A year-long music program · Pune · ages 7–14
The Long Play is one year of real music for your child — guitar, songwriting, and studio-grade recording. Taught by one musician who knows every child by name. Play first. Read later.
"There's more creativity in doing it myself."
— Deana, 11, after closing an AI app that offered to write her a song.
The Long Play was built around that sentence.
What your child actually does
Weekly one-to-one guitar, built around the music your child wants to play — not a syllabus. Technique and reading arrive later, when the music asks for them.
Songwriting and studio-grade production. By the end of the year, your child has a real recording they made themselves — their first record, kept as proof.
Monthly Song Pods with other kids, immersive camps, and a year-end showcase on a real stage. Music becomes something they do with people, for life.
The year, quarter by quarter
The teacher
"Music, not just guitar."
Akshit Deshmukh is a Pune musician who teaches the way he wishes he'd been taught. He dropped out of school, found one teacher who believed in him, and decided to become that teacher. He records and produces from his own studio — so the music your child makes is real, not a toy.
He takes a small group, on purpose. The Long Play is built so the studio stands on its own — but for now, it's him, and he wants to know your child.
What parents say
"Self-confidence — if you have that, academics you can figure out. We want to see confidence first."
— A Long Play parent, Pune
"She won't just play guitar. She should know how to produce, sing, and perform."
— A Long Play parent, Pune
"Guitar practice is the first thing she does after school. She runs to it."
— A Long Play parent, Pune
Founding cohort · 8–10 children · this year
The Long Play takes a small group each year — never more than 25 children in total. The founding cohort opens this year, with founding-member pricing for the first six months. Have a conversation with Akshit before you decide anything.