Why do I teach music? Is it beacause I was inspired by a teacher in 6th grade? Mr. Smith was my Fine Arts teacher at Wm. P. Gray school back in '68 he was perhaps my first mentor. I wanted to be in the same club as The Beatles and all of the other rock groups from the 60's and 70's. In the 60's I played the drums, in the 70's I played the Flute and my band Director was Robert Grubbe, of Foreman H.S., Chicago. Band students either hated Grubbe or loved him. He advised me to study Flute with Janet Bergman and that was a good choice. He also advised me against studying music in College. I wonder if I had made the right choice. I have always been proud to be a musician. Some of my customers have said that their children are not in it for the music they are in it to become a better student. At the same time I developed the concept for my "USP" or unique selling proposition-"MAKING MUSIC MAKES US SMARTER"
Music House, Inc sells success and the chance to be a musician, the chance to be a genius, gifted, and special. This is the end product and creating music is the means.
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