How it works
Three doors. All of them open.
Swara is a platform where students hop on, learn from the community, and take 1-on-1 lessons — and where working musicians teach and keep almost everything they earn. Everything here is optional. We offer; we never pitch.
Learn
Hop on and learn from the community. Group workshops, open jam sessions, listening rooms where somebody plays a record and everybody shuts up and listens. Bring an instrument or just bring ears — both count.
Costs you: showing up.
Book a 1-on-1 lesson
Want real feedback from someone who does this for a living? Book a 1-on-1 lesson with a working artist — voice, guitar, keys, drums, production, songwriting. Over video, on your schedule, wherever you are in the world.
Costs you: the lesson fee, which goes almost entirely to your teacher (see below).
Teach & earn
Are you the musician? List your lessons, hold sessions, mentor the next wave — and keep 90% of every dollar. We handle scheduling, payments, and the boring legal/admin stuff with our 10%.
Costs you: nothing up front. We only earn when you do.
The 90/10 promise
You jam. We handle the rest.
Here's the entire business model, no fine print: 90% of proceeds go to the actual artist. The 10% we keep covers legal, admin fees, scheduling, and getting everybody connected — the logistics, the calendar Tetris, the "wait, what time zone are you in" stuff. You do the music. We do the paperwork.
to the artist. Every lesson. Every session. Every time.
to Swara — legal, admin, scheduling, logistics. That's the whole list.
The fine print that's actually fine
What "optional" really means here
Management? Offered, never pitched. If you ever want a team behind you — PR, booking, releases — we'll talk. If you'd rather just play your instrument in peace, that's the default and nobody will ever nudge you about it.
Exposure? Also optional. Some artists want the spotlight; some want a quiet calendar full of students. Both are first-class citizens here. We'll never dangle "exposure" as a substitute for pay — you get the 90%, spotlight or not.
Exclusivity? None. Teach here, teach everywhere, release wherever you want. We're a room, not a contract.