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We're about helping teachers help their students so that the world can experience the next generation of great musicians.
Our journey to creating MusicTeacherNotes was unplanned and unexpected. Although neither of us, Adam nor Mark, are music teachers, we’ve walked in your shoes--as parents, music students, and entrepreneurs who understand the challenges of running a business. Our personal and professional experiences have uniquely equipped us to develop MusicTeacherNotes, a platform designed to help music teachers efficiently manage their studios.
Adam loves playing guitar and is the father of two budding musicians. His children are deeply involved in music--both play the piano, and one excels on the saxophone and is an active member of his school band. The other is interested in playing percussion when she is old enough to join band herself. Adam's firsthand experience with music lessons, both as a student and as a parent, has given him a deep understanding of the challenges and rewards that accompany music lessons.
As a parent, Mark experienced putting his children in music lessons. Additionally, Mark regularly schedules bands for live performances for a winery that he owns and manages, which has led to countless conversations about music education with band members he's hired, as many of the band members also teach music. Mark's has a degree in Psychology that further fuels his interest in how to motivate young students to practice and excel in music.
Our paths first crossed in 1999 when we met as newly hired airline pilots, both with backgrounds in flight instruction. Teaching students to fly airplanes involves many of the same strategies that music teachers use to teach students to play a musical instrument, and the years we spent as flight instructors would later prove invaluable when we began developing MusicTeacherNotes and thinking through ways to help music teachers and their students succeed.
Over time, our interests expanded beyond aviation when we became interested in entrepreneurship. In 2006, we developed our first online business together--a website that helped fellow airline pilots automatically prepare their tax returns. The bookkeeping principles we developed during that endeavor turned out to be incredibly relevant for the tools we now offer through MusicTeacherNotes. Our expertise in web development, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and customer service was honed during that time.
Although tax code changes eventually pushed us away from that business, the experience gave us the desire and the skills needed to create MusicTeacherNotes.
From our personal experiences with music lessons, our struggles as parents of children taking lessons, and our interactions with numerous music teachers, we’ve identified and addressed the biggest problems that teachers, students, and parents encounter with music lessons. We understand these challenges because we’ve experienced them firsthand. Our goal with MusicTeacherNotes is simple: to help music teachers attract more students, keep them engaged longer, and make managing a music teaching business easier.
What started as a few key ideas has evolved into a comprehensive suite of tools designed to help music teachers grow and manage their businesses while also motivating students to practice and stick with their lessons. MusicTeacherNotes not only focuses on studio management but also enhances the learning experience for students. All connected students enjoy a free family account, giving them access to motivational tools and communication channels that encourage them to stay committed to their musical journey.
When we began thinking about creating a music lesson website we knew we needed to interview music teachers -- a lot of music teachers. Our goal was to avoid guessing what issues are important to music teachers. We were determined to thoroughly understand the significant challenges that music teachers face in their endeavor to provide quality music lessons to their students. Once we discovered that, we focused on building real solutions to those pain-points so music teachers would have something that would help them grow their businesses, manage their students more effectively, and help students learn music faster.
We think of music students as belonging to one of three distinct age-groups, each with unique issues. Younger children need more parental support and extrinsic motivators to help encourage practice. As students enter their teen years, music lessons might compete with other activities like sports and clubs. Adult students often struggle with motivation and a feeling like they are at a disadvantage because of their age. And all three age-groups find that seeing videos and demonstrations of how to play a piece helps them learn faster.
We've personally experienced what it is like trying to parent children who take music lessons. Those experiences led to the idea that there must be a better way to help children learn. Traditional problems, like getting children to practice, knowing what students are supposed to practice, and knowing whether or not students are correctly practicing are typical issues faced by almost every parent who has children in music lessons. MusicTeacherNotes.com is unique because it isn't just for teachers and students; it's for parents, too!
We’re dedicated to helping music teachers and music students succeed, and we’re confident that you’ll love what MusicTeacherNotes can do for your business.
Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes progress, and progress is the goal!
MusicTeacherNotes helps music teachers manage their students and helps students learn music faster. By empowering parents and students to get much more out of private music lessons, learning music becomes a better experience for everyone.
