The Duolingo of Music: Playground Sessions’ Story with Chris Vance

The Duolingo of Music: Playground Sessions’ Story with Chris Vance

09 Jun, 2025

Show Notes

  • Guest: Chris Vance, CEO of Playground Sessions
  • Website: playgroundsessions.com
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  • Key topics:
    • Chris’s journey from corporate to entrepreneurship
    • How Playground Sessions revolutionizes music learning
    • Building a global brand with strong retention rates
    • Marketing strategies: SEO, app store optimization, PR, and influencer collaborations
    • Importance of balance, personal growth, and lifelong learning
    • The evolving world of digital piano learning and gamification
  • Chris’s best advice: Stay focused, learn deeply, and lead with integrity
  • Connect with Chris: LinkedIn
  • Check out Playground Sessions: playgroundsessions.com

Key Questions

(00:59) How did you end up where you are today?

(04:12)  Who is your ideal avatar nowadays?

(05:31) So do schools utilize you guys as well?

(06:24) Is it just piano or do you have other instruments, too?

(06:35)  How do you get in front of your customers?

(09:20) Do you do anything for referrals?

(10:40) You mentioned a goal being expanding to other instruments like guitar Are there any other big goals that you have in the next year or two?

(12:33) What do you feel is your number one roadblock from reaching that? Is it just customer retention or do you think it's more?

(14:20) Can you talk to us a little bit about bootstrapping and scaling and some lessons that you've learned along the way?

(17:14) How has it been for you to intersect, combine your music and the technology and your community all together?

(19:30) Can you walk us through? I want to learn how to play. I have a keyboard, piano. I get your app, then what? How does it work?

(22:36) What's the best advice that you have ever been given, that you've ever received?

(25:47)  What's the best advice you have ever given?

(30:35) Is there something that we haven't touched on yet that you did want to talk about?

(31:42) How do you manage or balance your time?

(33:37)  Where can we learn about you and what you do?

Chris Vance

playgroundsessions.com
https://www.instagram.com/playgroundsessions/profilecard/?igsh=d3p1dGpjbWFla3Bp

https://www.tiktok.com/@playgroundsessions?_t=8qxYEpPo5nD&_r=1

https://www.threads.net/@playgroundsessions

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