How to Make a Living Teaching Guitar: And Other Musical Instruments (Perfect Paperback)

by Guy Lee (Author) "This is a business regardless of the size of your operation, so be prepared..." (more)
Key Phrases: The Guy Lee Guitar Method, Assignment Calendar, Mary's Music (more...)

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"you're the best guitarist in your zipcode. You may want to read "How To Make a Living Playing Guitar"." -- Guitar One

Product Description
Learn to manage money, what to teach, promotion, instructional tips, advertising, booking students, preparation, individual lessons, group lessons and scheduling. Written in an easy to understand way, Guy Lee lays out the perfect business plan for any and all aspiring teachers. If you're searching for success, this is the book for you!

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Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Guytar Publishing; 1st edition (December 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974779512
• ISBN-13: 978-0974779515
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #952,953 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How to Make a Living Teaching Guitar, November 3, 2007

By	Loveguitar (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This thin book of about 75 pages is an o.k. starter place for those who are thinking about teaching guitar. I teach strictly Classical guitar so all of the ideas weren't useful to me, but it was still helpful. I disagree about answering the phone during the middle of giving a lesson as the author suggests doing. I feel that while I'm giving a lesson all of my attention should go to the student and zero to the person on the phone asking about lessons. That's what answering machines are for. If they are serious about wanting guitar lessons they will leave their name and number and I will call them back.

Just read it with a grain of salt as to if his ideas and ways of doing things are really practical to your desired way of teaching. To be real honest, you can get all that information and more by surfing the web about "teaching guitar".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some good ideas, and high standards, but problematic, April 25, 2008

By	Aaron Wolf (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a guitar teacher, it is useful and interesting to hear other thoughts from people in the business. This guy is clearly a performing guitarist who later got into teaching and really does care about it but has a lot of biases. He assumes that guitar means electric. How extreme is that assumption? He suggests getting a very long cord when teaching classes because he apparently didn't even consider using an acoustic when moving around teaching groups. There are some good ideas here and it is clear he does care about teaching and about high standards. Read with skepticism, it is a worthwhile book, but do as I did and request it through the library system because you have no reason to read it more than once.