His musicial training includes two years of piano lessons which he took when he was about 8 years of age. In addition to that he also played the trumpet for a few years. One of the reasons why he stopped taking piano lessons was because he wasn't satisfied with playing songs "which everyone was playing". Composing has always been his greatest love. Although Simon can barely play songs which are notated, and although music is not his profession, he has still been able to reach people with his own compositions. People describe his music as being full of emotion, uplifting, and very calming. So far Simon has published :