Episode 038 | Tara B | Teaching Voice Online

Tara pivots this week to chat specifically to voice teachers who have been affected by this COVID-19 time. She looks at different ways to help teachers transition into online teaching smoothly and with practical helps to get started. Online teaching can be a blessing to students who need the consistency and structure. It's a way to continue that and the continuity with "seeing" your student and feeling connected to them. But it also can more time consuming for the teachers themselves. Platforms that you can teach online: Zoom. https://zoom.us/ Skype. https://www.skype.com/en/ Facetime for iPhone or iMac users Google Hangouts is for Android users Facebook Messenger MeetFox https://meetfox.com/en/features/    In your actual teaching: check angle, lighting and if you can see and hear each other comfortably. Be near your piano as well. Make sure you are planning out their lesson fully with all the tools they will need.   How to prep accompaniments for students: Create mp3's and send to student Find Youtube karaoke videos  Apps that can be for accompanying: The Accompanist App, Piano Trax app   You will also need copies of their music—scanned photos or pics from their phones.   You will want to teach from a desktop, laptop or Ipad/Tablet.   For scheduling, you can use these apps:   Calendly —https://calendly.com/ Acuity--https://www.acuityscheduling.com/   For taking payments:  Paypal Stripe Venmo Cash App Zelle MeetFox—through Stripe or PayPal   Bandzoogle is a great website if you don't have one set up yet: https://bandzoogle.com/?memref=r4d3c4   If students need an app for practicing, I highly recommend the Modacity App! **THE SINGING STRAW is now available for you right here: http://lddy.no/f7zu  You can get 10% off with my code: tarab   For more info about this episode and to hear other episodes, go to: www.theengagingvoice.com    You can find this and other episodes at Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart radio, and Apple Podcasts. Please go to Apple Podcast and click on RATINGS AND REVIEWS to rate this podcast. I would be so grateful! Thank you! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engaging-voice/id1448497465