Tranquility is one of the piano solos on the album The Dawn of a New Age by Jerald Simon. The album features 12 original piano solos by Jerald in a New Age style. The music was created to help piano students understand more about new age left hand patterns and how to create music of their own. To learn more about the book, visit this link: www.musicmotivation.com/musicbooksbyjerald. Visit this link to purchase this song as an MP3 download (you may also purchase the entire album): http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jeraldsimon8. The album is also available from iTunes at this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jerald-simon/id606665157, Amazon at this link: http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-New-Age-Jerald-Simon/dp/B00J0LA8HU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395414477&sr=8-2&keywords=The+Dawn+of+a+New+Age+by+Jerald+Simon and all other online music stores. Let me know what you think of the original piano solos I composed. Thanks! - Jerald

Tranquility

Jerald's Purpose and Mission...

"My purpose and mission in life is to motivate myself and others through my music and writing, to help others find their purpose and mission in life, and to teach values and encourage everyone everywhere to do and be their best." - Jerald Simon

Learn more about Jerald by visiting the Music Motivation® website: http://musicmotivation.com/jeraldsimon

"Jerald Simon's arrangements are as beautiful as they are musically interesting. I'm sure people are going to love hearing them in church meetings or wherever they are played." - Jon Schmidt (Piano Guys)

"Jerald's motivational poetry, writing and music education books are a true expression of Jerald's winning personality and innovation. He is a Utah treasure."
- David Burger, Music critic, arts reporter, Salt Lake Tribune

"If everyone would live by the themes expressed in Jerald's poetry, the world would be a much better place." - David Burger, Music critic, arts reporter, Salt Lake Tribune

"Jerald Simon's music motivation program is brilliant and should inspire and encourage any piano student to stick with it."
- Paul Cardall, New Age artist, composer, and founder of Stone Angel Music

"Jerald’s session on improvisation and composition was an eye opener for my students! Using a wealth of creative techniques, enhancing basic theory with jazz elements...his workshop left my students excited and anxious to get home to their pianos. What more can you want?"
- Geri Gibbs, NCTM (Past President, UMTA, Past Board of Director, MTNA)

First and foremost, Jerald is a husband to his beautiful wife and a father to his wonderful children. Jerald Simon is the founder and president of Music Motivation®. As an entrepreneur, he loves business, composing music, and writing poetry and motivational self help books. He is a composer, author, poet, Music Mentor™, piano teacher (jazz, music theory, improvisation, composition, arranging, etc.), music educator, professional speaker, and life coach. Jerald loves music, piano, teaching, speaking, performing, playing sports, exercising, reading, writing poetry and self help books, creating companies, and spending time with and traveling with his family. Jerald and his wife, Zanny, and their children enjoy traveling together, eating at great restaurants, working, playing, and enjoying life.

He created http://musicmotivation.com as a resource for piano teachers, piano students, and parents of piano students. He is the author/poet of "The As If Principle" (motivational poetry), and the book "Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers™." He is also the author of 17 music books from the Music Motivation® Series™ including the popular best selling series: Cool Songs that Rock™ and Cool Songs for Cool Kids™ (pre-primer, primer level, and volumes 1, 2, and 3)", and has recorded and produced albums and singles of original music including TRIUMPHANT (https://facebook.com/betriumphant - watch the YouTube music video/slideshow - http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXd-NBDbPc8). He has created a "Fun to Play™" YouTube channel where he posts videos of learning to play the piano (the fun way)! - http://youtube.com/jeraldsimon.