Well teaching music to a beginner with 0 knowledge will require some system in the way you deliver knowledge. Get a basic book e.g. Learning the Guitar or whatever...go through the lessons. As the teacher you can always add a "teaser" at the end... a fancy skill or riff that is essentially a product of the techniques or lessons learnt previously. E.g. Showing the student a double thump as an extension of the slap..to get him fired up to practise like a demon so he can "earn" his new flashy lesson. Well that was what i used to do when i was teaching oh so long ago.

Wow..whats with these close ended questions...How to teach? How to get students?...anymore we may as well teach for ya

just joshing with ya.

The toughest part about teaching private is establishing a reputation for yourself..after all you will have to market yourself as a brand now. Start with distinctive selling features. e.g. you won any awards? were you a child prodigy (you never know right?)? In a well known band? Played in church band for X no of years? whatever.... this will aid you in getting the job.

Job? Yep I totally agree that starting yourself with an established music school is the easiest way to get students. Sure the pay sucks but the goodwill and spillover reputation will make it worthwhile. Do a good job...soon you'll be known as the young guitar teacher at XXXX place. Continue...some parents will pay extra for private tutelage on top of lessons. After you established a name for yourself, you can then choose to go solo.

Until now, I still have trouble going back to Mahogany to visit my friends ...people/customers still ask me to teach bass... so i hide in...*gasp* Yamaha

This post has been edited by stefanong: Dec 7 2006, 01:10 PM

Wow you're patient...me....[turn around and face parents while pointing at magazine] Judging by his progress, have you ever considered ballet for your son?