Quinn
The guitar always fascinated me, ever since childhood. I took up playing the guitar as a hobby initially, but it became an obsession over the years. But the turn of events in life pushed me on to become an executive in an accounting firm for the last twenty years. All these years I never left the guitar and did whatever I could to improve my playing skills. I want to give up my job and want to teach the guitar to aspiring learners. I want some guidance as to how do I hire students and how do I run my school in a professional manner.
Manfred-Klose
I also used to give guitar lessons a long time ago.
Basically:
1. You must have good people skills.
2. Be prepared for any kind of qeustion and be able to give a easy solution the student understands.
3. Be fluent in all genre's.
4. Work out a good time schedule.
5. Some students learn fast and some not, so be patient.
6. Prepare all your music theory papers on the PC, so you can just print it out.
7. This list can get pretty long.............
P.S: Dont quit your job just yet, depending on your location there might already be 5 guitar tutors in the area, so start doing it part time (From 17:00 or so), and see if it works for you.
Renesongs
I am a professional guitar teacher I teach 20+ students a week - long story short - there is not a lot of money in it. So to keep the wolf from the door you must diversify. I teach sound production, compose on commission , offer studio services, fix computers and I am trying to get a working band together. The other key to success is marketing advertise wherever and whenever you can.
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That's very usefull advice. I would like to teach aswell, but came accross many areas that needed improvement. Most of them were mentioned. The key is the more you learn the more you can diversify and share. There are so many helpfull people on the web, and their policy is the more you share the more you get known. I've realised that there is a market for online lessons as well, via skype. I also feel music is a sociable thing and that should be brought in to the learning as much as possible.
Pierce
I would check out Music Career Mentor Steve Nixon. He has all the answers for you in his site www.stevenixonmusic.net/careermentoring.cfm. Click on the site, enroll with him for all the help you need to start your own teaching business. Wish you all the best in your endeavors.
