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IdentityI've been offering private drum lessons for a long time. In more recent years as I've pushed my business in an online direction, I've had the ability to scale back my private lessons. In fact, I only teach privately one day per week, as opposed to 6 days per week when I first started. I very much prefer it that way.
Truthfully, I enjoy having less private students altogether, as it allows me to really focus on the few students that I do have. I am fortunate enough to be able to choose students that I want to work with long-term, so I find the quality of the teacher/student relationship is higher than average.
But this isn't the case for most drum teachers. The average private drum instructor's salary doesn't allow for this type of exclusivity. It was just a few years ago that I was posting Craiglist ads every day to get new students. I remember being unable to turn anyone away because I needed every student (and dollar) that I could get. With that said, I had some interesting experiences with a few students.
It was during this time that I discovered the variety of issues between teachers and students that can interrupt the learning experience; nearly all of which are preventable.
The intention of this list is to serve as a satirical guideline for both teachers and students participating in private music lessons. Let's begin.
