Improve Your Music Studio’s Website with These Simple Headline Writing Tips

Guest post by Doug Hanvey. Doug Hanvey studied piano and music composition at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington and jazz piano with keyboard guru John Novello in Los Angeles. In addition to his musical training, Doug holds a master’s degree in adult education. He is the author of The Creative Keyboardist... Continue Reading →

5 Handy Tips for New Piano Lesson Enquiries

Guest post by Dr. Sally Cathcart of The Curious Piano Teachers. View the original on The Curious Piano Teachers blog HERE. Have you had many new piano lesson enquiries recently? Do you ever find yourself caught ‘off-guard’ by phone calls? I know I certainly do! When this happens I can end up babbling on and... Continue Reading →

How to Get More Piano Students

Guest post by Kristin Jensen of MyFunPianoStudio.com. View the original on Kristin's blog HERE. Everything I’d done to try to get more piano students was a waste of time with little or no results. We’d moved to a new town and I was determined to fill my studio quickly. I worked hard to get the... Continue Reading →

How to Get Testimonials from Your Music Students

Guest blog post by Doug Hanvey, author of Piano Lab Blog Testimonials and Online Reviews = A "Real Reason to Believe" In these days of overhyped marketing of nearly every product and service – and yes, that sometimes includes music lessons! – it is more important than ever to communicate why your prospective students should... Continue Reading →

Playing in a Pit Orchestra: Anecdotes and Advice from a Percussionist

by Ryan Blauvelt Places. Lights up. Downbeat. It’s the order of things for playing in a pit orchestra for musical theater productions.  The culmination of many hours of rehearsals, score study, listening sessions, and custom edits in order to bring together cast, crew, and of course musicians for a couple weeks of “showtime!” It’s spring... Continue Reading →

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