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You Didn't Study Music to Work in an Office

Most music graduates give up on a career in music. Here's how to build a teaching practice that lets you earn a great living, keep gigging, and never stop playing

Most Music Graduates Give Up On Their Dream

You've spent years mastering your instrument. But when university ends, the reality sets in fast. Without a clear plan, most music graduates find themselves drifting — taking whatever work they can get, slowly playing less and less, until one day they're in an office job wondering what happened to the career they worked so hard for.

It doesn't have to go that way.

Private music teaching is one of the most flexible, rewarding, and genuinely viable careers available to a music graduate. You set your own hours, work around your gigs and projects, and earn a great living doing what you love. But nobody at university teaches you how to actually build a teaching practice.

That's exactly what we're here for.

The New Music Graduate's Starter Checklist — 7 steps to take before your first lesson

Not sure where to start? We've put together a free guide covering the exact first steps you need to take to go from graduating to your first paying student.

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Hi, I'm Alex Bishop

I'm a professional musician and music educator based in London. After graduating, I built a full teaching practice from scratch — and went on to found Riffmasters Music Academy in Peckham, where we now teach over 100 students across multiple instruments. I built Music Teacher Launchpad to give music graduates the roadmap I wish I'd had — so you can build a sustainable teaching career without giving up the music that matters to you.