Hey music teachers!
Want to learn how to use student concerts to inspire your students to practice, drive more business to your doorstep, and justify higher rates?
Coming in Spring 2018
TOTALLY AWESOME RECITALS
That Inspire Your Students and Make You Money
A proven system for offering recitals that are fun and motivating for your students and make your business thrive
Live music can be powerful. Inspiring. Even life-changing.
So why are music recitals so bad? Most of them are ruled by two emotions: Terror, and relief once it's over.
That's not what live music should be like. It should be entertaining, uplifting, moving--AWESOME.
I'm here to tell you that you CAN give your students awesome stage experiences. Even if they're just learning their first drum fill, strum pattern, or major scale.
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Great Recitals
Motivate Students
We all struggle to motivate our students to practice. How do you compete with a young student’s Xbox or soccer games? Or an adult student’s demanding job and family commitments?
The answer is: You give them something more compelling: A chance to perform music they love for an enthusiastic crowd. Here's a rough graph showing how motivated my students are before and after my recitals.
Most of my students slack just like yours do. But when they're preparing for my recitals, they practice like olympic athletes.
Great Recitals
Make Money
Loyalty
Students who are having a blast will have better attendance and take lessons with you longer.
Referrals
Students and their parents tell their friends about your amazing shows. Voila! New students, primed to love their lessons from Day 1.
Advertising
Students invite their friends to the shows, and share video footage on social media. Friends are blown away. Voila! More new students.
Pay-to-play
Students will gladly pay for these experiences. You can offer affordable options where students play solo, while premium rock star packages with a professional backing band earn you big money.
How Much Can You Make?
I currently charge $110/hour for lessons, which is more than double the going rate for lessons in the Seattle area. How do I justify it? Giving my students performance experiences that they'll tell their grandchildren about.
My 2016 Tuition Income
I took time off in December 🙂
My Story
I’m Rob Hampton, founder of Heartwood Guitar Instruction. I teach guitar lessons privately in Seattle, WA, and my guitar instruction website heartwoodguitar.com serves 8,000 people a day.
When I started teaching guitar in 2003, my recitals were typical. They stank. My students were awkward and nervous. The audience was politely non-entertained. And they were so much work, I wasn't sure it was worth it.
Over years of trial and error, after performing at some terrible venues (pro tip: a huge, echoey school auditorium is not a good recital space), and surviving some extremely stressful shows, I developed a formula for my recitals that transformed them into fun, inspiring displays of truly good music. YouTube videos of the Jam have been watched by over 6 million people. And my students love, love, love it.
Check out this amazing footage. See what a difference a great venue and great backup band makes? Every parent wants this kind of experience for their child.
Emma performing her original, "Snow Day" in 2009
The things I’ve done to make the Jam so successful can be easily passed on to you. It’s a METHOD I’ve developed (with the help of some great friends). I’ve broken the formula down into simple, step-by-step modules that allow you to easily walk through each of the phases of developing your next recital. There’s no guesswork: Just follow the plan.
What Other Teachers Say
In 2009, I wrote a guide to running a successful guitar teaching business called Rob's Totally Awesome Guitar Teaching Handbook. Here's some feedback from my readers.
JP Holesworth
Stratoblogster.com
I can without doubts or reservations deem this The Bible of beginner-intermediate guitar instruction.
Tommy Bryant
Guitar Teacher
I read your eBook back in 2010 and it changed my world tremendously. I started teaching in 2009 but with little success. After reading your book I was able to get up to 35 regular students a week by 2012! I recommend it to everyone I know who wants to teach.
Bruce Kaechele
Six Open Strings Guitar LessonsThe only reason I am teaching regularly is because of your book. I read it cover to cover. I immediately connected with your story and your writing style. Best $30 I've ever spent.
Jim Bowley
Guitar Instructor in Bel Air, MDThanks much for putting great work out there and for spreading the guitar gospel the way it ought to be spread - with passion, attention to detail and a sense of humor
Jared Priest
Kalamazoo Guitar LessonsRob’s teaching book is a must read for those just starting out in this business. I refer to this book time and time again.
What Does the Course Cover?
Preparing Students
Using visualization to prepare students mentally
Teaching stagecraft
Scheduling and running full-band rehearsals
Collaborating with Teachers
Finding music teachers who complement your skills
Delegating work to your team
Including other teachers' students in your recital
Organizing the Recital
Finding a venue
Keeping track of student, song, and pricing data
Getting great video footage
Debriefing with your team after the recital
Making it Amazing
Setting the proper tone at the show
Introducing your students with flair
Thanking students, staff, and audience warmly
Creating unity among your team of teachers
Awesome Recitals is currently being developed.
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What You'll Get
- Four modules of streaming video lessons, with each module containing several lessons, accessed in the members section
- The Awesome Recitals handbook, containing all the lessons in print format
- A swipe file of sample emails used to communicate with students, parents, venue owners, and soundpeople
- A spreadsheet template for organizing student, song, and pricing data
- A recital program template in MS Word format, beautifully designed for handing out to audience members
Pricing
PRESALE
Course content available once course is completed.
- Full Course Access
- Handbook PDF
- All Templates
- Email Swipe File
- BONUS: Weekly course creation progress updates
- BONUS: Course content input
$129
No credit card required.
BASIC
- Full Course Access
- Handbook PDF
- All Templates
- Email Swipe File
- Two 1-hour Personal Coaching Sessions
- A copy of Rob's Totally Awesome Guitar Teaching Handbook
$199
No credit card required.
PREMIUM
- Full Course Access
- Handbook PDF
- All Templates
- Email Swipe File
- Two 1-hour Personal Coaching Sessions
- A copy of Rob's Totally Awesome Guitar Teaching Handbook
$499
No credit card required.
All plans are a single payment for lifetime access to content.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
You have a full 30 days to try the course. If you aren’t completely satisfied, just ask and I'll gladly give you a full refund on your purchase price. Give it a try, the risk is on me!