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bass teachers! how much do you charge...students, how much did you pay?

rokkitt

rokkitt

Jun 7, 2007
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Tysons Corner, VA
#1
I have paid up to $50 per hour. I think ONE time I paid $75 an hour.

I have charged from $20 to $40 per hour.



AND, do you do "house calls" or give lessons at your studio.....

what about you?


and, where are you located?

I am in NYC, USA!

new york!
 
#4
I live in Cedar Rapids Iowa and the average rate among most private lesson teachers is $20 per 30 minute lesson. I choose to charge a flat rate of $80 per month. I teach from a local music store, but also do some lessons from my home.

I once had a student for whom I did go to their house. It didn't prove to be very productive, too many distractions. Going to the student also wastes time you could be teaching another student.

What are your intentions? Are you looking for a teacher, or planning to do the teaching yourself?
 
#5
$40 per hour, but keep in mind all bass lessons and all bass teachers are not the same, nor does everyone live in the same place with the same costs of living. I think my lessons are worth it. For some students and some teachers, and in some places, this might be too much. In some places, what I offer (or do not offer) might be fair or even cheap. I'm not touting MY lessons, just saying there are many factors in prices.
 
#7
$25 per 1/2 hour
$40 per hour

The going rate in my (over-priced cost of living) neck-of-the-woods is $50 per hour. Yeah, I'm easy AND cheap.

The "name" players can pull in whatever they want based on their availability, demand and how many students they want.
 
#11
When I was around 12 years old, me and a couple of friends took guitar lessons with this guy a few times. He was damn good actually, and now that I think of it, he was only 16 years old, so he was damn incredible. We only paid like $5 each, but it wasn't really about the money, he didn't even want anything. All I can remember him teaching us was some pentatonic scale sort of stuff, which was pretty useful.

I remember he had this crazy looking yamaha guitar.

But yeah, I've never taken bass lessons, and certainly never given them :P But I'd be prepared to pay like $20 a lesson or something.
 
#14
I take my lessons at the local mom and pop music store, $20 for half an hour, seems reasonable for this neck of the woods. I agree with the poster above who said it's best to take lessons away from your own house; too many distractions there. Plus they have a room set up for just lessons so the aucoustics are pretty good...

Pat
 
#15
In the DC area $50 an hour is pretty standard. I know a guitar teacher who is booked solid at that rate and he could probably use some lessons himself.

Makes it tempting to quit my IT job sometimes.... I could clean up teaching but job instability freaks me out.... I wouldn't want to be the one depending on income from lessons when gas hits $6 a gallon and nobody will go anymore.
 
#16
hunta said:
Makes it tempting to quit my IT job sometimes.... I could clean up teaching but job instability freaks me out.... I wouldn't want to be the one depending on income from lessons when gas hits $6 a gallon and nobody will go anymore.
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It takes a while to build up enough students to make a living from it. Maybe you'd want to keep your IT job and start off teaching in the evenings. If you're making a living gigging it's easier because you generally have your days free, barring family responsibilities, etc. In any event, I wouldn't expect to "clean up" right away. Also, as you said, stability is a factor as you tend to have less students in the summer and you're always competing with things like soccer and baseball.
 
#17
I pay 30 euros for a lesson, which lasts anywhere between one hour to 2 hours, one time we even jammed for 2.5 hours, which was great

I go to my teacher's studio, but he does make house calls, but he charges extra, for gas and such
 
#18
I charge $40 per hour, but my lessons frequently last up to 1.5 hours, if I'm on a roll! I rarely teach at the student's house, and charge extra for that based on distance.

In the past, I've taught out of music stores, but in my experience, it's usually a worse deal for both teacher and student. The store often takes about half of the tuition for themselves, and the typical half-hour assembly line length is just too short to get much done, IMO.
 
#19
Sadly, I charge $30 or $40 an hour. A person with an income pays more than a HS or college student. A beginner living with Mom and Dad who needs lot's of help might get charged $35. I give more time than an hour as needed to all my students.
 

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