TC223: Is “Practice” killing your studio business? with Danny Thompson (archives)

by Tim Topham in Podcast on January 8, 2021. 2 Comments

Practice and music lessons: they go hand in hand. But what if your students are quietly quitting over it? Danny Thompson unpacks this hot topic on this show today from our archives.

Find out why Danny’s approach from the beginning is not about emphasizing practice and what he says to new families instead to get them hooked on music.

Transcript of the show

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In this episode, you’ll learn about practice and motivation:

Why Danny is changing the practice expectation in his studio
What it can do when you remove the homework discussion from lessons
Why it’s so hard to change our thinking and habits in this area
How we can inspire students to want to practise
The impact of the coolness and likeability factor on retention
How this comes across in Danny’s communication and website

Go Further: Take Danny’s 7 Levers of Business Course

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About our Guest

Danny Thompson is an award-winning podcast producer, professional drummer, and small business owner.

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Tim Topham

Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, blogs regularly at topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as integrated teaching, creativity, business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Tim has been featured in American Music Teacher, The Piano Teacher Magazine, California Music Teacher and EPTA Piano Professional. Tim holds an MBA in Educational Leadership, BMus, DipEd and AMusA.

2 Comments

Amanda says:

01/14/2021 at 12:48 am

I love it when someone turns one of our deeply held beliefs upside down. Thanks for this…

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- Tim Topham says:
  
  01/18/2021 at 1:28 am
  
  Thanks Amanda 🙂 I always love having my views challenged, so this was a classic!
  
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