Re: [Harp-L] Advice About Being a Harmonica Teacher

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's also mostly adults because harp is not so 'cool' with the younger set
these days.
It's all ukuleles out there. The harp will have its day again, but probably
not in my lifetime.
RD

On 22 December 2015 at 05:39, Ari Erlbaum <ari.erlbaum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking for some advice about how to get business as a harmonica
> teacher. I've been teaching for a few years on the side of my day job, but
> am now trying to work less on other things and more on harmonica. But what
> I've noticed is that it tends to attract more adults than kids (parents
> usually send their kids to piano lessons or something). Adults tend to be
> much less reliable for consistent lessons, since they are more connected to
> their pocketbooks and busier. They always go away from the first lesson
> super excited about playing harp, but tend to email later on saying that
> another bill came up so they can't afford lessons for a while, or the trip
> is too long for them to get here, etc. So for you all who have been doing
> this longer than I have, do you have any suggestions for either making
> adult students more reliable, attracting more kids, or finding some other
> scheme for being profitable-ish doing harp related things? And for any
> non-teachers, what might entice you to drop money consistently on harmonica
> lessons?
>
> For reference, my website is www.pocketmusic.musicteachershelper.com. Any
> feedback on that would be great as well. Thanks so much everybody!
>
> Best,
> Ari
>