lol bro dont pour cold water lah.
a lot do it for passion mou

passion doesnt pay bills.

but ok wat, nasi lemak seller by day, mat rocker by night

yeah i like that

thats precisely true!!

very realistic pov

This post has been edited by Ryuuga: Feb 4 2009, 11:52 AM

well ..you need a combo ...


sell + teach
play + teach
sell + play

but i think ..the best combo is ..
repair shop + sell

but you gotta be famous as a guitar tech first lah ....look at tham

This post has been edited by gapnap: Feb 4 2009, 01:11 PM

lol!! got combo summore dude...!!
like playing online game.. best combination of skills for different jobs! haha

Great effort TS!

Teaching music is very very good..

While you share the passion and skill you have, you earn money too!

Well, my advice is master any kind of instrument you're planning to teach (guitar for your case). I guess theory is not the problem for you as some teachers actually bluff their students too when they don't know to correct answer/solution.. this is bad but this happens.. I think qualification is the problem if you don't have any..

If you're a performer, people judge you based on experience and your style. Students who love your style will of course learn it from you.

Church/college do pay for external teachers to come teach. hey after all art works needs to be paid besides the cost to go there. Nowadays, teachers seldom do home tuition (music) because it is time+money consuming with all the traffic jams and bad weather.

This is my suggestion:

1. The hard way: Do a blog or website about yourself. Mainly your profile/achievement or sharing something. Let people know you. Advertise your class. You might get lucky. Haven't I mention many artiste pop out from youtube and myspace too...

2. Even harder way: There's this school call Play By Ear (www.playbyear.com.my) where they teach students to play with a very very good method. If I'm not mistaken, students who qualify can become a teacher there too. You don't need to work there fulltime. So if you're really into it, give it a try!

Good luck bro!

As long as you try, I'm sure you're heading somewhere...

thnx!! especially for introducing me to the playbyear. yeah, that's something i'd like to explore

Hi guys....im a musician as well a music tutor part time as well....
Just to let you all know you can make a reasonable sum of $$ by doing part time. As musicians for start up...you have to do lots free shows and putting lots video on youtube...once people know you.....people will keep calling you. Sit and send out emails to every event organizer you know as well look them up and send a profile to them...and out of the 100's of email u sent at least one will reply...again if a good show is put up...the ball will keep rolling.....Music tutoring privately i have been doin it for 3 years now since i got in uni....its all based on recomendation...I have not thought in any music school thus i dont know their rates....but rates for private tutoring is better than alot people working full time...

Just be unique ...thats what the industry wants...give them something that no one else can do but you....you will make big bucks...but again....noo guarantee....its an up and down road....no constant income...but satisfaction is guaranteed.

Thats a lil from ....from what i went through...

param....

if you want to make good money you need a good marketing.

if you want to sustain, you need to be competent.

but then, music scene today are dominated by marketing. you need about 10% of skill, and 90% of marketing (read: communication skill a.k.a sweet talk), and you'll be doing very well.

repair shop eh? can one....
look how many man power u have already *cough cough*

famous as in...skilled and knowledagable guitar tech?

and this also lead into a conclusion - you won't get far if you're not prepared. means, if you're well prepared, you can be successful in anything.

the rest are all marketing...

err he is trying to be a teacher.. not finding gigs bro..

haha...teacher also i mentioned based on recomendation...just a student and the ball will get rolling...

i think anybody who is full time entertainment-music industry will advice newbies not to follow their footsteps

part time still ok la ..

TS, u could try apply for the suzuki method from the malaysia suzuki association. (forgot the link ady, maybe u can search it up at google) =)

the prob is u have to pay around rm30k for the 1 year course, then afterwards, doing practical for a few months(they pay u 1k per month), after that, i heard they straight give u a job with a rm2k++ per month salary.

lol, doesn't "worth" it or make sense if teaching part time, especially ts only want side income...

suzuki? i thought only yamaha deals with music . anyway, i'll google it to get more info. 2k++ part time or full time job? if part time may be can consider la

who says musicians dun earn much?? my teacher earns 3k per night performing solo . he perform for 2 weeks continously (he plays violin)

This post has been edited by youjian: Feb 5 2009, 06:59 PM

3k per night ? waaa..must be some millionaires club is it ...

philharmonic orchestra also don't pay that much wei ..where he play ?