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Teaching and coaching

Private music lessons and live gigs

Teaches private music lessons and plays jazz gigs.

At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
Category
Teaching and coachingLow confidence
58% sure
x
Earns from
Service fees
94% sure
x
Startup cost (estimate)
Over $10kLow confidence
47% sure
x
Time it takes (estimate)
A few hours a weekLow confidence
48% sure
x
Where
In person
67% sure
x
Coding
No coding needed
99% sure
x
Source
Hacker NewsComment by iainctduncan in “Ask HN: Do you have an unusual income source”, June 22, 2026

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