No-Break November

I started this in August, and I made a commitment then to continue to blog, to not let up on my career, and I laid out some goals I wanted to reach in the next couple months.  I am proud to say that since then, I have continued to perform with Main Line Affair, taught a local celebrity her first lesson, have new students, and have started to gain traction with a business idea I have.

Since my last post, Main Line Affair has performed in Delaware, Atlantic City, Long Island, and about two blocks away from Times Square.  We get around.  I feel so much more comfortable performing for brand new crowds than I did when I moved here.

This last week has been very productive for me.  I have been posting ads for my in-home trumpet lessons for the last few weeks.  Last week, I received two responses in the same day from people interested in lessons.  I sent return e-mails, we began working together a couple days later.  Hopefully this turns into a more full-time thing.

In addition, on Monday, I received an e-mail from someone associated with Lu Ann Cahn from NBC 10 Philadelphia.  She has a blog called "One Year of Firsts" (http://oneyearoffirsts.wordpress.com/) and wanted to take a first trumpet lesson.  She would then document that by posting it and some video on her blog.  We met Wednesday and had a wonderful first lesson.  She started out having never picked up the horn, not being able to hear anything but air coming out of the bell.  By the end she was able to play a few notes, and if we had more time, she would've been able to play a tune.  Here's hoping for more exposure from that.

Finally, I've been thinking about making my in-home trumpet lessons into a business.  I'm going to call it Traveling Trumpet Lessons.  I know that the idea of providing in-home lessons is not unique, but I looked it up, and there aren't any trumpet teachers using this as a brand.  I'm going to capitalize on that and try to stay organized so I can optimize how much area I cover.  Depending on demand, I'll travel to one area one night, another area another night, and so on and so forth.  My website, http://www.ajcutright.com/ , shows the area I cover, so if you know someone in that area who needs or wants trumpet lessons, please direct them to me, and I'll do what I can.

That's it for now.  Keep checking back here for more news and updates!

See ya!