Will you please copy this and put it somewhere you can see it? Like, tatoo it onto the back of your hand, for instance? You're not selling your time. You're selling your brain. Time is the container your brain comes in. Mind if I mess with your head? Most voice teachers and coaches say that we charge [whatever] an hour. When we think about raising our prices we tend to think of that increase based on a per-hour or per-lesson basis. But is that “face time” with a client rea

Here is something I know about you: You’re nice. You care about your students’ progress, and you care about them as people. As professional as you’ve made your studio, it still stings a little when somebody quits lessons. It can fill you with self-doubt. Your nice-ness has really worked well for you. You’ve had wonderful relationships with your students, and even with your students’ families. But in some ways, your niceness is really getting in your way. Most voice teache

Our teen singers are just like we were when we were teens. They’re in love with certain artists. They’re moved by artists whose music reflects their feelings back to them. They feel certain songs very deeply, and they want to sing those songs. We want to help them express themselves because we love them. But we also can feel a bit reticent sometimes. Read the blog or check out the broadcast! On one hand, teens seem like really easy clients. Typically they aren’t paying ou