish your own music!

I focus on teaching, what I refers to as, "The Practical Application of Music Theory." This is helping piano students learn music theory the fun way by learning how to arrange and compose music of their own. It's not just about knowing the key signatures, how to create chords and scales, and how to sight read music. It's about making the music come alive and become your own because you can change styles, key signatures, arrange, and compose music on the spot in any style or genre. I believe there are Five Foundational Music Theory Fundamentals...

1. Intervals
2. Chords
3. Scales
4. Melody
5. Harmony

Students also learn...

* Jazz, blues, new age music, pop music, show tunes, video game music, and more
* How to Play/Read/Use Fake Books
* Hymn Arranging – as well as working on The Hymn Challenge
* How to Play by Ear
* How to use Finale to notate/create your own music
* How to use Logic Pro to create minus tracks and record your music
* How to use Final Cut to create your own music videos or music tutorials
* Music Publishing (self publish your own music – sell your music on your website, iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, etc.)
* Music Marketing (branding your name, image, and creating your own music niche in the musical world)
* Completing the Music Motivation® Mentorship Map
* Completing the Music Motivation® Checklist (Essential Exercises)
* Complete the “Who Are You”
– Getting to know yourself, your strengths, weaknesses, goals, dreams, hopes, fears, and potential!    (Workbook)
* Learn to do your very best in everything! Become the best you, you can be!

Additional Skills Taught...

Commitment, determination, focus, motivation, dedication, the ability to work hard on something, setting and reaching goals, creating a “Personal Life Map”, completing the “Success Begins with Me” (personal development packet) and the “What is My Mission in Life” mission statement

Become one of my piano students!

(I do have a large waiting list for one on one piano lessons)
Lessons are only taught on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Sign up for my weekly individual (one on one) piano lessons by clicking on the images below
(these are in person piano lessons or taught online through StreamYard):

Individual Piano Lessons​ (one on one)

(for piano students or piano teachers who would like to do one on one piano lessons)

30 Minute

Weekly Piano Lessons

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Weekly Individual Piano Lessons
​In Person (in St. George)

This is a recurring monthly payment.

45 Minute

Weekly Piano Lessons

Don't Teach Music Theory Unless...by Jerald Simon - Music Motivation (musicmotivation.com)

Weekly Individual Piano Lessons
​In Person (in St. George)

This is a recurring monthly payment.

60 Minute

Weekly Piano Lessons

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Weekly Individual Piano Lessons
​In Person (in St. George)

This is a recurring monthly payment.

Or...you may join one of my weekly online group piano lessons for piano teachers (on Mondays) or piano students (on Thursdays)

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons
​​for NON Piano Teachers (taught on Thursdays)

The

Apprentice

Stage

The Apprentice Stage COOL Songs image (beginning package - PDFs, MP3s, etc.)

Beginning Level

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons

This is a recurring monthly payment.

You must first purchase the COOL SONGS Series for $49.95 and then add on The Apprentice Stage monthly tuition for $6.95 per month. Simply click on the red button above to buy everything together.

The

Maestro

Stage

The Maestro Stage COOL Songs image (early intermediate package - PDFs, MP3s, etc.)

Early Intermediate Level

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons

This is a recurring monthly payment.

You must first purchase the COOL SONGS Series for $49.95 and then add on The Maestro Stage monthly tuition for $9.95 per month. (Includes The Apprentice Stage). Simply click on the red button above to buy everything together.

The

Virtuoso

Stage

The Virtuoso Stage COOL Songs image (advanced package - PDFs, MP3s, etc.)

Intermediate-Advanced Level

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons

This is a recurring monthly payment.

You must first purchase the COOL SONGS Series for $49.95 and then add on The Virtuoso Stage monthly tuition for $19.95 per month. (Includes Apprentice and Maestro Stage). Simply click on the red button above to buy everything together.

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons
​​​​for Piano Teachers (become a Music Mentor)

90 Minutes

Weekly Piano Lessons (for PIANO TEACHERS) - Online Group Piano Lessons

Weekly Online Group Piano Lessons

This is a recurring monthly payment.

Piano teachers will also learn how to TEACH music theory, improvisation, and composition. I refer to this as Theory Therapy™, Innovative Improvisation™ and Creative Composition™.

​The lessons taught each Monday morning follow the schedule according to each week:

WEEK 1: COOL SONGS and ESSENTIAL PIANO EXERCISES
WEEK 2: Music Theory - Theory Therapy™ (the practical application of music theory)
WEEK 3: Improvisation - Innovative Improvisation™ (learn to play the same song 100 ways)
WEEK 4: Composition - Creative Composition™ (connect with the composer within YOU)

​​Lessons are taught on Monday mornings from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (MST - Mountain Standard Time - Utah, USA time). This is an hour and a half lesson each week. If you are unable to attend the live lessons, each lesson is recorded and will also be uploaded within your customer portal, so you can watch and rewatch any of the lessons at your convenience. Some piano teachers around the world are not able to attend the live lessons at all, but they watch the recordings the next day within their account.

Watch a few videos from my YouTube channel...

Subscribe to my YouTube channel (YouTube.com/jeraldsimon)

You can also be placed on my waiting list for one on one piano lessons.

I primarily teach piano students ages 12 and up – teens and adults. My music lessons are perfect for anyone who wants to have FUN playing the piano and learn more about music theory, improvisation, and composition. This will help you if you are jazz band piano students, college students going into music, and piano teachers and music educators who want to learn music theory, how to improvise and arrange music in all styles and key signatures, and how to compose music of their own, or anyone who just wants to have fun learning to play the music you want to play. I love teaching you how to take your musical abilities to the next level and learn as much as you can about the practical application of music theory, how to improvise and arrange music of your own and how to even compose your own music and start publishing it, if you'd like to do so.

I generally focus on a specific music niche – primarily gearing my piano lessons for teenagers (especially teenage boys – although I do teach several teenage girls as well), and adults – especially those in the music profession and music students at the university/college level who want to go into music for a career or piano teachers and music educators who would like to take their music teaching to the next level. I teach quite a few piano teachers and music professionals one on one and in our weekly online group piano lessons for piano teachers. Most of my students are wanting to take their music to the next level by learning to improvise and compose music of their own in addition to learning how to play jazz, blues, pop, rock, new age, and show tune/broadway music. I teach and show students how to learn music theory – the FUN way through original Cool Songs and Essential Piano Exercises I have composed and created.

I also teach my students how to use Finale (a music notation software program) so they can put their own compositions down on paper, how to use Logic Pro (a DAW – digital audio workstation to add other instruments to their compositions), how to self publish the music they compose, and how to record and distribute/sell their own music through online music stores such as iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and all other online music stores. I also teach several piano teachers in each of these areas as well. Because I have many students and a waiting list, I recommend getting your name on my waiting list as early as possible. Many piano students begin with other teachers and take from me when they are a little older and a little more advanced. My youngest starting age for students I teach is 12. If you have a student under the age of 12, I can get them on my waiting list and will let you know as soon as spots are available. I have taught as young as 3 before and as old as 93. I have found that I love teaching piano students of all ages, but where I excel the best and who relates best to me, are teenagers and adults.

Call me at 1(801)644-0540 to sign up for piano lessons or to have your name put on my waiting list. Send me a message if you are interested in piano lessons (one on one piano lessons at my studio in Utah, or piano lessons primarily via ZOOM, but also use FaceTime (my preferred form of teaching online lessons is ZOOM) – It doesn’t matter where you live, you can be anywhere in the world).

These are the available time slots I offer (I only teach on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays):

  • 30 min. piano lessons (for beginning piano students – after a few months most students switch to 45 min. piano lessons)
  • 45 min. piano lessons (most students do this or 1 hour piano lessons)
  • 1 hour piano lessons
  • 90 min. – 2 hour lessons for specific training on composition, orchestration, music production, and marketing (I do have some professionals who request more time as needed).

I offer one on one piano lessons (in person – or via Zoom), I give group piano lessons (for adults and piano teachers) on request, generally at a music store or central location for the group members, and will soon be offering online piano lessons where piano students sign up for a monthly piano lesson plan and are given access to stream pre-recorded piano video lessons at their home in addition to one personal lesson via ZOOM). I also offer a Crash Course in Composition training which includes 1 hour of one on one instruction (either in person or via ZOOM) helping students compose and notate music of their own. With this optional focus on composing, music students learn composition ideas as well as receive personal advice on composing/notating, and marketing music of their own.

All of my students automatically receive all of my books as PDF books and are granted access to all of my courses including the COOL SONGS Series and the ESSENTIAL PIANO Exercises Series (including the online video lessons). 

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We also begin working through the Essential Piano Exercises Series (https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/):

Essential Piano Exercises Series (image for web) by Jerald Simon - published by Music Motivation (musicmotivation.com)

The monthly tuition is as follows (It is a standard monthly tuition and not a per lesson rate):

There is an annual $20.00 enrollment/re-enrollment fee in January, and all students must also purchase the following two physical books at their first lesson (1) The Music Motivation Goal Book ($10.95), and (2) Essential Piano Exercises ($25.95). Depending on where the students are they can purchase other level appropriate books featuring Cool Songs I have composed to teach music theory the FUN way. If students would like to, they can also purchase my motivational/self help books as well (“The ‘As If’ Principle” – 222 motivational poems I have written, “Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers”, “Who Are You? Getting to know yourself, your strengths, weaknesses, goals, dreams, hopes, fears, and potential!” (a Personal Improvement workbook on setting goals and accomplishing more).

These are my monthly tuition prices for one on one piano lessons:

  • 30 min. piano lessons: $160.00 for the month (for four 30 minute lessons during the month)
  • 45 min. piano lessons: $240.00 for the month (for four 45 minute lessons during the month)
  • 1 hour piano lessons: $320.00 for the month (for four 60 minute lessons during the month)
  • 90 min. – 2 hour lessons $120.00 for one 90 minute session or $160.00 for one 2 hour session

These are all monthly tuitions. The total payment has been prorated over the entire year. The price does not change depending on months or weeks in the month. Some months, due to holidays, we only have three piano lessons. At most, we will have four piano lessons during a month. If there is a fifth week (e.g. if lessons were on Wednesday and there were five Wednesdays during the month) there are no lessons on that fifth week.

Click on the image below to download the Music Motivation® Policy and Procedures packet for all of Jerald’s students:

Music Motivation Policy and Procedures packet information by Jerald Simon (Music Motivation - musicmotivation.com)

A message from Music Mentor Jerald Simon to all piano students…

If you come to piano lessons each week and walk away from your lessons and only learn about music notation, rhythm, and dots on a page, then I have failed as a Music Mentor. Life lessons are just as important, if not more important than music lessons. I would rather have you learn more about goal setting and achieving, character, dedication, and personal improvement. To have you learn to love music, appreciate it, and play it, is a wonderful byproduct you will have for the rest of your life – a talent that will enrich your life and the lives of others. To become a better musician is wonderful and important, but to become a better person is more important.

As a Music Mentor I want to mentor students to be the very best they can be. If you choose not to practice, you essentially choose not to improve. This is true in any area of life. Everyone has the same amount of time allotted to them. What you choose to do with your time, and where you spend your time, has little to do with the activities being done and more to do with the value attached to each activity.

I believe it’s important to be well-rounded and have many diverse interests. I want students to enjoy music, to learn to be creative and understand how to express themselves musically – either by creating music of their own, or interpreting the music of others – by arranging and improvising well known music. In addition, I encourage students to play sports, dance, sing, draw, read, and develop their talents. I want them to be more than musicians, I want them to learn to become well-rounded complete individuals.

Above all, I want everyone to continually improve and do their best no matter what they do or choose to do. I encourage everyone to set goals, dream big, and be the best they can be in whatever they choose to do. Life is full of wonderful choices. Choose the best out of life and learn as much as you can from everyone – everywhere. I prefer being called a Music Mentor because I want to mentor others and help them to live their dreams.

Your life is your musical symphony. Make it a masterpiece!

Jerald Simon

Feel free to contact me (Jerald)

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I’d love to hear what you are doing with your music and what your music goals are. Send me a message!

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