Question: Do you want to learn how to teach drums? Or do you already teach drums but find it difficult to grow your drum teaching business to the level you want? If so then you’re in the right place.

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There are lots of drums teachers who started with huge enthusiasm and drive to share their drumming passion, were excited to bid their boss farewell, embraced the chance to have their own business where they called all the shots. But after the initial excitement wore off they felt worn out and frustrated because they couldn’t get their student numbers up to the level they wanted to live a good lifestyle.

At that stage the dream can start to feel like a pipe dream that will never become reality. They might be great teachers, they might not have done anything wrong, but they just can’t seem to break through a certain level to make it work.

“Of course Covid19 didn’t help but then again, lots of drum teachers actually grew their business right throughout the dramas of 2020 so really that is just an excuse.”

And you can make a million excuses to stop you making progress if you want. Blame it on a recession, blame it on a pandemic, blame it on lack of spare time, convince yourself now isn’t the right time, tell yourself that an alien invasion might come, maybe an earthquake will occur tonight, maybe it’s too cold, or too hot, or any other barrier that you could invent to stop you doing something that feels a little bit scary.

We all do it, it’s natural but if we really want to do something big then we have to get past those fears and dare to try it. Do you know that saying, “Everything you want is on the other side of fear?”

But because our brains want to protect us from scary things, many people give up on the dream and resign themselves to a life working nine hours a day, five days a week doing something they are not passionate about; or worse they do something they hate!

Isn’t it risky running your own business?

Yes. But no more risky than being employed. In fact I feel infinitely safer with my own business than if I was at the mercy of one boss. I’ve seen so many people lose their ‘safe’ jobs through no fault of their own. Maybe the company has a re-shuffle, maybe your role is no longer needed, maybe the boss just doesn’t like you.

Covid19 compounded this, especially for musicians who lost their entire income stream over night. They relied on tour managers and production companies to pay their bills. That tap was turned off and they had no control. They had no power.

Flip that:
The people who ran their own business had power, they had control. They had the ability to pivot, switch, adjust, adapt and keep earning money. In fact many of these people grew their business.

So what about drum teaching?

It was worrying briefly but then everyone adapted. Lessons went online, people carried on working. And in fact new opportunities arose from that.

Everyone I work with either largely maintained their income or grew. The ones that got creative and saw opportunity managed to grow significantly.

A great success story from one of the guys saw him take one small action that he learnt in the teacher group and he got 50 enquiries. And the best bit was that it was free to do.

50 enquiries for lessons equals a business. Just think about it…..

If each of those fifty students had only a 30minute lesson per week (some would have wanted a 60 minute lesson so the income would have been more) and they paid £20 per week, that would result in £1,000 per week.

Multiply that by 52 weeks in a year and that’s a £52k income from working just 25 hours in a week. At that time the UK average salary was circa £30k.

Let that sink in for a moment:

He did one thing that cost him nothing and created enough interest to create a business doing something he loved, that only required working 25 hours per week, and earned £20k over the average salary in his country.

We’ve seen similar results across the globe in America, Australia, New Zealand and more. And all that during a global pandemic.

So before you allow your brain to drop a thousand different reasons why you shouldn’t follow your heart (you’re not good enough, you won’t get students, you’re not the type of person that can achieve this, you don’t have what it takes, now isn’t the right time, just wait until it becomes easy, etc) just stop and have a really big think about what kind of life you want to be living.

If you’re already there and have that mindset then maybe you just need a plan to grow the drum teaching business. Well keep reading because we’re getting to that.

The truth is that these drum teachers didn’t have a proper plan. They didn’t have the systems in place that they needed to consistently bring new students into their business and they didn’t have the right processes in place to make things run smoothly.

I know that all sounds boring but it’s actually really exciting because once you get those business essentials in place you can rapidly grow your drum teaching business month on month with far less effort and stress.

What’s the secret to becoming a drum teacher?

Often people that want to start teaching drums worry about the wrong things. There are misconceptions about how good you need to be at drumming to become a drum teacher. You need to know your stuff but you don’t need to be Thomas Lang. There are other skills that a teacher needs to have such as patience, empathy, good listening skills, communication and organisation.

But what you really need to become a drum teacher is a solid plan. You need plans both in terms of how and what you will teach as well as a plan on how you will market your services.

The first one was probably obvious. In fact the marketing was probably obvious but this is the area that most people underestimate and then end up getting frustrated and, ultimately, giving up altogether.

Once you have the marketing plan and put the steps in place then you can enjoy regular student enquiries coming to you without having to do very much work to keep it running. That allows you to grow your student numbers and grow your income.

Sound good?

Ok, so let’s get that plan sorted right here, right now.

Please don’t put it off until tomorrow because that is actually just your internal thought process trying to stop you doing it. Do something right now. Scary? Good, that means you’re challenging yourself. Literally do it right now!

Let me give you another quote: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

Make sure you are not looking back in 20 years, 5 years, 1 year regretting not taking action now.

So I want to help you get some clarity and get that plan in place.

If you’re ready to invest a small amount of time to get that plan and start moving towards the goal of being a drum teacher then click here. This FREE drum teacher training will make the whole process much clearer for you.