{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Recitals Are Band-Aids: Why Music Schools Are Solving the Wrong Problem | EP 282","description":"Most music schools run two or three recitals a year and call it a retention strategy. I used to think that was enough, too. In this episode, I want to challenge that assumption, because I think it\u2019s costing schools more students than they realize, and the fix has nothing to do with running better recitals. In today\u2019s episode, I break down why recitals work when they do work, what\u2019s actually happening in a parent\u2019s mind when they re-enroll after a shaky performance, and why building your retention around two big events a year is less of a strategy and more of a rescue operation. Here\u2019s what I cover: Why parents don\u2019t quit because their kids hate music, they quit because confidence quietly erodes What a recital actually does inside a parent\u2019s brain (it\u2019s not what most of us think) Why \u201cthe problem is practice\u201d is the wrong diagnosis almost every time What soccer gets right about retention that music schools keep getting wrong The visibility gap that\u2019s silently draining families between your recitals In this episode, you\u2019ll learn: Why recitals are \u201cconfidence restoration events\u201d and what that actually means for how you run your school How to map parent confidence across your school year and see exactly where families are slipping away Why blaming practice charts and accountability systems is solving the wrong problem What the real lever for retention is, and why almost no one in this industry is building around it How to start thinking about weekly visibility instead of relying on two big moments a year What changes when you stop asking \u201chow do we run a better recital?\u201d and start asking a much bigger question   davesimonsmusic.com   ","author_name":"Music Lessons and Marketing","author_url":"http:\/\/davesimonsmusic.com\/","html":"