Recent content by Baer.Music

A musician that realizes that he or she doesn't know everything.

I have all of my students pay a month at a time. I mean, I you are going to take lessons, take lessons. If they have to cancel then I give then a credit for he next month. What I find is if they pay for them ahead of time, the are less likely to cancel. Even if I tell hem that I'll credit them...

Point well taken. Every location has it's different points. Here, the uneducated and unprofessionals are the ones advertising "first lessons free." So I don't, to separate myself from them. At this point I have a waiting list of 15 students, teaching 40 a week, and charging at least twice as...

Oh yeah, I found that, in my area, you don't have to "give a free lesson to start" or something. It give the impression that you or the teacher unconfident (no offense to people that do, just how it works here maybe?). Also, it takes more than one lesson to know if it is going to work between a...

Everyone around here charges from $10 a lesson to $100 a lesson. It really depends on what you can. You get what you pay for (charge what you should). Also, keep in mind that professionalism (on time, prepared, having policies, etc), being personable (not a weirdo, this one in particular can put...

My brother is a lefty, and learned righty. For just a hobbyist, he does pretty well. He also doesn't have to pass up that cool flea-market guitar find, or be limited to what the store has (and pay extra). Now, that he is a dad, he can also pass on his instruments to his son! Also, first post...