Teach music online.Publish your courses.Partner with us.
Whether you're a musician with something to teach, a creator with finished courses, or a publisher with a catalogue, we bring it to learners in four languages and pay by real engagement.
- Create a course
Film a new course, at home or with our crew
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Bring finished courses to new learners
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Publishers, labels, exam boards, schools
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Built around the people who teach
MusicGurus is a subscription platform of video courses taught by working musicians. Here is what that means for you.
Paid by real engagement
We don't pay a flat per-stream rate. Each period, subscription revenue goes into a pool that's shared out by how learners actually use your lessons: what they watch, how deeply, and whether they come back.
How our royalty engine works →One course, four languages
MusicGurus is live in English, Spanish, French and German. A course you make once reaches learners in all four.
Film it your way
Self-produce at home or in your studio to our spec, film with our crew in London or Los Angeles, or do a bit of both.
More than video
Your lessons play in a proper lesson player, with interactive sheet music synced to the video, songbooks and downloads.
Quarterly statements
Every quarter you get a statement that shows how your teaching was used and what it earned.
Your name, your profile
Every guru gets a public profile page with their courses, story and links to their work.
See KT Tunstall's profile →Great players who can explain what they do
You don't need a big following. You need to be great at what you do and good at explaining it.
Our gurus are career musicians: people who play for a living, teach for a living, or both. If you can show a learner how you actually play, and why, we'd like to hear from you.
- Working and touring musicians
- Session players
- Experienced teachers
- Composers and arrangers
- Any instrument
- Any genre
- Teach in English · Español · Français · Deutsch
Meet some of our gurus
Career players, bandleaders, session pros and educators. Faces, not avatars.
Bring your catalogue to people who want to play it
You hold the rights and the raw material: sheet music, songbooks, recordings, syllabi and artists. We work with you to turn them into courses and interactive content for learners in four languages.
Partner with usYour songbooks
Interactive sheet music
Notation synced to audio and video, so learners can follow every bar as they play.
A syllabus
Graded video courses
Each grade built as a course, with the set pieces, technical work and notation in one place.
Your artists
Masterclasses
Your artists teach the songs and techniques they're known for, filmed with our crew or theirs.
From first message to first statement
Apply
Tell us who you are and what you'd teach. It's free, and it doesn't commit you to anything.
Start below ↓Intro call
If it looks like a fit, we set up a call to talk about your idea, your learners and your terms.
Plan your course
We shape the outline together: lessons, pieces, notation and downloads.
Film, your way
Self-produce to our spec and we review it, or film with our crew.
Self-producedWith our crewA mixLaunch and get paid quarterly
Your course goes live in four languages, and statements arrive every quarter.
Publish the courses you've already made
If you have finished video courses on Udemy, Teachable, Kajabi, Patreon or your own site, bring them to MusicGurus. We add what a plain video can't, and put them in front of new learners.
Reach learners in four languages
MusicGurus is live in English, Spanish, French and German. Your course reaches learners across all four.
Sheet music and the lesson player
We add interactive sheet music synced to your videos, and your lessons play in the MusicGurus lesson player with songbooks and downloads.
Paid by real engagement
Your share of the subscription pool follows how learners actually use your lessons, with a statement every quarter.
Tell us about you and what you bring
Make a new course with us, publish the courses you already have, or bring us your catalogue. We read every application and, if it looks like a fit, email you to set up an intro call.
- Free to apply, no commitment
- We agree terms with each creator and partner
- Apply in English, Spanish, French or German
Prefer email? support@musicgurus.com
Teaching on MusicGurus: your questions
How do gurus get paid?
From a royalty pool, not a flat per-stream rate. Each period, subscription revenue goes into a pool that's shared out by real learner engagement: the lessons people watch, how deeply they engage, and how often they come back. You get a statement every quarter.
Read how our royalty engine works →Do I need my own camera and studio?
No. You can film with us; we've produced courses in London and Los Angeles. If you'd rather self-produce, we'll share our filming spec, review your footage and add the notation and interactive features. Many gurus do some of each.
Can I keep teaching on YouTube, Patreon or other platforms?
We agree terms with each guru, and that includes what you do elsewhere. Tell us about your other channels when you apply and we'll talk it through on the intro call.
I already sell my course elsewhere. Can I publish it on MusicGurus too?
Often, yes. It depends on the rights you hold and on any exclusivity you've agreed with another platform. We agree terms with each creator, so tell us where your course is published today and we'll look at it together.
Publish your courses →Who owns the content?
Ownership is agreed with each guru as part of your terms. We'll go through it with you before anything is filmed.
How long does it take to make a course?
It depends on the course and how you film it. Once we've planned the outline together, we agree a schedule that works around your playing and teaching.
Do I need to speak English?
No. You can teach in English, Spanish, French or German. MusicGurus is live in all four, and a course made once reaches learners across them.
Does it cost anything to apply?
No. Applying is free and doesn't commit you to anything.
I'm a publisher. How do partnerships work?
We work with publishers, labels, exam boards, music schools and instrument brands in a few ways: turning songbooks into interactive sheet music, building graded courses from a syllabus, filming masterclasses with your artists, and co-branded campaigns. Choose “Partner with us” in the form above and tell us what you hold.
I have an audience but don't want to teach?
Take a look at our affiliate program. It's for creators who want to recommend MusicGurus to their audience without making a course.
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