Liability Waiver & Assumption of Risk

Last updated: August 6, 2026

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY — THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY. By agreeing to it you give up the right to sue us, and to recover money for bodily injury, in cases caused by our ordinary negligence. It does not affect your rights in the situations listed in §4, which no waiver can take away. If anything here is unclear, ask us before your first lesson.

This Liability Waiver & Assumption of Risk ("Waiver") applies whenever you (or, if you are a parent/guardian, your minor student) attend an in-person lesson or class with Wes Davis' "I Wanna Rock" School of Music — whether at the studio location or an in-home lesson. By booking or attending an in-person session, you agree to the terms below. This Waiver supplements, and is part of, our Terms of Use.

1. Nature of the activity

Music instruction is a low-risk activity, but as with any in-person activity there is some risk of minor injury (for example, strain from playing an instrument, or an incidental slip, trip, or fall while moving around a studio or home space) and, for in-home lessons, ordinary risks associated with visitors entering a private residence.

2. Assumption of risk

You voluntarily assume all ordinary risks associated with attending an in-person lesson or class, known or unknown, including risks arising from the condition of the studio space or, for in-home lessons, the condition of the home where the lesson takes place.

3. Release of liability

In this section, the “Released Parties” means Wes Davis, individually and trading as “I Wanna Rock” School of Music, together with his instructors, employees, and agents, and the owner of the studio or of any other premises we arrange for a lesson. (It does not mean you or your own home.)

To the fullest extent permitted by California law, you release the Released Parties, and agree not to sue them, for any claim, demand, liability, cost, or expense for personal injury, death, or property damage arising out of your or your student’s participation in in-person music instruction. This includes any such claim caused by the ordinary NEGLIGENCE of the Released Parties. It also covers risks arising from the condition of the studio, or, for in-home lessons, the condition of the place where the lesson happens.

In plain terms: you are giving up the right to recover money from us for bodily injury caused by our ordinary carelessness, in connection with music lessons. This release covers injuries reasonably connected to music instruction and to being present at the place where it happens. It does not extend to unrelated matters, and it is subject in every respect to §4 below.

4. What this Waiver does not release — and cannot

We would rather be straight with you than hand you a document that overreaches. California law puts hard limits on what any waiver can do, and this one does not attempt to exceed them. Nothing in this Waiver releases, limits, or caps liability for any of the following:

Gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct. California law will generally not enforce a release of future gross negligence in a recreational setting, and we would not ask you to agree to one for music lessons either. Whatever the setting, this Waiver does not attempt it.
Fraud, willful injury to person or property, or any violation of law — whether willful or negligent. California Civil Code section 1668 makes any contract attempting to exempt someone from these against public policy.
Any form of sexual misconduct, abuse, or assault. No waiver anywhere in this document, or in any other document we publish, has any application to conduct of that kind, and we would not want it to.
Anything else California law does not permit to be waived.

5. Students under 18

If the student is under 18, this Waiver must be agreed to by a parent or legal guardian, who does so both on their own behalf and on behalf of the student, and who confirms they have legal authority to do that. California is one of a minority of states whose courts have upheld a parent’s agreement of this kind on a child’s behalf.

A parent or guardian agreeing to this Waiver does so in two capacities: releasing the claims their student could bring, and releasing their own related claims — for example a parent’s claim for their child’s medical expenses. Both are subject to the limits in §4.

Two things we want to be clear about rather than leave buried. First, a student under 18 cannot give this agreement themselves — if a young person clicks through a booking without a parent involved, treat this Waiver as not agreed, and tell us so we can put it right. Second, the limits in §4 above apply with full force to a minor student; nothing here signs away a child’s protection against gross negligence, willful misconduct, or abuse.

6. In-home lessons — access and safety

For in-home lessons, you are responsible for providing a reasonably safe space for the lesson to take place (adequate lighting, clear walking area, pets secured if they could pose a safety concern).
The instructor may decline to begin or may end a lesson early if the home environment appears unsafe. Because that is the instructor ending the lesson, it is treated as an instructor-initiated cancellation under §5 of our Refund & Cancellation Policy — you are offered a full refund or a free reschedule, not charged as a late cancellation.
You are responsible for the security and condition of your own property, instruments, and equipment during an in-home lesson.

7. Medical conditions

If the student has a medical condition, injury, or disability relevant to physical activity during a lesson (e.g. an injury that affects hand/arm use), please let us know in advance so the instructor can adapt the lesson appropriately.

8. Photo/video

We will not photograph, record, or use images of you or your student for promotional purposes without asking first and getting your separate, explicit permission — in writing, and from a parent or legal guardian if the student is under 18. Refusing has no effect on lessons, and you can withdraw permission later. Recording during a lesson by either you or the instructor also requires everyone's agreement in advance; the full terms are in §10 of our Terms of Use.

9. Supervision of minors

Arrival and pick-up arrangements for students under 18, who may collect a student, and what happens if nobody arrives are set out in our Studio Policy. For an in-home lesson with a student under 18, a parent or legal guardian must be at home for the whole of the lesson.

10. Governing law, and what happens if part of this is unenforceable

This Waiver is governed by California law and does not waive any right or protection that cannot be waived under California law. Any dispute is subject to the same courts named in §14 of our Terms of Use.

If a court decides that any part of this Waiver goes further than California law allows, that part is to be narrowed to what the law does allow, or struck out if it cannot be narrowed, and the rest of the Waiver stays in force. One clause reaching too far should not take the whole document down with it.

11. Contact

Questions about this Waiver: info@i-wanna-rock.com or (707) 273-3345.