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Hi, Rick Bell, the gig coach here. I want to speak to you briefly about lessons. When you were learning how to play your instrument, maybe when you were growing up like I was, there was a guy in your hometown who taught guitar lessons. I couldn’t have learned as quickly as I did without his help.

I was mostly self-taught, but that takes a very long time. I found in life the shortcut is to find someone who’s done it before you, a mentor if you will. That’s why coaches are so important.

I’ve been a teacher, and a coach my entire life. I didn’t know that. I just knew when I was 21 years old, I became a black belt in karate and I loved teaching karate so much so that I made it my career. I’d been playing music since the time I was a kid, and I had been in bands making money since I was 14 years old.

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I taught karate, and martial arts for my career for many years. But I always did music on the side as a hobby, and I had successful bands and things like that. And then I started teaching music.

When I stopped teaching karate because it’s very physical, it’s hard on your body kicking and punching and breaking boards and all of that stuff. So instead of teaching karate, I started teaching students music. And I did.

I really enjoyed teaching, but I make so much money playing gigs I can’t afford to teach. And that may sound crazy to you, but when you figure it out per hour, you can’t make per hour teaching What I make performing gigs. And that’s what I want to teach you how to do. I want to be your teacher, your coach. Don’t think of this as some internet guru guy trying to, you know, show you stuff.

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I want to coach you and teach you and take you through the things that can help you, the things that can transform your career, that can take what you already have and make it so much better and put it in a package that customers are going to want to buy.

Because that’s really how you get gigs and play and have any kind of success doing your art. Your music is, you have to have people who want to listen to you and are willing to pay to listen to you. That’s what the Gig Coach is all about. Come on in, be a part of the community, and start learning today how to take your talent and turn it into your profession. The gig coach.com. Sign up today.