My Music Staff

Couldn't run my music school without it

Pluspunten:

It is extremely simple and easy to use. I only use the Students, Family and Calendar portions of it, and it serves well beyond what I need it for. So easy to view schedule and filter and organize it based on location, teacher, student, etc. i LOVE , as do the parents, the 24-hour in advance automatic reminders auto-texted or e-mailed (your choice).

Minpunten:

Besides a couple of very minor workflow impedances, it would be nice to integrate the calendar with an existing website, rather than only having the option to do so with the current website.

Easy once set up

Opmerkingen: Positive. Once I switched over, I am very happy.

Pluspunten:

Free month allows me to set up and play around with settings; tracks earnings, attendance, finances, deductions, student info.

Minpunten:

I wish there was a student chat interface like Tonara - my students love that. Price increased right after I completely switched over.

Excellent Software for Studio Management

Opmerkingen: MMS has made managing my studio extremely easy. When I first started on my own, I was using Google Calendar and various notebooks to track scheduling, payments, attendance, etc. I tried out a couple other ways to manage my studio, but MMS was the one I came back to for its ease of use and every feature I was looking for.

Pluspunten:

Easy to set up and use, inexpensive, packed with features, does everything I need to keep my small piano studio running smoothly! I don't use all of the features, but what I do use is fantastic.

Minpunten:

Sometimes the space to enter lesson notes freezes up or glitches out. Aside from that, I haven't found anything glaring.

Looks great on the website, doesn't it?

Opmerkingen: I was SO excited to find this service. But I've been SO disappointed in them, and can't wait to transfer everything to a new service later this year.

Pluspunten:

MMS promises to handle all of your music studio needs, from scheduling to billing to communications, and indeed, it has modules for all of those plus repertory records, lending library management, downloadable/playable resources, and even mileage. So if you want software that LOOKS like it does everything, you've found it!

Minpunten:

None of these modules seem actually to have been tested by actual music teachers. Scheduling is ridiculously complicated, especially when students want to cancel or reschedule. Billing leads to a minimum of five confused emails from parents each month because of MMS's bizarre policies regarding past-due payments and account balances. Emails cannot be sent to students and parents simultaneously—they're automatically BCC'ed, leading to confusing message threads and miscommunications. Even the lesson notes and blog features are poorly handled—they don't auto-save, so an accidental tab closure can lead to the loss of an entire lesson's worth of notes, and formatting is bizarrely non-standard. (Don't even think about cutting and pasting.)

Does everything you need for a great price

Opmerkingen: I've found that the software fits my needs. I have looked around extensively to see if there is anything out there better and currently there isn't. There are similar platforms but they are more expensive. I also like how it specifically caters to music teachers rather than a generic software for all industries.

Pluspunten:

It does everything I need it to do in terms of scheduling, billing and expenses and has other features that I use sometimes such as lesson notes, file sharing, newsletters and lending library. It also has a website included, blog and online signup.

Minpunten:

It would be good if students were able to edit/comment on their lesson notes. Also if there could be a blog or newsletter that is not public but only accessible by your clients with the ability for them to comment.