December 2017 Newsletter
In this issue
• Winter Guitar Lessons
• Holiday Guitar Lesson Sale
• Pet of the Month : Taco
• Refer a Friend & Get A $25 Amazon Gift Card - Or a Free Guitar Lesson!
• Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice? Part II
• Winter Guitar Lessons
• Holiday Guitar Lesson Sale
• Pet of the Month : Taco
• Refer a Friend & Get A $25 Amazon Gift Card - Or a Free Guitar Lesson!
• Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice? Part II
Holiday Guitar Lesson Sale
Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Christmas, are right around the corner! Lesson spots are filling up quickly, with 40 new enrollments this Fall alone. Now is a great time to reserve your lesson spot before the remaining openings fill up. With the shorter days, chilly weather, and school breaks on the horizon, now is the time to start or continue a fun indoor activity like guitar!
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Our Holiday Guitar Lesson Sale starts now. Enroll for at least a month of lessons and receive $25 off registration and a free lesson if you reference this promotion - a $55 value! Be sure to take advantage of this before it's too late - the sale ends 12/23. Lesson spots are filling up fast so secure the best available time and save $55!
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Pet of the Month : Taco
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Meet Taco, one of the most vocal and loving dogs we've met! We've never met a dog that tried harder to speak English than Taco... in fact he may have even tried to say " I love you" to his owners Matt and Lauren. Taco likes to hang out with his other dog friends, and swim in the pond across from his house in Brighton, MA.
Do you have a cool, funny, or peculiar dog, cat, or critter? Send us a picture of you with your pet, and you could be featured in an upcoming newsletter! email [email protected] |
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OR
A FREE GUITAR LESSON - YOUR CHOICE!
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It’s EASY!!
Here are the steps about how to get $25 CASH with our
NEW REFERRAL program:
1) TELL A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER ABOUT US.
2) SEND US AN EMAIL (ADDRESS BELOW) SAYING YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT US.
3) WHEN THEY SIGN UP, WE WILL GIVE YOU A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
It’s that SIMPLE!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just send us an email at [email protected]
Type in your name, their name and we’ll take care of the rest once they sign up!
There’s no maximum to the amount of gift cards that you can receive!
** If you refer FOUR (4) new friends who sign up, you will receive an ADDITIONAL $50 Amazon Gift Card! **
Here are the steps about how to get $25 CASH with our
NEW REFERRAL program:
1) TELL A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER ABOUT US.
2) SEND US AN EMAIL (ADDRESS BELOW) SAYING YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT US.
3) WHEN THEY SIGN UP, WE WILL GIVE YOU A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
It’s that SIMPLE!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just send us an email at [email protected]
Type in your name, their name and we’ll take care of the rest once they sign up!
There’s no maximum to the amount of gift cards that you can receive!
** If you refer FOUR (4) new friends who sign up, you will receive an ADDITIONAL $50 Amazon Gift Card! **
Refer a Friend & get a FREE Guitar lesson!
If you have a friend who might like to take
lessons, if you refer them to the Academy and
they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a lesson for free!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just visit:
providenceguitaracademy.com/referafriend (or use the form below)
Type in your name, their name and their
e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of
free lessons that you can receive!
If you have a friend who might like to take
lessons, if you refer them to the Academy and
they take 1 month of lessons, we’ll give you a lesson for free!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just visit:
providenceguitaracademy.com/referafriend (or use the form below)
Type in your name, their name and their
e-mail address and we’ll take care of the rest!
There’s no maximum to the amount of
free lessons that you can receive!
Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice Guitar? Part II
When I can see a student is not making time for practicing over the course of a number of weeks, I first ask them how practicing is going. If they fess up that they’re having trouble, but finding it difficult to tell me how much, then I ask them about how many days a week. If this is done in a condemnatory tone, I’m not going to get an honest answer, and our problem solving process will be limited.
Once they come out and say two or three days a week, or one day, or whatever, then we start my standard set of questions...
Question #1 When you practice, what time of the day do you practice?
This gets to establishing the most realistic practicing routine. If people are having trouble practicing, 9 times out of 10 they will give one of two answers: a) that there is no particular time of day or b) that it is the last thing they do after “everything is done” before going to bed.
a) Having no particular time to practice does not work for most people. People will either think to themselves “Not now, later,” or they will just forget altogether. This is where I ask them when they think is the time of day that would work best for them in terms of likelihood and quality. As soon as you get home from school/work? Right before dinner? Right after dinner? Late at night? Early in the morning? There is no answer that works universally. I let the student identify that time.
b) Waiting until you’re “done with everything else” is going to put learning the guitar on too low of a priority. Besides, for most people, when it’s late they’re feeling either too tired to practice well or to practice at all. This is especially common for children and teenagers. Here is where I deliver my surprising advice, PRACTICE BEFORE HOMEWORK. This is truly counterintuitive for both children and their parents, because homework is a higher priority then guitar, right? “Right,” I say, “and because homework is a higher priority, this is exactly why you should practice guitar first.” Sound puzzling? Think about it. When it’s 10 or 11 at night and you still haven’t finished your homework, and you’re tired, will you finish it anyway? You better believe it. But it if it’s 10 or 11 and you’re exhausted, are you going to practice? I seriously doubt it. So if it’s homework before practicing, you might practice guitar. But if it’s practice before homework, you’ll get both done.
In addition, practicing is a change from school where homework is more of the same. So practicing serves as a needed break from the day’s work which makes doing homework afterward more productive. This solution I have found to be very effective over the years.
Check back for next months newsletter for Question #2, and some final advice on developing an effective and consistent practice routine!
Once they come out and say two or three days a week, or one day, or whatever, then we start my standard set of questions...
Question #1 When you practice, what time of the day do you practice?
This gets to establishing the most realistic practicing routine. If people are having trouble practicing, 9 times out of 10 they will give one of two answers: a) that there is no particular time of day or b) that it is the last thing they do after “everything is done” before going to bed.
a) Having no particular time to practice does not work for most people. People will either think to themselves “Not now, later,” or they will just forget altogether. This is where I ask them when they think is the time of day that would work best for them in terms of likelihood and quality. As soon as you get home from school/work? Right before dinner? Right after dinner? Late at night? Early in the morning? There is no answer that works universally. I let the student identify that time.
b) Waiting until you’re “done with everything else” is going to put learning the guitar on too low of a priority. Besides, for most people, when it’s late they’re feeling either too tired to practice well or to practice at all. This is especially common for children and teenagers. Here is where I deliver my surprising advice, PRACTICE BEFORE HOMEWORK. This is truly counterintuitive for both children and their parents, because homework is a higher priority then guitar, right? “Right,” I say, “and because homework is a higher priority, this is exactly why you should practice guitar first.” Sound puzzling? Think about it. When it’s 10 or 11 at night and you still haven’t finished your homework, and you’re tired, will you finish it anyway? You better believe it. But it if it’s 10 or 11 and you’re exhausted, are you going to practice? I seriously doubt it. So if it’s homework before practicing, you might practice guitar. But if it’s practice before homework, you’ll get both done.
In addition, practicing is a change from school where homework is more of the same. So practicing serves as a needed break from the day’s work which makes doing homework afterward more productive. This solution I have found to be very effective over the years.
Check back for next months newsletter for Question #2, and some final advice on developing an effective and consistent practice routine!