150 characters. That’s all I’m allowing you for your music teacher vision statement. If you had to whittle it all down, what would you say? Why are you doing this?

Teaching piano, violin or voice doesn’t have to be a risky career path – making a steady income as a piano teacher CAN be done. I’ll show you how in this article.

Project management software can help to add structure to scattered to-do lists. Finding the right project management tool for your music studio can feel like a holy grail. But, as always, we’re here to help make it simple.

Creating a music studio system might sound like a boring endeavor. But if you do it right – if you make a model studio – it can be exciting. It can change your whole game.

Do you wish you could take paid holidays and sick leave? Think paid time off is just a pipe dream for self-employed piano teachers like us? I have the solution for you.

There are so many factors involved for a student to succeed in their music studies. Their parents, their teacher, their attitude and their grittiness all play a role.

But one factor you might not have thought of is their lesson schedule – more specifically, their lesson day.

Do some of your students seem to throw their hands in the air at the first whiff of struggle and difficulty? What they need is grittiness. They need the determination and self-belief to keep going when things get hard. 

I think of music student motivation as 5 masts which keep a structure standing tall. Nurture all 5 for highly motivated and engaged students.

If your goal is to foster a growth mindset in your piano students, then extrinsic motivation could be the best route to get there.

Incentives, awards and rewards are common practice in many piano studios. If you use them, you’re a raving fan. If you don’t, you’re staunchly opposed. 

Whichever side of this debate you fall on, let’s stop and think about each type of external motivator.