Since my late teen years I always dreamed of working in the music industry, and although it took time, patience and hard work, I now wake up every day to work in this amazing industry.Through the years I have worked in a variety of professions, but really I was trying to find my feet and understand where I belong in the world. From Sales Assistant in a video game shop, to designing posters at a local music venue, to being a Pizza Chef, I've tried a lot of different things but always had one consistent desire to do musical things.Since then I slowly developed a private music tuition business, teaching at my peak just over 100 students a week in a mixture of 1:1 lessons and group. It was hard work, but I absolutely loved my students and feeling like my efforts to teach them helped grow as musicians (and sometimes people!). During this time I also branched out to work with other local companies and met some great people and teachers.One of these companies was a small local teaching business called The Music Works. I absolutely loved their ethos, which is as much about giving young people opportunities and helping the local community, as it is about music education. I started teaching with them weekly at their music school in the afternoon/evening and eventually with them during the school day at local schools. I then started helping more and more with more and more things, like workshops, local events, sound engineering, and more and more I liked the company!Part of my involvement with TMW brought the benefit of gaining training from Yamaha Music School to deliver the Yamaha Method in my lessons. This method redefined how I taught beginners and small groups in those early days and I never looked back. Years on and I still use these techniques in every lesson, although I don't teach nearly as much these days.Fast forward to today and I am in my third year of being a Director at The Music Works. Every day i get to work with excellent, like-minded people to help deliver the best possible music lessons in our Music Schools and in our local Partner Schools. Being a Director now is as exciting now as it was on day one, and I find every day is a new challenge with new prospects and opportunities to help our students, teachers and local community.To quote the company line, 'Music For All'!