Piano, Organ & Keyboard Sheet Music arranged by Simone Collins
With over 60 piano, organ and lead sheet / fake book arrangements now published, and my first commission completed, it’s time for the next evolution of my self-publishing journey. The “Music With Simone Shop” has evolved into MWS Publishing, to pave the way for additional services, such as transcription services and the engraving of scores …
Sheet Music Direct only displays the first page of a PDF in its catalog, and all my arrangements contain a cover page. So I’ve been updating the cover pages there to include a snippet of the score, to give some idea of the level of difficulty. While I was updating the cover page for the …
Every couple of years, as MuseScore (my music engraving program of choice) undergoes significant development, I revisit old arrangements and tweak their layout. The latest piece to be revamped is The Holy City, my best selling organ arrangement. With easier layout tools, I’ve changed the spacing slightly and improved the appearance of the lyrics. I …
As an arranger who uses Arrange Me as one of my distribution channels, I had originally opted in to their “extended distribution” network, which promised quarterly payments of subscription views through MuseScore Pro and Sheet Music Direct Pass. Initially, this worked well, bringing in extra money, though the subscription view option saw download sales plummet. …
There’s a number of lead sheets currently available in the Christmas songs and bundled with the Park Jam piano / vocal / guitar pop songs. On recently discovering that Arrange Me (the platform I use to publish to Sheet Music Direct, Sheet Music Plus and MuseScore) does in fact offer Lead Sheets as a category …
With the recent request from a parent for their new beginner child to learn to play “Stand By Me“, I wrote a simple 5 finger piano arrangement. Having published some 5 finger piano Christmas arrangements, I thought I’d start publishing my contemporary 5 finger piano arrangements as well, as I’m sure other teachers might find …
Two of my piano arrangements are now able to be used for repertoire in Con Brio Examinations as part of their piano syllabus! I’ve created new cover artwork to help them stand out on Sheet Music Plus, since the syllabus doesn’t link directly to the exact score, but to a search for the song title. …
The second Christmas carol added this year is Angels We Have Heard on High. There are 3 options available – a Fake Book, Piano Collection, and Organ Collection. The latter 2 are ideal for teachers to have multiple options for students.
The first in a new series – Christmas arrangements – has now been published! Since my Christmas arrangements were originally written for (a) playing on the organ to (b) accompany singers, they are all written in singable keys. I also write arrangements for my students, having found a lot of inconsistencies in what is available, …
