The Ultimate Guide to an Effective Studio Website
You have a website, right? If so, how is it? Is it comprehensive? SEO friendly? Does it clearly convey who you are to newcomers and draw the… Read More
Motivating Music Students Part 1: Identify What Motivates Your Students
Every student is different, thus every student is motivated by different things. Some are motivated by stickers and prizes - others, not so … Read More
Top 6 Tips for Memorizing a Piece
Memorizing a piece is great… once it’s memorized. You can play with more emotion and not be tied to checking if you’re playing the right not… Read More
5 Steps To Plan Your Lessons For The Whole Year
Planning Your Yearly Curriculum One of the most difficult problems I had when teaching younger students was managing them over breaks from … Read More
What is the Best Age to Start Music Lessons?
Several studies have shown that education in music has an incredible impact on the developing mind. There is a body of research that identif… Read More
3 Surefire Ways to Get Your Child to Practice Music More
Parents, this one’s for you! One of the biggest struggles as music teachers is getting students to practice at home. We can really only help… Read More
How to get started with Remote Lessons
Want to get started teaching online after reading Why Remote Music Lessons? Here’s a quick list of things you’ll want to consider before sta… Read More
5 Ways To Keep Students Practicing Over Break
Vacation time - it can be a time of relaxation, recharging, and, for a lot of music teachers...reduced income. Many students take breaks fro… Read More
How to Practice on Vacation
Practicing on vacation is an often-debated topic. Many emphasize the importance of mental and physical rest (at least for a short time), whi… Read More
Practice Strategy: Quarter Note Technique
Tricky rhythms and syncopation got you down? Can you play each hand separately just fine, but have trouble putting the two together? Piano p… Read More
Why remote music lessons?
You may have heard of “Skype lessons” or online lessons, but it’s a fairly new area, taking off only in the past decade or so. A remote less… Read More
Musicians, why should you record yourself?
If you are a musician or working on becoming one, you need to be recording yourself. It doesn’t matter if you’re just learning, a holiday pe… Read More
Preparing for Exams 101
It’s that time of year again! Exam prep season. Prepping students for exams - whether you use ABRSM (Royal Schools of Music), CM (Certificat… Read More
Practice Strategy: Visualization
What is Visualization? Visualization is the process of mentally experiencing or simulating an experience in order to prepare for it. It’s a … Read More
4 Important Conversations To Have with Every Music Student
Sometimes students go into lessons really wanting to learn. Others are put into lessons by their parents. Many are totally new to music and … Read More