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Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs

Mar 30, 2022

If you hit play on this episode thinking, "I don't have a nonprofit, so fundraising isn't really for me.", I think you'll be surprised by the discussion. Karen covers so many more types of fundraising than I ever would have thought about and talks about how even for-profit studio owners can use fundraising to...


Mar 23, 2022

It seems fitting that this week, right around the two year anniversary of COVID shutting things down in the US, I’d be interviewing the inventor of a mask specifically designed for singers.

Today I’m talking to Stephanie Tennill, about what inspired her to design this mask, how she manufactured it, distributed it,...


Mar 16, 2022

Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part interview with the founder of a website that will be familiar to a lot of music teachers. That website is makingmusicfun.net.

This website is full of sheet music, theory worksheets, music lessons plans, and video lessons. 

In our conversation, founder Andy Fling, takes us back...


Mar 9, 2022

Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part interview with the founder of a website that will be familiar to a lot of music teachers. That website is makingmusicfun.net.

This website is full of sheet music, theory worksheets, music lessons plans, and video lessons. 

In our conversation, founder Andy Fling, takes us back...


Mar 2, 2022

Today’s interview is going to have you rethinking what you thought was possible for the lifestyle of a full-time piano teacher.

Today I’m talking to Anna Fagan about how she moved her house and studio on the road during COVID and now lives and teaches full-time from an RV. We talk about how they adapted the RV to...