I worked as a guitar teacher and a gigging musician. Speaking from personal experience it's not a good career choice at all. To make the equivalent of "minimum wage" you need to be doing 100 lessons per month at £20 per hour. The is 4.5 per working day so you need at least 25 -30 weekly students week in week out Monday to Friday. You won't get this many. For some extra money, on Saturdays you might be gigging with a "working" band and you might earn another £50 per week for this. I got fed up of earning peanuts so I packed in with music all together after 25 years of playing.
Truly sad to hear, James. I guess there are many factors to consider. Here in Norway, music is a required subject from 1-10th grade, so there are often openings as a music teacher. It is not a popular subject to teach, so they often hire musicians with some formal teaching education and it's a safe and steady income. There is also a demand for teachers in government funded arts schools for ages 6-20, and these are also paid a good monthly salary. But this depends on what the music teaching demand is in your local area or country. Do they have music class for all students in your schools?
I can confirm that he is a fantastic music teacher.
I worked as a guitar teacher and a gigging musician. Speaking from personal experience it's not a good career choice at all. To make the equivalent of "minimum wage" you need to be doing 100 lessons per month at £20 per hour. The is 4.5 per working day so you need at least 25 -30 weekly students week in week out Monday to Friday. You won't get this many. For some extra money, on Saturdays you might be gigging with a "working" band and you might earn another £50 per week for this. I got fed up of earning peanuts so I packed in with music all together after 25 years of playing.
Truly sad to hear, James. I guess there are many factors to consider. Here in Norway, music is a required subject from 1-10th grade, so there are often openings as a music teacher. It is not a popular subject to teach, so they often hire musicians with some formal teaching education and it's a safe and steady income. There is also a demand for teachers in government funded arts schools for ages 6-20, and these are also paid a good monthly salary. But this depends on what the music teaching demand is in your local area or country. Do they have music class for all students in your schools?