By Fritz Owens, New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, January 1, 2001 - 04:11 pm:
To All:
I am a professional pianist, composer, recording artist and
piano teacher. I started playing the piano at age three, started
lessons at age five, have a degree in music and have been
playing professionally since the age of 16. My Dad started me
teaching popular music in his studios in Honolulu, Hawaii in
1946 at the age of 12 . I played five shows a night, six nights a
week for 35 years, 25 of them in New Orleans which is where I
have lived for the last forty years. I am an extremely good and
experienced piano teacher.
I will be teaching popular piano lessons LIVE ONLINE via the
Internet in the next couple of months so I am looking for trial
students. The purpose of the test run is to make sure that all
of my equipment is functioning correctly and that no serious
flaws in the teaching plan are present.
I need people who really want to learn to play the piano. I have
no objection to intermediate or advanced students, but really
prefer beginners who have very little or no experience since they
will be the true test of this program.
They must have a piano or an electronic keyboard with at least
61 notes and a sustain pedal IN THEIR HOME. The failure rate
amongst students who do not have the piano in their home is 98%.
Their computer must have a web cam which can be located where
it will show the student sitting at the piano. A microphone has to
be hooked up to the computer and placed close to the piano so
that what the student is playing can be heard.
The student must be willing and able to practice the piano a
minimum of 10 to 20 minutes every day. The key is EVERY DAY.
Anything less is almost certain assurance of failure.
The student must agree to the use of his or her name and age in
any advertising I do in the future. No other information will be
published about the student unless permitted by the student.
When the program starts, I will be charging $150.00 per month
for the lessons plus $15.00 for the book "The Owens Magic
Method of Popular Piano Playing", written by Frank Owens, my
father.
I need at least four test subjects who will get 4 free lessons plus
a free book for participating in this trial. If they wish to continue
after the first four lessons, They will get a 50% discount on the
lessons for as long as they wish to continue. My policy for many
years has always been to charge students the same price for
lessons which they paid when they first started. As a
consequence, I have students who are paying $40 a month all the
way up to $80 a month depending on how long they have been
taking lessons.
My reason for writing to you is very simple. You are listed in
many search engines as having a web cam site. Perhaps you have
run across the very people I am looking for. Anything you can do
to help me find these trial subjects would be greatly appreciated.
This is a one time message. You will not be contacted again unless
you respond to this query.
Musically yours,
Fritz Owens
President
Fritz Owens Studios, Inc.
4819 Walmsley Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70125
Phone: 504-865-7027
Fax: 504-865-9630
Web Site: http://www.owensstudios.com
http://www.owensstudios.net
http://www.owensstudios.org
E-mail: fritzowens@home.com
fritzowens@bigfoot.com