I wanna give drum lessons... How do i get myself out there?

Question

I need to find students from around my area but how do i get myself out there?

Answer 1

as a guitar teacher myself, i remember what it was like when i started out.



the easiest way to do it is seeing if you can get a job at the local music store. they'll take a cut for letting you teach the lessons there, but chances are its WELL worth it. for one, when people want lessons, they're more likely to call a store than just some random person. plus, nobody has to know where you live, and you dont need to drive from home to home. usually the store will have a policy for lessons, so you'll always get paid and they'll typically take care of the people that sign up, and they'll make sure the people are paid up too. when you teach on your own, its really a pain when people can only pay by cash or check, and if someone "forgets" their money, or doesnt want to pay for a lesson they didnt show up to, or a check bounces, it can be a real burden. ALSO, you might get a pretty nice discount if you teach at the store. its just really hard to compete with the music store gig.



but, if you dont wanna teach at a store, you should take out an ad in the paper, put up a craigslist add every few weeks, keep a website open for your schedule, put out flyers at schools and places where kids go (most students are usually kids, but sometimes adults sign up too).



you can make it work out either way, but the music store thing is usually WAY easier.

Answer 2

Like hellion said, yhe music store gig is really worth it.



Also, have a business card. That way you can flip your number to people whenever you talk to someone who's interested, and you look alot more profesional. Dosen't have to be anything fancy, just your name and contact informations and "drum lessons" on it should do. You wont pay much and you'll soon realize the benifits of such a thing.



If no music store around your area offers such service as lessons....leave some business cards!! People in music shops get ask for lessons on a daily basis (I know, I work in one!). Check your local area for rehearsing studios and post a flyer with your contact infos, schools, even grocery stores! Most of them have board where you can post. Whatever, as long as it gets you students, and you never know who'll be interested. The paper is also a place to look into but a little more expensive and it dosen't bring as much students, but give it a try, you never know!



Hope this helps.

Math.

Answer 3

I think when you post on YouTube it gives you the option to be paid a fee for each hit the post gets. Some of those post that have gone viral, resulted in a good bit of money for the people who posted them. However, I am sure the fee is pretty small and you would need a lot of hits to generate much money. You could put together a web site but that involves a lot of things besides making a web page with security of any money transactions pretty high on the list.

Answer 4

Post on Craigslist or at Guitar Center or put a bulletin up at the middle school or highschool.