FUNDAMENTALS & TECHNOLOGY CREATE PERFECT TEACHING MODEL AT THE PLAYROOM ACADEMY 02/09/10

Within six weeks of opening its doors, The Playroom Academy of Music in Baxter Village SC signed up a staggering eighty five students for lessons. Founder and musician, Eddie Zimmerman (known as Eddie Z) attributes the avid interest in his program to The Playroom Method, the unique patent applied for teaching style his staff utilizes.

"I realized student retention could be improved by implementing audio and video recording and high speed Internet capability to capture the individual lesson. Students are then able to log onto our website and review their lesson at any time." Eddie Z explains. "I created a concept and got in touch with a patent attorney to secure a rights to The Playroom Method."

Enter Registered Patent Attorney Chad Tillman with Tillman and Wright, who navigated Eddie Z's concept through the complicated world of patent law. "A patent is one type of intellectual property along with copyrights, trademarks,trade secrets as well as other property." Tillman said in a recent interview."A patent enables the owner of the patent to exclude others from making, using, or selling the patented invention."

Tillman provided guidance and legal expertise in preparing written descriptions and claims for The Playroom Method, as well as filing the proper forms.

"I really could not have figured this out if not for Chad Tillman." Eddie Z is quick to point out. "I'd highly suggest hiring a patent attorney first thing when creating a concept or original method."

"Eddie even has the capability at this juncture to assign a patent to a third party and grow his method and business by creating licensing for other entities." continues Tillman."Intellectual property is creative and one should always seek protection for concepts dealing with creativity and business."

At The Playroom Academy, the Method is working amazingly well for new students as well as instructors. "Retention is the key when teaching a musical instrument." says Eddie Z."Learning is built upon remembering each lesson. With our technology, students and parents are able to see progress much faster than with traditional lessons. We pride ourselves on bringing lessons into the age of Guitar Hero!"

PRESS RELEASE: THE PLAYROOM ACADEMY IN BAXTER VILLAGE OFFERS TOTS ROCK!  MUSIC FUN FOR TODDLERS AND PARENTS. 02/02/10
The innovative spirit continues to grow at The Playroom Academy in Baxter Village SC with the introduction of Tots Rock!, a program aimed specifically for toddlers age two to four, and their parents.

"Tots Rock! is a lot more Yellow Submarine than Raffie; more Rolling Stones than Wiggles and more Taylor Swift than Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." explains Playroom's founder, Eddie Z. "It's a current way to musically engage young kids and their parents. Kids are aware of technology like Guitar Hero and understand IPODs. We're bring a totally modern curve to the standard way kids learn about music."

Parents will play an integral role in Tots Rock! as Eddie Z develops the program. "We're so interested to hear suggestions about the curriculum. This is an innovative, progressive and flexible program and we anticipate parents will have brilliant ideas to give children a unique understanding of music as a part of life. Your child will be exposed to all sorts of fun musical instruments and noisemakers while learning the correlation between emotions and music, happy and sad, loud and soft, left and right, music vs noise etc.”

The Playroom Academy plans to kick off Tots Rock! at the beginning of March. Forty-five minute classes are held twice a week for twelve weeks and are $240.00. Alternately, one lesson a week for $120.00 is also available. For more information and to register, call The Playroom Academy at 803-802-NOTE (6683).

Class offerings will be:
Class 1 Monday and Wednesday 10 am - 10:45 am

Class 2 Tuesday and Thursday 9 am - 9:45 am

Class 3 Tuesday and Thursday 10 am - 10:45 am

Class 4 Wednesday and Friday 9 am - 9:45 am

Class 5 Friday 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Classes require enrollment of 3 children to become active and classes will be limited to 12 participants.

PLAYROOM ACADEMY OF MUSIC NEWS UPDATE 01/05/10
THE TEACHING HAS BEGUN! Last night, on January 4th, we had our first lessons at The Playroom Academy of Music. The students and parents both seemed very excited to check out the 4 new studios and see how fully equipped our new rooms are. Everyone commented on the color scheme. It seems that we are “Parent Friendly and Kid Kool”. The audio/video capture systems worked well with only a few minor glitches that Chuck and Mike quickly took care of. Last night’s students should be able to view their lessons and get to practicing by this afternoon. How Exciting! Please come in and visit us at The Playroom Academy and see what everyone is so excited about. This is a music school like no other!

REGISTRATION IS STILL GOING STRONG.
It’s not too late to get started. We will even help you get motivated. For the entire month of January, we are offering a 30% discount (yes 30%) off of our one time only PAM Registration fee (normally $99). The discounted price will be $69.99 and this gets the student the lesson book, manuscript book, and computer access that that they need to get started. This offer will expire on January 31, 2010.

MUSIC IS AGELESS.
Please remember that we are not just a facility for children. Our youngest student is 5 and our oldest student is over 70. As a matter of fact, over 20% of our students are adults. It’s never too late to learn or if you already play, let us help you get better!

TOTS ROCK IS COMING!
A music program for 2 - 4 year olds to do with a parent. Sound like fun? E mail us and ask for more info at by clicking here.

LESSONS BEGIN JANUARY 4, 2010
A friendly reminder to all students and families who have registered: Lessons will begin the week of January 4, 2010. We look forward to seeing you!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Experience music educators are invited to submit their cover letter and resume to resumes@theplayroomacademy.com. We are hiring teaching professionals for all band/orchestra instruments, voice/choral, keyboard, guitar, percussion, mandolin, banjo, music production, and audio engineering.

PAM FEATURED IN COMPASS MAGAZINE
Take a look at a feature article on PAM that was recently published in the Fort Mill Compass Magazine. Click here to view the full article.