Steven Cox stopped by to tell us all about his San Diego based startup, TakeLessons.com which, as the name simply implies, is an online marketplace for finding music & voice instructors in over 400 cities in the US. Steven and his team are working extremely hard and have provided a service that simply didn’t exist before now. Every instructor brought into their service is carefully screened for background, ability, and all other pertinent qualifications. Also, TakeLessons has created a very open social platform so that students can rate their instructors and also connect with each other as they reach existing goals and create new ones along the way.

This is a brilliant concept and please let us know what you think about TakeLessons.com in the comments++

TakeLessons is America’s premier company for booking private music and voice lessons. It was founded in 2004 to help people discover their creativity and pursue their passions. Students can quickly register for local private lessons with a TakeLessons Certified InstructorTM at a location near them and participate in local Show What You Know ConcertsTM to showcase their talent. Teachers accepted by TakeLessons enjoy the benefit of spending less time looking for students and more time teaching them. TakeLessons Business Services offers turnkey music programs for schools and community centers, and provides at-work lessons programs for corporate clients and their employees.

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, TakeLessons instructors’ offices and studios are located in over 400 cities across the U.S.