What is “success” at rock u?
It is crazy to think that Rock U has now been open for 2 months! Since opening our doors to students on June 2nd, it has been absolutely amazing to see all of our students make such rapid progress on their own personal and unique paths to success with music. That is one of the things that really sets Rock U apart from other music schools or types of lessons that are available out there. We know that each student is going to define success for themselves differently than other students, so we at Rock U don’t want to limit what success is by putting a definition to it.
At most other schools, the teacher will tell them that “success” is moving from one lesson book to the next via a gold star, or success is moving from Level 1 to Level 2. Truthfully, most students could care less about that! For some students, success might be playing Happy Birthday to grandma at her next birthday party. Or success might be getting the guts to finally nail that solo for an audition for the school musical. We believe that by defining “success” for our students, we are limiting what they can actually get out of their lessons! That’s why our teachers have completely unique and customized lesson plans for EACH of their students, based on what the student defines as their own personal success.
There is this weird preconceived notion of what it takes to be a successful musician when you talk to other schools or teachers. I’ve had so many conversations where a parent tells me about an experience they have had with a teacher telling a student “no” because of this thought process. I have actually had parents be totally floored that we would let their kid come in to play drums on day 1 of lessons, because they had other schools say that there is no possible way someone can learn drums without knowing how to play piano first. My response to that is usually that someone needs to give Dave Grohl or Travis Barker a call and let them know they need to take a pause on the drums so they can learn to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on piano first. If that kid is going to develop a passion for music by drumming, then why stop that passion? Why tell that student they can only be successful if they do “this” first?
That’s what makes us different. And that is what keeps ALL of our students coming back every week!
