Why we are here for music lessons...

Hello everyone...  My name is Michael Grassman.  I am the owner and drums/guitar instructor here at Sound Check Studios.  I've decided to start this blog page for various reasons, mainly to showcase what we are doing, especially in regards to our students.  I thought a great way to start this blog page is to give a background as to why I open this music lesson studio in Milwaukee.

I started playing drums when I was 12.  I dove myself into anything I could throughout school, college and after that got me playing.  I remember that thirst for hearing something new and how it inspired me.  After college, I bounced around from job to job.  Never had any success at anything because I didn't love any of those careers.  I decided in 2008 that the only thing I loved and knew I would give 100% was music.  I took a job at a local music store in Oconomowoc teaching one student.  My foot in the door and I never looked back.  After 4 years of teaching at various music stores, I decided that if I wanted to control all aspects of my teaching environment, I would need to open my own lesson studio.  I wanted to spark that thirst in my students to absorb and dive into the joy of music.  I also decided I wanted to surround myself with other instructors that were on the same page.

In January 2013, I pulled the trigger on moving forward.  By June, Sound Check Studios was open where we are now.  I am proud of what we do here.  My instructors and myself are all on the same page to put the music first and students first and everything else second.  We're constantly growing as instructors, learning new things (even though we are all well experienced) with the intention of always being fresh, inspirational and (for lack of a better word) hip.

Music is joyful.  I search everyday for ways to keep inspiring that joy.  When I see it in our students, I know we are doing something correct.

Please keep checking back on our blog.  I hope to have posts from our instructors and some stories about our students..

--Mike Grassman