Membership Expired Kat Hunter
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Interesting!
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I’ve made it so that my vouchers and bulk lessons are absolutely non-refundable. They are both discounted, so i stand strong on this.
However I give them a whole 12 months before they expire, which I’m happy to do.
I also say that the voucher/bundle will be transferrable once. So if they’re sure they won’t use it, they can change whose name it’s in and either be compensated by that person, or gift it onwards. -
Yayy! I just got a job teaching at a highschool, and they’re considering bringing in the Rock School syllabus. If I hadn’t read this thread I would have been at a complete loss to talk about it. Thanks team!
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I don’t think youtube is killing the music teacher!
But, youtube DOES get me a little riled up, especially as a singing teacher (I don’t know how much this is the case for guitar teachers), because there’s so much misinformation out there! Content marketing has meant that every man and his dog thinks they’re the fount of all knowledge when it comes to singing (or at least would like to be for SEO purposes). Thankfully once students are sometimes confused out of their minds, they’ll decide to book in a lesson with a teacher, and start to clear things up. But I’ve had some students come to me with some really weeeeird ideas about singing that have come from youtube. -
Completely missed this post! Although I’m coming late to the game, thought I’d share what I usually teach.
I normally spend half the lesson time on exercises and half the lesson time on repertoire/application of skills to song. The focus of the exercises is almost always focused on a particular skill/goal that the student is trying to achieve. Usually this is along the lines of a) being able to sing louder or with greater dynamic control b) being able to sing higher c) removing or smoothing out register breaks in the voice (such as between chest and head voice).
However this is modified a whole lot by what students are needing. If students struggle to sing in tune, this of course takes priority. And like Eliza, I’m definitely spending more time on ear training and music theory at the moment – I think this is petty important.
