{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why I Stopped Making Kids Earn Their Way Into a Band | EP 293","description":"For years, I had one problem at my music school that drove me crazy. I could always tell which kids were most likely to quit, and it wasn\u2019t the ones who hated music. It was the ones who never got the chance to feel like a musician before they ran out of patience. In this episode, I break down why bands keep kids enrolled in a way private lessons never will, and why I built an entire program around putting total beginners in a band on day one. A few of the ideas we dig into: Why bands create identity in a way private lessons simply can\u2019t The real reason kids quit lessons before they ever make it to a band How I redesigned songs so a total beginner could contribute in their first rehearsal Why \u201cfun and engaging lessons\u201d might be the wrong thing to be selling In this episode, you\u2019ll learn: Why the kids who need a band program the most are usually the ones who never make it there How to design a beginner band experience that doesn\u2019t require months of lessons first A simple songwriting shift that lets kids of very different skill levels play together successfully Why giving a child a sense of ownership over a song changes how attached they are to the program How a band program can quietly solve three different problems in your school at once Why your marketing might be undercutting your own private lessons without you realizing it ","author_name":"Music Lessons and Marketing","author_url":"http:\/\/davesimonsmusic.com\/","html":"