Online lessons

[JimmyDunlop]

How much can I charge for music online lessons? And what are the best platform to offer them?

[pamosmusic]

How much can I charge for music online lessons? And what are the best platform to offer them?

Depends on skills, qualifications, experience.

Zoom is probably most common platform.

[JimmyDunlop]

Depends on skills, qualifications, experience.

Zoom is probably most common platform.

I love music and put my time into It. I have some spare time so why not to give It a try. How much can I charge?

[pamosmusic]

It varies considerably based on your qualifications and experience.

$40-100 an hour wouldn’t be unheard of so the specifics really matter.

There’s this thread from a couple days ago:

How much to charge?

[JimmyDunlop]

It varies considerably based on your qualifications and experience.

$40-100 an hour wouldn’t be unheard of so the specifics really matter.

There’s this thread from a couple days ago:

How much to charge?

How much you charge for lessons?

[pamosmusic]

How much you charge for lessons?

Middle to upper of that range. Varies depending on whether it’s my own student or if it’s for another outfit that sets the pricing for me.

Google “take online guitar lessons” and look at a few of the sites. Find someone who has similar qualifications to you, and see what they’re charging.

[JimmyDunlop]

Middle to upper of that range. Varies depending on whether it’s my own student or if it’s for another outfit that sets the pricing for me.

Google “take online guitar lessons” and look at a few of the sites. Find someone who has similar qualifications to you, and see what they’re charging.

what you mean middle to upper of that range? can you provide me an average fee that you charge as a reference?

[pamosmusic]

what you mean middle to upper of that range? can you provide me an average fee that you charge as a reference?

I charge $60 usually on my own. I teach for some places that charge the top end of that.

But again — it depends on your qualifications and experience. You might not be the same as me.

[JimmyDunlop]

I charge $60 usually on my own. I teach for some places that charge the top end of that.

But again — it depends on your qualifications and experience. You might not be the same as me.

you charge 60 online per hour? really?

[pamosmusic]

you charge 60 online per hour? really?

Yeah.

[JimmyDunlop]

Yeah.

cmon, I know some top players that charge about that or even less... and I ve heard you... I cant believe you charge that

[pamosmusic]

cmon, I know some top players that charge about that or even less... and I ve heard you... I cant believe you charge that

Buddy, you asked and I told you.

[pamosmusic]

And I know zero “top players” who charge less than $90

[JimmyDunlop]

And I know zero “top players” who charge less than $90

check grisha goryachevm he charges about what you say you charge man... and I know other classical guitar players who charges about that. Even orchestra conductors from symphonic that charges less lol... ridiculous

if you charge that I can charge directly way more, but I think its not fair. i saw your videos...

look man what I am doing right now

then how much i cna charge if you charge 60?

[pamosmusic]

check grisha goryachevm he charges about what you say you charge man...

Right on his site it says he charges $75. $40 for a half hour.

and I know other classical guitar players who charges about that. Even orchestra conductors from symphonic that charges less lol... ridiculous

I don’t recall asking you to pay it.

then how much i cna charge if you charge 60?

Whatever you want, my guy. Have a ball.

[JimmyDunlop]

Right on his site it says he charges $75. $40 for a half hour.



I don’t recall asking you to pay it.



Whatever you want, my guy. Have a ball.

he raised it, but he used to charge 50. and its about what you charge

[pamosmusic]

he raised it, but he used to charge 50. and its about what you charge

Okay. Everybody used to charge less and now charges more.

You seem to have an idea already of what your value is as a teacher, so I’m not really sure why you’re asking anything here in the first place.

Do your thing. Set your price. Put yourself out there. See how it goes. Report back. Or not.

[JimmyDunlop]

i really didnt know how much to charge. I thought these type of guys charged 30 max. I see not. So I did well in asking

[pamosmusic]

It would seem so.

Last thing I’ll say:

Sometimes you can get a couple students by being a good player, but you rarely keep them that way.

Can’t tell you the number of students I’ve had who said some version of “my last teacher was cool but he just kept showing me all this stuff he could do and I didn’t learning anything.”

Being a good player is a plus, but teaching is mostly patience and flexibility.

You’re not teaching until you bring something to a lesson and a kid says “I don’t get it” and you have to find some other way to make them get it. Until then you’re just lecturing.

Godspeed.

[JimmyDunlop]

It would seem so.

Last thing I’ll say:

Sometimes you can get a couple students by being a good player, but you rarely keep them that way.

Can’t tell you the number of students I’ve had who said some version of “my last teacher was cool but he just kept showing me all this stuff he could do and I didn’t learning anything.”

Being a good player is a plus, but teaching is mostly patience and flexibility.

You’re not teaching until you bring something to a lesson and a kid says “I don’t get it” and you have to find some other way to make them get it. Until then you’re just lecturing.

Godspeed.

yes I agree with you

[Tal_175]

check grisha goryachevm he charges about what you say you charge man... and I know other classical guitar players who charges about that. Even orchestra conductors from symphonic that charges less lol... ridiculous

if you charge that I can charge directly way more, but I think its not fair. i saw your videos...

look man what I am doing right now

then how much i cna charge if you charge 60?

Dude you can't even hear time signatures. You also don't understand how harmony and voice movement works. What are you gonna teach how to use music software and take credit?

[pamosmusic]

yes I agree with you

I take my leave now, on this somewhat positive note.

[JimmyDunlop]

Dude you can't even hear time signatures. You also don't understand how harmony and voice movement works. What are you gonna teach how to use music software and take credit?

excuse me?? you are the guy confusing a 4/4 with 3/4. and you are not being able to notice chords change. are you really so low that you are gonna deny what a score say? if so i stop talking with you, not losing my time with brainless discussion.

How cant I understand how harmony works and compose that sample??

are you kidding?

[JazzPadd]

For what it’s worth, I took a couple of in-person private lessons from an American jazz guitarist who was touring Japan a couple of years ago, and he charged 75JPY for an hour (about 50USD) that ran closer to 90mn. He also did a 2 hour workshop with 5 students for 60JPY each, although I think he charged more in the big cities. I’m no expert, and I haven’t taught guitar since the 1980s, but there seem to be several factors at play regarding pricing.

[Bobby Timmons]

$50/hr is about average. Less is altruistic, more is greedy for a novice.