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title: "Educational Music Center Makes Its Way to Scotch Plains, NJ"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/720ee348-adbc-472f-b7df-f79fa5ea29f3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/educational-music-center-makes-its-way-to-scotch-plains-nj-2712281
category: "Enrichment & STEM"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Enrichment & STEM"
published: 2020-02-17T13:08:02.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:30.805Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7ccb96a4529d3606ae911ae3088501595671.jpg
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# Educational Music Center Makes Its Way to Scotch Plains, NJ

**TL;DR:** Songs for Seeds, an educational music center, has opened a new location in Scotch Plains, NJ, offering music classes for young children. The location is owned by Debbie Martin and Ray Anderson, who also own a location in Livingston.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-02-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/educational-music-center-makes-its-way-to-scotch-plains-nj-2712281).*

## Story

**The residents of Scotch Plains now have the opportunity to learn and love music with the opening of the educational music center songs for seeds.**

**Debbie Martin recently opened her first songs for seeds location back in November 2019. With her** **Livingston opening****, Martin saw great success and decided to expand her efforts to Scotch Plains with her co-owner and local music legend, Ray Anderson.**

**“We saw what kind of town Scotch Plains is and knew it was a great place to open this business," said Martin.**

**song for seeds engages young children ranging from newborns to 6-year-olds with music and is designed to enhance the process of learning through play, fostering connections and confidence as well as sensory, attentive, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities.**

**The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Friday, January 31st and included Officials of Scotch Plains, including Mayor Al Smith, Deputy Mayor Josh Losardo, Township Manager Al Mirabella, Deputy Manager Margaret Heisey, Recreation Director DJ Salvante, and Redevelopment Coordinator Tom Strowe. As well as a musical performance by Andersen, the co-owner of the Scotch Plains location as well as the composer of all songs for seeds original music.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- music education (topic)
- Livingston (location)
- Scotch Plains (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/educational-music-center-makes-its-way-to-scotch-plains-nj-2712281). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/720ee348-adbc-472f-b7df-f79fa5ea29f3).