Phil is a really talented and patient instructor! He is also willing to work outside the box! I am…read morean actor/singer and wanted to learn two songs on the piano to sing and play for auditions. He worked with my basic inability to read sheet music and picked out an easy arrangement for me to play for two different songs. It was a lot of fun and now I have great audition material! I highly recommend him.

From the owner: Lessons are available for both Children and Adults and we specialize in beginning piano students…read moreboth young and young-at-heart! Serving Atwater Village, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Glendale, Glassell Park, Frogtown, Lincoln Heights, Echo Park, Eagle Rock, Mt. Washington, Highland Park, Cypress Park, Franklin Hills, The Hollywood Hills and all other surrounding parts of Los Angeles.

Guitar Ninjas is an excellent place to learn guitar and / or drums…read more I have had two kids go through the program. They had different needs and learning styles that were met with instructors that cared about their progress. Young or old, beginner or advanced - Guitar Ninjas is a great place to be!

*Update* I was able to engage with the admin office and my child was paired with a new instructor,…read moreit's only been a few lessons, but I do see a difference in his playing, most notably being challenged to play with both hands.

Jason has been my guitar teacher for 8 years and he is the reason for my love of music. I first…read morestarted as a kid mostly because my parents wanted me to take lessons but he truly inspired me to love learning and playing the guitar. He is patient and understanding yet thorough with his lessons. Any song you want to learn, he'll walk you through it and eventually teach you how to learn a song yourself by ear. You truly cannot go wrong with lessons with Jason, he always understood where I was when it came to learning a song or concept and pushed me to improve. On top of that, he has material and music sheets for every concept you could imagine. Jason is funny, enjoyable to talk to, and easy to learn from. I can thank Jason for teaching me absolutely everything I know about music and starting my love for jazz. His musical knowledge is unparalleled and I can't thank him enough for sharing that with me. You truly cannot go wrong with lessons with Jason and I can't recommend him highly enough.

I've been learning the Ukulele under Jason's guidance for of bunch a years now. He is patient and…read moreencouraging with an adult learner. I am now able to play in the Ukulele club and I love it! I am becoming a better player every week.

Passion for instruments was met today . Senor zargarian is a…read moreclass act! Smart, nice, soft spoken, and has a good amount of good stuff.. he sold me 2 begginer harmonicas for my daughter. Real class gentleman. Support his store! Thank you for existing....

Found this location on a day that I needed some instrument cables and guitar strings. The location…read moreis well kept and the owner was very friendly and helpful.

I recently bought a violin from this store and I love the experience. We told Emily that we like to…read moretry Italian violins and when we arrived at the store, she had already placed all the relevant violins on a tabletop in a private room for us to start testing. The staff were super helpful and knowledgable, and they assisted us in the entire purchase process. The best thing is that they even allowed us to bring the violin home for a week to test and show our teacher. The best thing is that their website had youtube videos of their violin collection that are for sale. So even before we drove to Glendale, we were able to shortlist the instruments that we like to try. That saved us a lot of time. I also had a chance to meet the owner Tom. He is super nice and friendly. I would definitely recommend his store to all my friends.

Overall, my experience was okay, but a few issues prevented it from being a great one…read more First, one of the items I ordered was out of stock. While I appreciated being refunded for it, it was disappointing that it was unavailable. Additionally, another item listed as new was actually an open-floor model. I do want to thank Diane for reaching out to inform me about this and offering a discount, though I ultimately chose to decline that item. The rest of my items were processed quickly and arrived promptly. However, I was disappointed with the packaging quality. An expensive music box intended as a gift was shipped without any bubble wrap or protective securing--it was simply placed loose in the box alongside a music stand bag. Fortunately, it arrived without obvious damage, but better care should be taken when packaging fragile items.

Very good I love to take lessons there…read more And the teachers are sooooo nice Thanks for giving me lessons

My eldest had a lot of fun here from beginning her piano to getting into singing and then sang at…read moreevents like the LA marathon in a choir and some Other fun things. Just great vibes and always active in the community. The spirit is right. Now my second daughter started with piano and just switched to guitar...it's so cute how much she loves it. The teachers are diverse and scheduling is always a wild ride but it all works out. Very affordable...we just love the spirit of get into it. My kids have been going here for about 15 years now. Beautiful space on hollywood blvd. Anyway...I'm a big fan. I wrote this because I read these 1 star reviews of how mean they are...which I never experience. But I'm polite and interested and know they juggle a lot of schedules there...so I be cool. It's worth it...once you get hooked in it's...great for the kids and adults too.

I am glad we found Riko school of Music for our granddaughter. Mai, her teacher, is…read moreknowledgable,patient, encouraging and always kind during lessons. For a 1st grade child this is important and keeps our granddaughter enthusiastic about playing piano. All aspects of the lessons are presented as fun, allowing this 7 year old to want to play the songs, learn music theory and develop life skills that will certainly last a lifetime. It was a joy to watch our granddaughter perform at the Riko Spring Concert. While she was a little nervous, it was her first single performance, all the students were encouraged and celebrated for their performances no matter their skill level. Thank you for making this a positive experience in a child's life.

We have had Jeremy as our 10-year old son's teacher for about 5 months now, and the experience has…read morebeen amazing even with online learning. At first, we were worried that Jeremy had only worked with our son for a couple of sessions offline before COVID. Frankly we were amazed that the rapport and enthusiasm continued even through live online learning. Most importantly, our son appears to be building a love of learning music. Riko has a strong in-house curriculum that combines technical exercises and fun pieces. Our teacher knows just when to push our son, and when to back off. This personalized coaching (and our restraint from getting involved) has helped develop an intrinsic love of music in him. Huge fans of the Riko Method and Jeremy as a teacher!

From beginning to end, my experience with Pro Audio L.A. has been incredible. Jason provided…read moreexceptional and knowledgeable information in our consultation - he heard my needs and made suggestions that fit who *I* am as an artist and producer. I never felt upsold or oversold anything - I always felt supported. On installation day, Jussef and Richard were kind, patient, knowledgeable and wonderful. They helped me get everything set up, did beautiful custom cable work and answered every question I had with helpfulness and a real enthusiasm for their work. I will 1000% be returning to work with Pro Audio L.A. and would highly recommend their wonderful work.

Pro Audio LA was once a highly reputable, trustworthy, consistently reliable company with an…read moreexemplary business model. But over the course of the past year or so (beginning around roughly mid-2025 and onward), the company inexplicably took a nosedive with its prior reputation and is quickly sending it to the dumpster, given that it mysteriously no longer responds to communications and is increasingly failing to fulfill and/or ship its existing orders. I am not certain what suddenly changed - perhaps the ownership was transfered and/or bought out, or maybe their next-of-kin inherited the business - but regardless of the reasons, I CAN tell you with certainty by this point in time is that this is no longer the Pro Audio LA which we audio professionals so fondly remember, most sadly to say. Because all of its communications and ordering processes have just about broken down within the past months, even as it continues to accept your online orders and take your money! For the record: I have $300-worth of audio interconnect cables ordered from this past springtime of 2026, and it is now mid-July as of the time of my writing of this review, yet STILL I have heard nothing further of my order. Even after multiple communication attempts. Nothing but dead silence on the other end, even though ... again ... the online order form remains open, functional, and happily charges your credit card without batting an eyelash. Clearly, something has gone terribly, heinously amiss while SOMEONE on the other end continues to take your money. And that's just about where the paper trail ends, because your online order stays in perpetual "processing" with nothing further done. That's where it sits, even as of today. So, please, heed my warning and do NOT give Pro Audio LA a single cent of your business from this point, onward. At least not until some kind of definitive light is shed on whatever has transpired within the establishment, regarding its suddenly-tanking business model. Because this doesn't smell right at all, and I am not the only recent buyer who has been raising awareness about the recent 180° turn for the worse by this company.

One of the few places I trust. If jack (owner) tells you something, believe him. This man and the…read morepeople he works with truly care and are not looking to rip you off. Only looking to help and not BS you. Jason, the guitar tech, is the best in LA in my opinion. I've had my guitars set up by many people and he is the guy I keep going back to for almost 10 years

This is going to be one of those odd reviews. I've never been to the store or had anything…read morerepaired. I called and had a conversation with Jack. He proceeded to take quite a bit of time on the phone giving me advice on how to go about troubleshooting or attempting to fix an issue and giving me general advice that seemed super honest. THIS is the sort of business I can get behind. This is what will make me call here when I need something. It feels like a business that actually cares about synths and their customers.

Parking: there's only 2-3 spots infront of the studio but plenty of parking around the corner near…read morethe neighborhoods :) I signed up for the low cost adult beginners ukulele course by emailing the studio. By design these courses are meant for a group of 4 students. Just wanted to ask about it since the schedule was not up to date. But the person responded very quickly and checked in with the instructor to see when he was available to host one of those courses. Once I heard back I paid to secure my spot. My instructor was Daniel Corral, he was an absolute gem :) he was very patient with me, I have no music experience at all and was fortunate that I was the only student in this class. Daniel gave me a 30 min lesson every week with music sheets and things to work on for the week. I felt really nervous about taking this class since I'm an old lady but he made me feel very comfortable. I can't say I'm amazing now but I understand and feel comfortable learning the ukulele because of Daniel. I highly recommend this studio and I'm sure all the instructors are great!

When my 8-year-old was ready for piano lessons I gave this place a call. The lady whose name I…read moreremember as Sue, was very pleasant over the phone and after giving preferred time slots, called me back in a timely manner with a lesson slot with a great musician named Nipun. My daughter's weekly half hour keyboarding lessons were a great deal at $25 for 30 minutes. While we decided to stop due to homework obligations from school, we plan to resume next year hopefully in the spring.