Tell us a bit about yourself
Welcome to the world of Piano Made Fun. We pride ourselves in providing the uppermost service of piano and theoretical tuition in all of Brisbane. Over the many years of teaching we have found that every student has a different learning style; therefore we tailor our lessons to accommodate our students personally. By doing this, we feel that the student benefits greatly and we see this through the rapid rate of achievement accomplished in such a short amount of time. We love to see our students learn and grow into self-assured individuals. In regards to our adult learners, a variety of them come from a background that is very structured and overall have felt the enjoyment was not always there. It is lovely to see them come back after many years and reignite their passion for music. We usually take students as young as five through to adulthood. Fostering self-expression, building confidence, improving listening skills and sharpening a students concentration are just some of the abilities the students develop through our classes provided here at Piano Made Fun. Our different programs are tailored to suit a variety of age groups. These include a complete beginner through to an advanced musician.
Where do you see your business 1 year from now?
I would like to continue to teach and ignite passion into more children/adults & continue to grow my numbers.
What lead you to start your business?
As a child I remember going through various teachers with many different types of approaches and found a lot of their styles to be very inflexible. They kept to their books and tried to fit all students in their box of learning. My background comes from studying & working in a variety of fields over the years such as AMEB Music & Theoretical Knowledge, Psychology, Bachelor of Business (Marketing and Human Resource Management), Multimedia, Teacher Aide & Photography. I have felt that there was a market where we needed to reach the students on a personally level, rather than trying to mould them to a standard of teaching. I had worked originally 10 years ago in the piano industry and I had a lot of requests to open up my own school. Like a lot of people today I was afraid to venture out. One day I got the courage and did it. I started with only one student, and then it grew to seven and before you knew it I was having endless phone calls for enquiries to book at Piano Made Fun. The students/parents both loved the approach that Piano Made Fun stands for – ‘tailoring our lessons to suit you’.
What advice would you offer to businesses like yours just starting up?
Believe in yourself. Most people do not have the confidence to start out on their own. It requires a lot of planning, patience and hard work but I promise you the rewards of starting your own practice is amazing! My goal was always to start up my own business and now looking back I’m so glad I finally did it.
Who is your idol for success in business?
My Brother – Starter of his own business, Big Michael’s
How can new customers contact you?
See Piano Made Fun Contact Details below:
- +0 422 635 405
- pianomadefun@hotmail.com
- pianomadefun.com.au
- Brisbane, Australia