7-Figure Music School Daniel Patterson & Nate Shaw

We did another live Q&A episode!
Here’s today’s questions:
How do I handle a key teacher's summer absence?How do I hire committed and reliable teachers?How do I build a community amongst my teaching staff?What percentage of tuition should teachers receive?How do I motivate students to practice independently?
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
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Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
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A listener sent in a question and a REAL LIFE dilemma she faced.
She was presented an opportunity to take her studio out of her home… but it would require her taking a financial risk and investing in a commercial location.
This is a different kind of episode… instead of Nate and I giving theoretical advice about expansion, scale, investment, and investing in a location…
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsReview
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SPONSOR - Piano Express from GroupLessons.com
Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
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SPONSOR - Big Music Games
Big Music Games provides fun with a clear purpose. Ear training and music theory for students ages 4-14.
Level up your student's ears & ignite their passion and motivation to practice with 15 levels of rhythm, melody, harmony and songwriting games.
Join the tribe of teachers dedicated to improving the way the world educates the next generation of musicians. BigMusicGames.com/7FMS

Every once in a while, we highlight a specific element of Brooklyn Music Factory’s strategy… and today we’re going to do that again.
In this episode, we spotlight the “One Sheet”... a tool used at Brooklyn Music Factory to:
Promote their programs externallyProvide information to parents internallyGrow their programs Make sure that their teachers stay “on mission”
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsReview
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SPONSOR - Piano Express from GroupLessons.com
Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
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SPONSOR - Big Music Games
Big Music Games provides fun with a clear purpose. Ear training and music theory for students ages 4-14.
Level up your student's ears & ignite their passion and motivation to practice with 15 levels of rhythm, melody, harmony and songwriting games.
Join the tribe of teachers dedicated to improving the way the world educates the next generation of musicians. BigMusicGames.com/7FMS

In this episode, we invited David Chang back on the podcast
He goes beyond the basics, and shares the “how to” of building a premium lessons program.
However, I will warn you…
If you’re just looking for a “checklist” of “things you have to do” to build a high-grossing lesson program… you’re going to be disappointed.
While David does share a ton of practical tips… I believe that the most important elements he shares about his success are less obvious, less intuitive.
This is a “must hear” episode…
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsReview
*******
SPONSOR - Piano Express from GroupLessons.com
Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
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SPONSOR - Big Music Games
Big Music Games provides fun with a clear purpose. Ear training and music theory for students ages 4-14.
Level up your student's ears & ignite their passion and motivation to practice with 15 levels of rhythm, melody, harmony and songwriting games.
Join the tribe of teachers dedicated to improving the way the world educates the next generation of musicians. BigMusicGames.com/7FMS

We did another viewer mailbag episode… and answered questions from school owners all over the world!
In this episode, we cover the following topics:
More thoughts on social media for your music schoolHow to delegate social in your schoolHow to delegate in your school (in general)More thoughts on long-term retention (not discussed in past episodes)ParentingWork-life balanceMuch more
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsReview
*******
SPONSOR - Piano Express from GroupLessons.com
Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
*******
SPONSOR - Big Music Games
Big Music Games provides fun with a clear purpose. Ear training and music theory for students ages 4-14.
Level up your student's ears & ignite their passion and motivation to practice with 15 levels of rhythm, melody, harmony and songwriting games.
Join the tribe of teachers dedicated to improving the way the world educates the next generation of musicians. BigMusicGames.com/7FMS

Recently, three of the coaches at Grow (Alyssa, Nate, and Daniel) got together at Brooklyn Music Factory and recorded an episode about the “one thing we’d change” if we could go back.
This is a conversational episode, a thoughtful episode.
As Daniel puts it during the episode… “Learn from my mistakes so you don’t have to make them.”
We’re really proud of this one and there’s something here for everyone…
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Check out our free trainings and resources on school marketing, group lessons, and using AI in your music school:
growyourmusicstudio.com/free
Get updates and FREE workshop invites from Nate and Daniel:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms
If the podcast has been helpful to you, leave a review here:
growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsReview
*******
SPONSOR - Piano Express from GroupLessons.com
Now’s the time of year to consider what programs you are going to be offering in your music studio this fall…
And if you are looking for a program that will:
Increase student retention…Increase the number of your beginners that become intermediate students…Help students go through their books faster (Proven! We did a study on this!)...Increase home practice time (Proven! We have years of data showing that this happens)And increase the profit in your studio (not just revenue)…
… Then you need to head over to GroupLessons.com, sign up for a free demo, and we’ll show you how hundreds of studios have easily started a new group program (sometimes in just a few weeks)... with little to no difficulty.
You can even begin our owner training for free (download our shopping list, and look through our teacher guides and method).
Click here for more information
*******
SPONSOR - Big Music Games
Big Music Games provides fun with a clear purpose. Ear training and music theory for students ages 4-14.
Level up your student's ears & ignite their passion and motivation to practice with 15 levels of rhythm, melody, harmony and songwriting games.
Join the tribe of teachers dedicated to improving the way the world educates the next generation of musicians. BigMusicGames.com/7FMS