If you’ve been relying on GIA’s Habits of a Successful Musician as part of your students’ practice routine, you may have already heard the news or you’re about to feel it. The GIA Habits of a Successful Musician Series is moving. Don’t worry, we are making sure this doesn’t disrupt your instruction.
MakeMusic now has exclusive access to the Habits of a Successful Musician Series and we want to make sure your students don’t miss a single day of practice.
What’s Happening with The Habits Series?
GIA Publications has partnered exclusively with MakeMusic to bring the Habits of a Successful Musician Series into the MakeMusic Cloud platform. That means the Habits of a Successful Musician content your students love, inclusive of the structured, curriculum-aligned practice exercises built to reinforce tone, technique, and fundamentals, will now live inside MakeMusic, and only inside MakeMusic.
These titles include:
- Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician
- Habits of a Successful Musician
- Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician
- Habits of a Successful Young String Musician
- Habits of a Successful String Musician
- Habits of a Successful Middle-Level String Musician
- Habits of a Successful Young String Musician Book 2
- Habits of a Successful Beginner Guitarist
- Habits of a Successful Beginner Mariachi Musico
- Habits of a Successful Choral Musician
Your students can start practicing for free in MakeMusic today.
Why MakeMusic?
MakeMusic has long been the gold standard in interactive music practice software. Here’s what your students gain by making the switch:
- Immediate feedback on pitch and rhythm! Students know right away if they’re playing it right
- Over 10,000 interactive titles across instruments, genres, and difficulty levels
- Habits of a Successful Musician (exclusively) the same content your students have been using, now only available here
- Automatic grading that feeds directly into Google Classroom, saving you hours each week
- Accessible anywhere! MakeMusic Cloud is web-based on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad, and Android
Start for Free: No Commitment Needed
We know budget decisions take time, and we don’t want your students to lose momentum while you evaluate options. That’s why we’re inviting your entire program to start practicing for free in MakeMusic right now.
No credit card. No district approval needed to get started. Just great practice.
👉 Start your free trial at MakeMusic.com
Subscriber Habits of a Successful Musician Bonus Content
In addition to all of the popular Habits titles, MakeMusic subscribers also get exclusive access to the powerful Foundations Series that has proven to double student practice time. With Foundations, Brian Balmages has worked closely with Scott Rush, Chris Selby, Margaret Selby, and the Habits team to create two supplemental engagement resources that are designed to be used alongside Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician and Habits of a Successful Young String Musician.
Foundations: Habits Edition pairs 1:1 correlated exercises with epic cinematic soundtracks so that students can log practice time in an extremely engaging way.
Foundations: Habits Edition (Band Book 1) and Foundations: Habits Edition (String Book 1) are available now to subscribers!
For Directors Making the Switch
Here are a few things to know as you transition:
- Student setup is fast. Students can create free accounts in minutes and get practicing the same day.
- Habits of a Successful Musician is ready and waiting. The content your students already know is available inside MakeMusic Cloud from day one.
- You stay in control. Assign repertoire, track progress, and review recorded submissions, all from your teacher dashboard.
- We’ve done this before. Thousands of directors have brought their programs onto MakeMusic. Our onboarding team is here to help every step of the way.
Questions? We’re Here.
Making a platform switch can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Our team works with music educators like you every day and knows how to make this transition smooth.
Reach out to us at support@makemusic.com or book a quick demo, and we’ll walk you through everything.
Your students’ practice shouldn’t skip a beat. Let’s make sure it doesn’t.