Welcome to The Studio Challenge Podcast. Each episode, you'll hear the story of a Private Music Teacher or Studio Owner and the struggles and successes that brought them to where they are today. Today, you’ll hear from Katie Keefe who owns Sweet Little Sounds in Seattle, Washington.Katie runs a really innovative piano studio that focuses on Circuit Classes and sees 4 students at time.But before that she was chasing a career as a professional percussionist.Through her story, we see the impact that words can have on shaping our future….both negatively and positively…and how we can end up in quite unexpected places doing, impacting the lives of the next generation in ways we never dreamed possible.

Welcome to The Studio Challenge Podcast. Each episode, you'll hear the story of a Private Music Teacher or Studio Owner and the struggles and successes that brought them to where they are today. Today, you'll hear our story. We are Shane and Shauna Nicholas and, in addition to running The Studio Challenge, we own and teach in our studio, Stickandstrum Academy in Birmingham, Alabama. We opened our school with Shane teaching 70+ students on his own, before growing to a multi-teacher studio with 10 teachers, and then simplifying back down to Shane and Shauna (who also started teaching a few years ago). You know us from The Studio Challenge. Now, hear our origin story and hear about what we learned as we grew our studio.

Welcome to The Studio Challenge Podcast. Each episode, you'll hear the story of a Private Music Teacher or Studio Owner and the struggles and successes that brought them to where they are today. Today, we have our first international podcast. You’ll hear from Paul Andrews who owns G4 Guitar Ashford in the UK.Paul teaches guitar. Just guitar. Only in groups. And he sees over 100 students each week.Listen as we unpack Paul’s journey, hear about his wildly successful Open Days, and his new venture, Beginner Guitar Academy Dot Com.

Welcome to The Studio Challenge Podcast. Each episode, you'll hear the story of a Private Music Teacher or Studio Owner and the struggles and successes that brought them to where they are today. Today you’ll hear from Emily Quiles who owns Miss Emily’s Music School in Manhattan, Kansas.Emily is THE original Studio Challenge Member having been with us from the very beginning of The Studio Challenge.Over the past 4 years, Miss Emily’s Piano Lessons has grown from Emily teaching a few dozen students in a small room in her apartment to the basement of a new home and the addition of new instruments, teachers, and bands to the commercial space and multi-teacher studio that Miss Emily’s Music Lessons now calls home.Emily took an untraditional path to get where she is today and it is that journey and a good amount of grit that has made Miss Emily’s one of the most unique and awesome music schools around.

Welcome to The Studio Challenge Podcast. Each episode, you'll hear the story of a Private Music Teacher or Studio Owner and the struggles and successes that brought them to where they are today. Today we’ll hear from Chris Schafer who owns Music Tech Studios in Pembroke Pines, Florida near Miami.His story spans decades and you’ll hear about Music Tech growing to almost 800 students before losing almost 60% of their studio. They recovered and started building again only to almost lose it all a second time before building it to the powerhouse studio it is today.This is a story of grit and perseverance. It’s about not giving up and continuing to see the positive and push forward, no matter what stands in your way.