Are you teaching now, but have difficulty attracting and keeping students?
Are you ready to move into the next level of Clarity, Ease, and Profitability?
Then it's time for you to get comprehensive coaching
in freelance music teaching from one of the
most experienced and broadly-versed
teachers in the Bay Area.
part or full-time income, accelerating your learning process, enhancing your
compassion, and being of service to your community. It's very ironic that the one skill that most
musicians rely upon to earn (or supplement) their income is not, or very rarely, actually taught in schools!
Yes, there are courses in pedagogy, but they're designed for the context, uniformity, and 'safety' of a school.
Even if you create your own course or program and offer it through an organization, you stand to make
half of what you could if you marketed and delivered it on your own! What we're talking about is the ability to
CONSISTENTLY GENERATE TEACHING INCOME OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL, INSTITUTION, OR MUSIC STORE.
Through this training, you'll achieve new clarity about your relationship to Five Essential Teaching Issues:
- Intention
- Communication
- Organization
- Time
- Money
Then you will experience your teaching at the next level of Ease
and Profitability.
"Music schools never taught me the business side of teaching music, and Michael is a real marketing professional.
He has helped my ads tremendously, both on-line (Craigslist) and in print, taking them through quite a transformation.
Now I’m actually getting a response to my ads! He has also helped me evaluate my professional goals
and take the necessary steps for these goals to become realized. I would recommend that any
serious teacher study with Michael to learn how to enhance their own advertising and teaching strategies."-- Alex Kelly D.M.A. (teacher/cellist/recording artist/composer/author)
"Although I am a multi-instrumentalist, I have been restricted to being a private guitar instructor at
a music store for many years. Recently, I have embarked on my own journey to open my own music school and
sought out a teacher to not only hone my own skills but to help me learn the skills necessary to teach
all of the instruments with which I am familiar. The teacher I found is Michael Smolens.
In the past months, I've learned more about the art of teaching
than I have in my numerous years of experience in the field.
Being a multi-instrumentalist himself, Michael is very familiar with the mindset of someone like
myself. He has provided me with confidence, tools, and new skills to teach new students of all levels in
all of my instruments."
-- Ronald Llenado (teacher/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter)
Michael Smolens has been teaching privately and in groups since 1974 and is affiliated with JFK University, Sonoma State University, and the Oakland School For The Arts. He has written and lectured extensively on Musical Creativity and the Art of Practicing and studied with some of the most progressive teachers today. Michael teaches a myriad of different styles and has coached vocalists as well as nearly every type of instrumentalist.
a number of successful Bay Area freelance teachers and enjoys watching their transformation as players, as well as teachers!
if no answer, please try (510)684-4852.
You can e-mail him or read more at his web site, www.SecondSightMusic.com
Unlimited support for your lessons: call or e-mail me
and I'll answer any of your questions that same day.
Great Berkeley location ~ just minutes from the Bay Bridge.
You can also read advice on practicing and musical creativity or read some of the Words of Appreciation.
*Intro Sessions are 45min., regular sessions are 90min.