There are Musical Benefits to Learning Music There are Also Non-Musical Benefits (Some Researchers are calling them extra-musical benefits) The non-musical benefits are staggering - they range from improved academic skills (for children) to a host of wellness benefits (in adults). There are entire foundations dedicated to researching and advocating the benefits. We doubt if there is much disagreement: improved SAT scores, improved social skills, learning to produce a quality product, developing good thinking skills . . . Some day the schools and preschools may step up but no child has time to wait. There is much agreement about the benefits. There is some disagreement about how the music should be taught. So, our IDEAS are not about the value of music but about the WAY it is taught by private music and school teachers. IDEA # 2 Beginning students are often fed a steady diet of simple sounding, unappealing music. We think all of those pieces could be called Three Froggies in a Puddle! Let us show you our BIG difference. You may not believe your ears. REQUEST THE FREE DEMO CD OF EXAMPLES IDEA # 3 When an experienced Broadway pianist, a serious reader AND improviser suggested that the typical piano lesson model was all wrong, we were all ears. Incomplete curriculum, lessons that are too short, unexciting and taught in an inefficient lesson format. We changed the format, doubled the lesson time, and created more excitement. The whole lesson is designed to produce good readers and good improvisers. www.themusicmastergroup.com IDEA # 4 Reading music is critical! But so is learning to create and improvise music. Improvisers know more than music readers (a lot more) and they are having more fun (a lot more). A piano student who spends their lessons only learning to read is being deprived. CALL TO ARRANGE A NO - OBLIGATION VISIT IDEA # 5 There are teachers who want your child to wait until 7 or 8. Were sure that has more to do with the teachers inability to teach serious musical concepts and skills to a preschooler than with the preschoolers ability to learn serious musical skills and concepts. There is much research that suggests the earlier the better. SEND FOR A LIST OF SKILLS AND CONCEPTS YOUR CHILD CAN LEARN BEFORE THEY LOSE THEIR FRONT TEETH TOO MANY FROGGIES CAN SPOIL YOUR PIANO LESSONS. THE TYPICAL PIANO LESSON MODEL IS ALL WRONG. PIANO STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN MORE THAN READING MUSIC. PIANO LESSONS OUGHT TO START WHEN A STUDENT IS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD. 1 1 0 0 + A r t ic le s H a v e B e e n W r it t e n A b o u t t h e B e n e f it s o f L e a r n in g M u s ic (R e q u e s t th e S u m m a r y ) IDEA # 6 Be wary of a teacher who talks about teaching theory: as if that was going to produce a talented ear player. (We often call the skill playing by brain). Even if the theory is current, success also depends on learning the PROCESS that is used by experienced stylists, and improvisers. If you read some music already, you can now learn to do what you could have learned when you were taking lessons. CALL FOR A FREE DEMO. OF OUR CHORDS/IMPROV WORKSHOP IDEA # 7 Our MiniMaster TM Early Childhood Music Program is FULL of substantial skills and concepts (60). The students graduate by passing a test that proves their music reading skill, their rhythmic skills, their ear development and their musical literacy. Its all done in an atmosphere of fun and excitement. You need to hear the mothers talk about how their children keep asking is it time to go to piano yet? VISIT US AND SEE WHY! IDEA # 8 First of all, youll be playing enjoyable, big-sounding pieces that an adult wants to play. Second, youll be learning how to improvise and play by ear. So, youll sound good very quickly. And well teach you to read music, as well. If you live somewhere without a piano, we can furnish a keyboard that will do all kinds of fun things while youre learning. FREE DEMO, CD or BRIEFING IDEA # 9 Its too easy to confuse credentials with qualifications. Good teachers know what theyre doing and that may NOT be related to credentials, organizational affiliation, or playing skills. So, if you have interest, and a teaching mentality, you ought to check us out. ALL TRAINING IS FREE! PLAYING BY EAR IS A SKILL THAT CAN BE TAUGHT AND LEARNED. 4,5 AND 6 YEAR OLDS DESERVE MORE THAN SOME SINGING AND SCHMOOZING. WE HAVE THE PERFECT LESSON PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AND SENIORS. THERE ARE SOME PIANO PLAYERS WHO OUGHT TO BE TEACHING IF THEY HAD ENOUGH SUPPORT, HANDS-ON TRAINING AND THE BEST, EASY TO FOLLOW MATERIALS. IDEA #10 1/2 hour private lessons range from $10.00 per lesson to $30.00 per lesson. Our lessons are 1 hour long and cost less than the $10 variety. Well cover much more information AND youll never have to make a trip to a music store. COME AND SEE HOW IT WORKS IDEA #11 Our latest product is a CD presentation called, 52 Chords in 90 Minutes. There are 3 volumes which eventually cover 152 chords. It just doesnt get any easier than this! CALL FOR YOUR COPY IDEA #12 Live near lots of kids? Use our teaching model and materials and earn $1800 per month working 11 hours a week. FREE TRAINING. We can train, certify, support you AND provide you with the most competitive curriculum available. TALK TO US IDEA #13 Because we purchase music and instruments wholesale, a MusicMas- ter Insider saves money on many musical items. ITS EASY clinician@mmgroups.com HIGH QUALITY LESSONS OUGHT TO BE AFFORDABLE. LEARNING CHORDS, IMPROVISING AND PLAYING BY EAR MAY BE EASIER THAN YOU THINK. YOU CAN OPEN A STUDIO IN YOUR AREA. MUSICMASTER TM INSIDERS SAVE MONEY ON MUSIC AND MUSICAL ITEMS. RECENT EXAMPLES: New keyboard - saved $250 Method Books - saved $4.00 ea. On line music - saved $2.80 2 Fake Books - save $12 ea. IDEA #14 That was the response from two ladies at our table at a wedding luncheon. Thats the problem for most parents - they would recognize and appreciate a better program if they just knew that it existed. We hope this letter is your introduction to an exciting alternative. IDEA #15 Our newsletter is full of ideas, instructional information. It features teachers, students, contests and some pricing only for you. ITS FREE! Subscribe and youll automatically become a MusicMaster Insider (See Assertion #13) Send email address and physical address to clinician@mmgroups.com Sign up and be entered in a drawing to win a $25 Visa gift card. (One winner each month) IDEA #16 If a teacher is chosen because of location, it may be convenient, but WHERE the student takes their lesson, week after week, is important. Weve spent money and effort to be sure our studio doesnt look like someones living room. When its the students living room, the problem gets worse. At least, there ought to be a white board, some software, some teaching aids and no cats. Come and visit our studio and see what we mean. IDEA #17 There is great, inexpensive software and hardware that is only useful to a student who is learning to create music and play by ear. Band-in-a Box, iReal Pro, Classroom Maestro, Internet Midi, Finale, etc. And, because we distribute and re-sell some of that software, we can teach and train anyone anywhere in the world. From our computer screen to yours. Want to see it work? DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT IVE BEEN SENDING MY KIDS TO PIANO LESSONS ALL THESE YEARS AND NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE? A GIFT FOR SUBSCRIBING WHAT ABOUT THE STUDIO/ LEARNING ENVIRONMENT? ONLINE/DVD TRAINING AND LEARNING IDEA #18 MusicMasters has created a compelling program that teaches piano to the truly creative student of music. (Private School Music Teacher - Masters Degree) I am so thrilled with your system!!! So many of your presentation ideas are ingenious! I have be staying up til 1 and 2 in the mornings thoroughly engrossed in trying to internalize the concepts. (8th Level Suzuki Tchr.) Thanks for all the work and time and effort you put into writing all those manuals. Theres not enough time in the day to satisfy my hunger to learn. (Experienced Tchr. and composer converting to our system) When I moved back East I looked and couldnt find anything like it. (A Teacher) I dont know what youre doing with Kate but its working. She plays these gorgeous little melodies... (Mother of a 5 year old student - Kate passed the MiniMaster Graduation Test on her 5th birthday) I have enjoyed seeing, even more, how amazing your program is. (Teacher in training) I understand piano but teaching really scared me. This program is so step by step and descriptive that I dont have to prepare everyday for what Im going to teach. I have adults and their kids. The adults love it because they arent just playing silly little beginner songs. I love it because there are different parts to the lesson. It keeps them interested. I had a Mom tell me yesterday that ever since she pulled her child out of regular piano lessons and put her in this program, her light for piano has come back. The program is so well put together, I cant even imagine trying to teach without it! (From Eastern Utah) If Id had this program when I was younger, I would have been more prepared for college. Im seeing 6 year olds doing things that I didnt know until I started college. (Kate - Graduate student in Piano Performance) COME AND SEE WHY THEY AND OTHERS LIKE US. MAYBE YOU WILL TOO. PEOPLE LIKE WHAT WE DO