Donnie Schexnayder

How to Teach Guitar & Start Your Own Music Instruction Business Donnie Schexnayder

Publisher Marketing: "How To Teach Guitar and Start Your Own Music Instruction Business " is the definitive guide to starting your own small business teaching the guitar. Discover how to: Start your teaching business with a proven strategy for success. Determine when you are ready to teach lessons. Bring your teaching skills to the next level. Develop lesson plans and student materials. Organize your teaching space with both your students and their parents in mind. Design clear studio policies that minimize common problems. Learn the best marketing strategies to attract your first students. Schedule your lessons with fewer headaches. Set your lesson fees for your market. Much more! You may have any number of reasons for wanting to teach the guitar. Maybe you want to earn some extra money in your spare time. Perhaps you want to use your skills as a musician to help others. Maybe you see teaching as a way to round out your career as a musician. Whatever your reasons, this book can be your passport to a whole new experience with music and your work. Becoming a guitar teacher has may benefits: Improve your own guitar skills. Earn money while doing something you love. Become your own boss. Set your own hours. Work from home. Control how much money you earn. Make a difference in other people's lives. Boost your success as a gigging musician. Specialize in a field that doesn't need formal training or a college degree. Start your own business with very little up-front money. Donnie Schexnayder and Desi Serna have written this book to take you from the beginning, from never having taught guitar before, to your first ten paying guitar students. The 90-day action plan takes you one step at a time towards establishing your new teaching studio. It has never been easier to start teaching the guitar!" Contributor Bio:  Serna, Desi Hailed as a "music-theory expert" by Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist Desi Serna is the author of the very popular Fretboard Theory line of guitar instructional material as well as Guitar Theory For Dummies and Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies (a Wiley brand). He is known for his practical, hands-on approach to music teaching, with a focus on the guitar fretboard and emphasis on popular songs. Desi honed his craft through decades of teaching, performing, and publishing. He's online everyday posting lessons to Guitar-Music-Theory.com and discussing various guitar music-related topics with his group of social media followers. In 2014, he relocated from his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to an area near Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to Music City and its community of guitar players. Contributor Bio:  Evdokimoff, Thomas Hailed as a "music-theory expert" by Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist Desi Serna is the author of the very popular Fretboard Theory line of guitar instructional material as well as Guitar Theory For Dummies and Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies (a Wiley brand). He is known for his practical, hands-on approach to music teaching, with a focus on the guitar fretboard and emphasis on popular songs. Desi honed his craft through decades of teaching, performing, and publishing. He's online everyday posting lessons to Guitar-Music-Theory.com and discussing various guitar music-related topics with his group of social media followers. In 2014, he relocated from his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to an area near Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to Music City and its community of guitar players.