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Great question! As you said, it's really the color ink that gets expensive! In past years, I've had good results with using an HP printer along with their subscription service called Instant Ink. You pick the # of pages you print per month and pay a reasonable fee...they ship ink automatically when you're running low. You can print full color and use as much ink as you want and it still just counts as "one page." I've had the older version of this one: amzn.to/4bS52Xv and it comes with 3 months of Instant Ink free with printer purchase. I currently own an arm-and-leg laser printer 😭 (this one: amzn.to/3LjbbkE) As printing things has become a more integral part of my business I decided to make the investment. It prints beautifully and dependably but it is an INVESTment 😂 But for many years the cheaper HP model served me very well. I would love to use this question in a future Q&A video if that's okay with you!

Absolutely! I just LOVE your channel and have learned SO MUCH from you. Thank you for the helpful and detailed response!!

Nice!! I just finished up a week-long composition day camp--so tiring, so rewarding 😁 I hope you find JUST the right activities to keep those kiddos engaged 🩵

Yay! 😀 Let me know if you have any questions along the way. Good luck with your studio organization!

I bet your beginning students LOVE those off-the-bench activities! Such a great way to keep lessons fun while learning in that first year. Thank you for sharing your experience teaching rote pieces as well. Be sure to come back and let us know how it goes using Piano Safari!! Thank you!

Yes to longer lessons! I would love to stop teaching 30-minute lessons altogether someday. Thanks for sharing!

@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher no problem! It was a big change for new students, and so far no problems!

Love these "how to run a studio" videos. As a cello teacher who has taught for over 12 years and feeling discouraged 😞 this video has been so helpful!

So glad it was helpful!

Inspiration first! Well said 🩵

Oh I'm so glad! I hope those students love and thrive in Wunderkeys. Let us know if you need any guidance as to which book to switch them into. I've dabbled in Piano Pronto land, and it's definitely on my list for future reviews...perhaps later in 2024?? 😁

That's awesome! Thank you so much for mentioning it. It makes my day 🩵 And I hope you enjoy the two books as well! Thank you!

Perfectly said! This video was inspired by observing a less-than-successful first lesson taught by another teacher that ended in tears :( What a privilege and a burden us teachers have to present the JOY of music in an inviting way. Thank you! 🩵🩵

Every teacher is a little different and I know some prefer not to use method books. Personally, I use method books in tandem with my own materials and students' personal choice projects. Some students really benefit from the structure and logical lesson plans of a method book all the way through their high school years, while others will be ready to ditch the method books after a few years--so it really varies from student to student! But I would say I like to keep at least the main lesson book going until we get to the intermediate level (which would be about Level 4 in the Faber Piano Adventures series) so I feel confident we haven't missed any crucial concepts or skills.

Wunderkeys Intermediate Pop Studies books are great for adult learners if you have a solid foundation of technique and note-reading ability going into Level 1! (I would say that an adult would probably not enjoy the Primer series, however, because it is quite juvenile with lots of comics and games.) Let us know if you decide to try out one of the books!

@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher I purchased the Primer series, and the Elementary series. I think that the comics and games make the subject matter less intimidating. (I guess I'm just a big kid at heart). I am also very interested in the Suzuki method. Not sure if you have a video about Suzuki method, but I'd be very interested in a video about this method of instruction. Thank you.

@@roy-nk4vq Well, that's great! I love that there are a variety of method books since every learner is a little different. I am not a trained or certified Suzuki teacher myself and do not use the method. It's a very different approach. There may very well be some Suzuki piano teachers out there in UA-cam land that share their experience with the series though. Best of luck to you!

Great! I hope you find it helpful and inspiring. Oh, good call on the book idea. That would make such a perfect chapter in Transformational Piano Teaching, but I don't recall dyslexia being mentioned. Perhaps someone else will chime in if they know of another book that addresses the topic. Thanks!

Thank you! 🩵

Colourful keys and Tim topman do a podcast

I ordered the book ‘ with your own two hands’

This is so helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! I'm not teaching yet, but these books are going to help so much when I get there!

Second what @writingworks said! Colourful Keys podcast is called The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast, and Tim's podcast is called The TopCast. And I'll add The Piano Pantry Podcast. I don't know about audiobooks though! If anyone else has any suggestions...I loooove listening to audiobooks (mostly business), but I haven't come across many for piano teachers. Great question

Wonderful! Let me know what you think

It's so hard to explain. Only other teachers will get it! 4 hours of teaching and you feel like you've worked an 8-hour shift with no break!

Thank you 😄 Congrats on starting your store! So many fun milestones ahead for you! Good luck!

It does still hurt even when you expect it, doesn't it?! 😅

Thank you! Yes, you can do it! And things do start to flow a bit easier after that 100 mark ☺️

Nice to see those sales coming in and what it took to get there. SO much work behind those numbers, but that builds so well into future sales for the same products! HUGE congratulations.

So much work. You said it. It was honestly a fun endeavor which helps a ton. Thank you!! 🎉

Awesome! Thanks for chiming in on the discussion. I have yet to check out the Older Beginner books but I'm intrigued!

Ok, this question is going to be its own video because..so much to say 😂 But nutshell version: if it was a one-year project and this year's income was the end of the journey, I'd say NO. So many hours. Such a learning curve. Fun, but so much time invested. But I realized from the beginning that it's a long game. I believe that all of the effort I put in this year will compound over the next few years and it will turn into a better return on investment. Fingers crossed? 😁

I started 3 weeks ago I'm at $55 in sales. Start. Now. Back to school is coming in August. Be ready.

202?? Good for you! I gotta catch up 😂

I'm so glad others are finding it useful! I would say that the style & technique taught in all 3 levels of WK Intermediate directly correlate to new age style, which would also translate quite well to most video game and film music. So, that might be just what you're looking for! As we both know, those genres are NO JOKE from a technical standpoint! In many cases, just as or more challenging than classical literature, but sometimes in a different way. If I had a student who desired to play Beethoven, Clementi, etc I would not discourage them from WK books, but I would pair them with another method more geared towards classical technique specifically (Alfred Premier, Piano Safari, Faber to a certain extent). But if your true desire is more in the film/video game/new age realm, than I don't think you necessarily need to master the classical as a stepping stone towards your ultimate goal. By the end of WK Int 3, you'd be at the level of easier songs in those genres. I hope that helps! But happy to discuss further 😄

@@TheTattooedPianoTeacher Thank you very much for your clarity!! I am already working with the first unit of intermediate 1 and i m finding it great, as you said it is exactly what i was looking for. I went through every piece of suzuki book 2 last year and this year the first clementi sonatina and kuhlau, but honestly it took toooo much time and i couldnt even achieve the required velocity, but the the thing it worried me the most is that i was not able to see the relation between the music i like,o nly in the very long term. ( sorry for my english, i am from Argentina). And as you mentioned too, the tehnical part of new age, film and viodeogame music is really hard ( i tried Einaudi and i was not at the level at all) but with this method i see how they go gently and it is very well composed too. I`m enjoying it, thank YOU!!! again because i was feeling so stucked and empty. Have a loveley week🥰

@@simofd9175 I'm so glad you're enjoying Intermediate Book 1! It sounds like it is perfect for you. Perhaps you already know, but there is also a Performance Book published for each level in the Wunderkeys Intermediate level which pairs nicely with the main lesson book, and gives you many more graded (and beautifully composed) pieces to work on before moving up to the next level.

Yes!❤ I bought the performance book and also the cinderella solos! Thank you😊

Maybe a Piano Safari teacher can chime in here, but I'd say no it's not perfect for everyone--however, I don't think there IS one method that's perfect for everyone!

I don’t think any method is best for everyone. I also don’t use a method book like most teachers do as most of my teaching bulk is from supplements. I do think it’s a good method. Teach the individual

Thank you! 🩵 I am having so much fun doing it, and so glad others are finding it helpful!

7-9 works well. That said, if a student began with Piano Safari Friends at age 5 and did well, I've continued with Level 1 at age 6 and it's been successful.

@@musickitchen1871 I will have a student who is 11, who is just starting. I don’t want to put her into anything too babyish. Do you think PS level 1 would be good for her?

@@susanmorrison8403 Piano Safari for the Older Student would be more appropriate - age 10 through adult. Rep and Technique in one book, Sight Reading & Theory in another book. There are 3 levels.

@@musickitchen1871 thank you so much! I’m actually looking at the PS website and it answered this question and so much more! I’m really excited to try PS.

Good point! They probably could sell the rote songs as a separate book if wanted to, but it's all in there!

Maybe! If you do end up trying it out, let us know what you think!

Omg you're right. Why do I get so excited to sit down with an open Excel sheet 🤓🤓