Becoming A Music Teacher: The Art of Sharing Your Talent with Mike Johnston

monetize your music knowledge.

Day 1
  • 13 video lessons
  • 5 hours and 22 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

For someone who lives and breathes music, teaching it can be an awesome way to earn money doing what you love. In Becoming A Music Teacher: The Art of Sharing Your Talent, award-winning educator and founder of mikeslessons.com, Mike Johnston, will show you how to get started.

Teaching music is a great way to monetize your musical knowledge, but it takes a lot more than raw information to effectively guide others. In this class, Mike will teach you the art of delivering information in a concise, actionable way that makes complex ideas easily digestible. You’ll learn techniques for engaging students and presenting information in a way that holds their attention while helping them actually retain what you teach them. You’ll also dig into the business end of teaching. Monetizing teaching is more complex than hanging up a sign in your local guitar center – Mike will cover how to find and keep paying students.

If you want to share your passion for music with others and make money while doing it, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn how to do it the right way from world's #1 online drum teacher.

Course Instructor

Mike Johnston

Mike Johnston

Mike Johnston is an American drummer and educator. He currently runs the world’s biggest educational website for drummers, Mikeslessons.com, where he offers live and pre-recorded drum lessons. Mike Johnston began studying the drums at the age of 5.
  • Jason R. Mar 19, 2018

    If you are currently teaching or just wanting to get started, Mike Johnston offers up amazing tips and insight for teaching drums. Taking this class is just one way to learn Mike's effective teaching styles, signing up for his online teaching site is HIGHLY recommended as well.

  • ~. Sep 2, 2015

    Mike is such a great educator. He is well versed in all aspects of teaching and also branding and making a living with it. He is a passionate and truly dedicated teacher. I also really liked that he made it clear that teaching is not a plan b for him but his true calling and it can be such a rewarding experience. I got a lot out of this session and I truly recommend it to anyone who is interesting in taking this path.

  • K. Jul 22, 2015

    This is the most brilliant class. There are so many great points in here, it is an information overload; but explained it such a simple way. I watch one of these videos almost every week, just to top up on what I should be giving my students - it serves as a good reminder and an even better teaching aid. Mike; time and time again, he releases great media that everyone must see. I can't speak highly enough of this.

  • James R. Jun 3, 2015

    Mike is an amazing educator and gives a wealth of information on the art of teaching, branding, and getting students. Mike is moral, ethical, and logical when it comes to teaching and having a business--especially in the Q&A when he got thrown a difficult question and nailed it. If you are an educator, private music teacher, or are interested in teaching then get this course! I have pages of notes from this course on teaching modalities, strategies, branding, social media, and the private teaching business. You won't regret it!

  • Fabio Z. Sep 11, 2014

    Great Mike and great CreativeLive! The course has given me a lot of useful insights on a topic that basically no one teaches you about, and it's a real shame considering all the young musicians who daily receive poor education from poorly taught teachers. Mike is always an inspiration and a fun guy to listen to (the imitation of Benny Greb was pretty accurate =oD ), so thanks! And many thanks to CreativeLive, who I just discovered and does a great job at posting high quality useful courses. I'd definitely check out the other courses. Keep on!

  • Aaron C. Sep 5, 2014

    I caught a little bit of this when it first aired and was thoroughly engaged. So much so, I spent all day trying to catch the full 7 hours (or however long it is) on and off while at work. An overwhelming amount of great information. I'm very much looking forward to purchasing this when I can.

  • Will T. Aug 15, 2014

    Absolutely nailed it, Mike! Not only did I learn great things about teaching, but about practicing, videos, branding and so many other aspects I would never have thought would be important to sharing my music. Definitely worth checking out!

  • V. Aug 14, 2014

    Mike, thank you for your wonderful teaching. I have been a performer and vocal educator for over 20 years and I've learn so much today to add to my own personal instruction. These teachings are so transferrable and your passion is simply awesome. I see you and I see a reflection of myself. I'm going to study you some more by purchasing this session. It's been awesome to watch. Thanks for the inspiration!

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