MUSIC LESSONS THAT COME TO YOU
Our teachers drive to your home, set up in your living room, and teach a great lesson. No commute, no studio, no waiting room. Just music, right where you live.
We're in Seattle, San Francisco, New York City, Miami, New Orleans, and Kansas City — with online lessons available anywhere.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL MUSIC SCHOOL
Most music lessons start the same way. Open the book. Learn to read notes. Practice your scales. Hope the student doesn't quit.
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We start somewhere different. We start by paying attention.
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Every student walks in with something — a song they love, a sound that catches their ear, a way their hands want to move. Our teachers figure out what that thing is, and they build the whole lesson around it. For one kid, that means learning their favorite song by ear on day one. For another, it's improvising over a chord progression before they've learned a single note name. For another, it's writing a song. For some, it actually is reading music — because that's what clicks for them.
We find the right approach for your personality and your brain — the combination of style, technique, and repertoire that keeps you engaged and progressing. No rigid curriculum. No one-size-fits-all method books. We call it finding your musical fingerprint.
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We teach many instruments— so far, piano, guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, violin, viola, cello, trombone, trumpet, and voice. Our teachers all play multiple instruments, so if a student's curiosity wanders from piano to guitar to ukulele — or from violin to piano — they don't need a new teacher. They just keep going.
THE KIND OF TEACHERS WE HIRE
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We're picky. Every teacher on our roster is a real musician, a multi-instrumentalist, and fully background-checked. We look for teachers with wide musical versatility, capable of improvising, playing by ear, and writing songs, but also deeply familiar with reading music and formal music theory, so they’re highly adaptable to many different learning styles and musical genres.
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But musical ability alone isn't enough. Our teachers know how to teach. They know how to read the room. They know when to push and when to follow. They know how to help a seven-year-old feel like making music is the most natural thing in the world — and how to help an adult beginner feel the same way.
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We've been doing this for over 20 years across multiple cities. We know what a great music teacher looks like, and we don't settle for less.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
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Jacob Black started Fingerprint Music School in 2006, after years of teaching privately and figuring out what actually makes lessons stick. A multi-instrumental music teacher himself, he spent a long time in students' living rooms learning what works for different people. That's where the Fingerprint approach came from. What started as a one-teacher operation has since grown into a multi-city school, but the philosophy hasn't changed. Jacob still hand-picks every instructor, and he still cares deeply about everything that happens under the Fingerprint name.
IF YOUR KID HAS QUIT LESSONS BEFORE
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That's not a failure. That's a bad fit.
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A lot of kids don't respond well to the standard approach — open the book, follow the instructions, practice what you're told. It doesn't mean they're not musical. It usually means the teaching wasn't built around how they learn.
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We exist for exactly this. The creative kid. The restless kid. The kid who wants to play by ear instead of reading. The kid who lights up when they get to make something up. We meet them where they are.
NO PRESSURE. SERIOUSLY.
Some of our students practice every day. Some play once a week when the mood strikes. Both are fine with us. We don't believe music is only for the most committed. We believe it's for everyone — and we'd rather have a student who plays casually for years than one who grinds through six months and never touches an instrument again.
Ready to Start?
Get in touch for pricing and availability. We've been bringing music lessons to homes across the country for over 20 years, with teachers in Seattle, San Francisco, New York City, Miami, New Orleans, and Kansas City. Online lessons available anywhere.
Call/text (206) 802-9660