Studio Practice
Music Lesson Makeup Policies Explained: Pros, Cons, and Sustainable Choices
Seven common makeup lesson policy models, with the real trade-offs and a few practical ways to keep boundaries without losing goodwill.
Articles
Insights and updates for music teachers
Updates
Introducing the News feature
A News feature in My Music Studio that helps you publish announcements to families, collect responses, and track who has replied — all in one place.
Product Design
Reducing Friction So Things Get Done
Design decisions that reduce admin friction for teachers and parents, so routine studio work actually gets done.
Updates
What Is My Music Studio Designed to Do?
My Music Studio was built to reduce the admin load of running an instrumental studio by keeping lesson notes, scheduling, attendance, events, communication, and billing connected in one place.
Product Design
What Makes My Music Studio Different
Rather than competing on feature lists, My Music Studio is designed around teaching workflows, long-term trust, and learning-focused decisions that support real studio practice.
Product Design
Why the Teacher App Isn’t Optimised for Phones
The teacher app handles dense, high-stakes admin work where context and precision matter. A desktop-first design reduces risk, avoids partial-mobile inconsistency, and supports targeted mobile use only where it’s low-risk and bounded.
Product Design
Designing Public Access Without Public Accounts
Families want to watch and share student performances easily — but education software can’t treat access casually. My Music Studio uses invitation-based, bounded access so viewing stays simple without becoming public or requiring accounts.
Product Design
Audit Logging: Accountability Without Over-Collection
A clear explanation of how audit logging can support accountability in education software without over-collecting data or creating unnecessary privacy risks.
Studio Practice
The 10 policies every good music teaching studio should have
A practical menu of policy options across cancellations, billing, payments, practice, communication, materials, etiquette, performances, and teacher absences—so you can choose what fits your studio and apply it consistently.
Product Design
Designing Safe Student Access in Music Education Software
A conservative, school-scoped approach to student access that separates identity, consent, and platform eligibility—so access is explicit, auditable, and reversible.
Product Design
Why We Refactored Identity Without Touching the Teacher App
How we added parent and student support by linking role-specific identities to authentication—without risking the production teacher app’s legacy assumptions and security constraints.
Product Design
Designing Identity for a Multi-Role Music Platform
A practical identity model for music platforms where one person can be a teacher, parent, and student across different schools—without leaking data or breaking permissions.
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