Outside Shore Music
Outside Shore Music is for musicians learning notation and composition. Get every course plus the community.
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How this community works
- Pricing
- $29 a monthWell above the hobbies & crafts median of $11.50.
- Size
- 1,507 membersBigger than 81% of the hobbies & crafts communities indexed here.
- Revenue ceiling
- $43,703 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
- Format
- 2 paid tiers
- Platform
- Circle
- Category
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Last verified
- 15 October 2026
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- Premium pricing has not capped growth here: $29 a month is well above the hobbies & crafts median, and the community is still bigger than 81% of the category.
- 2 paid tiers: one price for access, another for proximity. Worth copying once you know which members want more of you.
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About Outside Shore Music
Outside Shore Music is for musicians learning notation and composition. Get every course plus the community.
Why you should join: Full access to the course library on MuseScore and music writing, with a community to share scores and questions. Membership is $29 a month or $290 a year.
Tiers and products
Monthly membership
From $29 / monthlyAnnual membership
From $290 / yearly
Notes
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The one-liner
A paid music notation and composition school with every course included.
What they actually sell
Outside Shore Music is run by Marc Sabatella. The front-page promise is "Full access to community and all courses." The public offer sits at $29 a month. A $290 annual option sits next to the monthly price. What stands out is how directly the page names the result a buyer wants.
Who pays and why
Musicians learning notation software, theory and composition. The pull is university-quality learning without a degree. They pay for courses, workshops, office hours with Marc and feedback on their music. The emotional pull is being around people chasing the same thing, which matters as much as any single lesson. Outside Shore Music gives them one place to bring that problem every week.
Where the members come from
Marc Sabatella's name is on the Circle page, so members most likely arrive through Marc Sabatella's existing work and audience rather than cold traffic. The community reads as the home base for people already following that work. Marc Sabatella stays the visible face of the brand on the page.
What's holding it back
Notation software changes often, so courses need regular updates. The page is long and dense, which may lose casual visitors before they reach the price.
Steal this
Bundle every course into one membership, so buyers stop choosing.
Would this work in another niche?
Yes for any software skill, like Logic Pro. Weak for hobbies with no tools.
Written 15 October 2026
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