Matt rocks! We traveled all the way from Cali to train with the "master". He is patient, straight…read moreforward and has been a huge help. Thanks Matt!

When I first decided to book a 2 hour session with Matt I was not sure what to expect, all my life…read moreI have been told I could not sing, regardless of this I always persisted because of my love for music and writing. In short three months I have found my voice reached close to a 4octave range , improved my timing and I'm currently working in recording a couple of demos. Keep on Rocking Vicktor H

I had an absolute ball taking singing lessons from Aria. I'd been wanting to do it for a long time…read morebut always thought it might be to intense or stresssful but I was pleasantly surprised. It didn't matter that I wasn't a professional or had zero experience, she made me feel like a rockstar in every lesson, which was pretty amazing. She's so much more than a singing teacher, she's a true vocal coach who understands the music industry inside and out. If you've ever wanted vocal lessons, performance coaching, or even artist development she the GOAT. I was so happy she offered Zoom lessions since her studio is in another state! This was something I'd always wanted to do, and I'm so glad I finally gave myself the chance..

I sang musical theater for a couple years in high school and wanted to become a pop singer now that…read moreI'm out of school. I didn't know if it was realistic but I'm going for it because it's a dream that keeps me awake at night. The truth is, with my last vocal coach it would take 12 weeks to accomplish what I learn in one or 2 weeks with Aria. It's so much fun, she makes me feel comfortable and I get a super dramatic improvement every time. Anyway, I am somewhat critical of my vocals still but now have the confidence to get on stage with pop. I actually got a call back for America's Got Talent. I have to owe it to singing lessons with Aria because I auditioned last year and heard nothing back. I hired the Olympic level coach for voice, and got Olympic level results. It's a yes for me and she's super nice.

Be their guest -- seriously, you won't regret it! I saw Beauty and the Beast at Area Stage in…read moreDecember, and it was honestly one of the best theater experiences I've had. The immersive setup made it feel like you were right in the middle of the story, and the cast was incredible. Their singing was amazing, but what really impressed me was how versatile they were -- everyone just embodied their roles so naturally. The attention to detail was next level. Even the lobby was themed to match the show, which made the whole night feel extra special. It reminded me a little of Sleep No More in New York -- not quite as interactive, but it had that same feeling of being part of the story rather than just watching it unfold. A couple of tips if you're planning to go: Get there early if you care about where you sit. Since it's immersive, the experience can vary depending on where you're positioned. Parking is in a garage nearby, and you'll have to walk a bit to the venue, so check the map on their website beforehand -- it'll save you some stress (especially if you do end up running late) They do have concessions, but dont expect anything super fancy or unique. I think they missed out on an opportunity to do something fun and thematic with this. Overall, I'd see this again in a heartbeat, and I'm already looking forward to checking out more shows here. Highly recommend!

Families with children and/or friends on the autism spectrum who intend to enroll in the ITP…read more(Inclusive Theatre Program, now called Inspired Theatre Program) classes at Area Stage, please read below before moving forward. Our daughter, now a 9-year-old girl on the spectrum who loves art and music in an incredible way, started her journey with Area Stage in mid-2024 by taking private lessons with Annette, an amazing instructor at Area Stage. Under Annette's guidance and patience, our daughter improved tremendously and was able to perform in three showcases where she sang and danced alongside other children. This success did not come without challenges. Raising and supporting a child on the spectrum can be very difficult. From meltdowns and lack of attention to struggles with taking turns and stimming, families connected to autism understand these behaviors can be caused by many factors such as inflexibility or sensory overload, which are often misunderstood by neurotypical people as misbehavior or poor parenting. Fortunately, everywhere we have gone to help improve our daughter's behavior and skills, we have been blessed with people who truly understand autism and know how to support autistic children, just like Annette did. That changed on May 14th, 2026, when our daughter's instructor had an emergency and could not attend class, so a substitute instructor was assigned to the ITP class. Our daughter had a rough day during class and, as we were told, she was not following directions and was being disruptive. She was repeatedly told not to do certain things because they were "not allowed," as if that alone has ever been an effective way to regulate or support a child on the spectrum. Our daughter was in deep distress, as she often becomes when something triggers a shutdown. Her behavior escalated to the point that the Director of Inspired Theatre Project, Irma Becker, stepped in and told her she was misbehaving, that wh. This is a 1 hour class. Meanwhile, I, her father, was sitting outside waiting for the class to finish. Once the time was up, I approached the door where the children exit from, but no one came out. As I got closer, I heard, "So who's coming to pick up this child today?" To my surprise, it was Irma asking who was picking up my daughter. When I explained that I was her father, Irma approached me aggressively and explained that my daughter did not want to participate and that she was a "mean girl" who pushed her multiple times while she was trying to get her to follow directions. My daughter was listening to everything Irma was saying because they were standing next to each other. While Irma discussed my daughter's behavior with me, my daughter became even more overwhelmed, yelling and completely out of control. I told Irma that I would talk to my daughter later at home, but she continued escalating the situation. In the middle of the chaos, she told me that we needed to discuss next year's enrollment because of my daughter's behavior, although she still had to commit to participating in this year's showcase. I was speechless and asked, "Do you even know that my daughter is on the spectrum?" In response, Irma began listing her titles and degrees in behavioral therapy, completely contradicting herself through her own behavior. It is truly sad that someone like this could be in charge of a program such as this one. We formally contacted ownership via email to explain the situation, hoping to schedule a meeting, discuss possible solutions, and receive an apology. Instead, we were told that after conducting an investigation with the people present, ownership concluded that Irma never said anything inappropriate about our daughter. Additionally, our daughter was removed from the inclusive program entirely only two weeks before her showcase. During a call with ownership regarding our email, the owner himself told us that he believed the problem with our daughter was that she was "not used to hearing no." Imagine saying that about a child on the autism spectrum, as if simply hearing "no" were ever a solution for autism-related behaviors. This was coming from someone who has never spent even a second with our daughter, yet still felt comfortable giving an opinion about her behavior. What I see here is a major red flag. When someone reports misconduct, unethical behavior, or unprofessional conduct and their concerns are immediately dismissed or denied, it creates an environment where that behavior can continue unchecked and potentially lead to even more serious problems. It is like calling a police department to report misconduct by the chief of police, only for the person making the complaint to be punished for speaking up. Thank you for creating a program that helps so many students with special needs. I truly hope this experience serves as an opportunity for growth and improvement so the program can become even more inclusive moving forward.

Love the energy in this studio and Robert is such a talented producer. I've been recording here for…read moreover 10 years and wouldn't go anywhere else!

The first thing noticed about this Recording Studio is the name. Velvet Basement. It carries so…read moremuch more character than other studios I've been to. Once you step into the studio, it feels very welcoming. Almost as if the studio was introducing itself to you. A nice, clean, and spacious lobby, randomly enough with an old school arcade machine in the lobby (character!) Once you step into the actual studio, one can see what separates this studio from others: Top of the line microphones, a Grand Piano, great acoustics in the live room, a control room that sounds beautiful and calibrated, an SSL Console!!! Once the session began, the recording process flowed easily. The Engineer (Robert) works very quickly and communicates well with the client to get what they really want to hear come out those speakers. Session experience is key. And Robert has it down. One will not find a better deal for such a great studio as Velvet Basement. Studios with a professional analog console will easily charge you a nice chunk of money. But Velvet Basement ignores that, simultaneously providing the equipment with the know-how.

AMAZINGGGGG! Raffa and Camila are so sweet and knowledgeable! Best coaches I have ever had.read more

From the owner: Radical Coaching Studios is an Award-Winning Music teaching studio founded by Raffa D. and Camilla…read moreDeFaria. They are vocal coaches, voice teachers, vocal producers and songwriters trained in all music styles and passionate to help students achieve their full potential and their best sound. They are both Berklee College of Music Graduates and received their vocal coaching certification by New York Vocal Coaching in New York City. With over 20 years of combined experience in multiple genres, as vocalists and performers they were shaped to excellence and their style ranges from Contemporary to Rock, Pop, Country, Jazz and Musical Theatre. Allowing them to teach a variety of styles at the studio. By offering individual and group lessons, in person, remotely via Zoom or on a different location (while shooting a commercial, recording an album, during rehearsals or before a live performance), they are reaching students of all levels, backgrounds and nationalities, teaching the most current, science-backed, and personalized training available in both English and Portuguese. The classes are designed to help the student grow as an artist and as a person. The goal is to help them find the confidence to perform their chosen pieces, express their ideas and articulate their personal objectives while fostering their passion for music. Our students will feel ready to move in whichever direction they want to go with their talent.

From: Shavon Miller'Randolph…read more Sent: Sunday, July 21, 9:51 PM Subject: This lack of proper protocol To: Account Recruiting Manger Lead (Aeroteck) Candice Johnson Cc: fgomez@cchs.com Fernando, Mike First and foremost I find this protocol very redundant and ridiculous because you just had my one-on-one but thank you for the employment opportunity and Fernando when you did my one-on-one and you said that you will work with me You could have advise me at that time and let me go or you have could have put me to the side on Friday and advise me But having my agency calling me at 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday night to advise that my contract is ended is very unprofessional and not part of protocol but I guess that's how these two businesses conduct business. I honestly wanted to think that John email was wrong about the protocol and management around there but it it is exactly right is very poor management there is no proper protocol no proper etiquette a cross country home service especially when it comes down to management. You do have some excellent employees that will go to the extreme to help a new employee but when it comes down to management y'all lacking so many areas and very unprofessional instead of worrying about time mangement ,You need worry about people knowing that product knowledge Also how to exactly what they're selling to a SP and how to exactly conduct a proper call, with the correct product knowledge not improvising and have real training not to get past a gatekeeper but actually know their product knowledge but that being said know exactly what a Plumber does what a hvac provider does what a electrician does what a garage door opener does pool person exactly do so you don't sound completely stupid over the phone when you're improvising What is actually covered in the preventive maintenance covers these are the questions that are being by Service Providers and this is why they won't join here Network, and why do they have to add us to their insurance policies as additionally insured see those are the questions that need to be addressed and corrected in the improper management and training because those concerns are being bypassed you won't you you want your recruiters to meet a quota but you don't give them the proper resources or adequate training knowledge Add this is an added correction it's a shame that you're losing so many people in the this department due to poor leadership and improper management and the company is losing employees that they're literally quitting not getting fired.  Thank you for the opportunity be blessed and not stressed and I will retrieve my things my personal property Please disregard any typos sent from voice automated text Thank You Kindly Shavon L. Miller

If I could give a zero I would. They were persistent to a point during a pandemic over a minimal…read moreamount of money. Which was getting paid monthly.After making my last payment they posted a derogatory comment, again...... after the last payment. A bunch of just unethical pieces of garbage.

I spoke to a lady from Focus Financial about my bill that was sent two years later and the lady was…read morevery rude to me. She made it sound like it was our fault that we received the bill two years later and she said "Well your insurance company sent you guys a letter about this claim". I told her we never received anything from our insurance company. This bill was from January of 2017 and we didn't move until July of 2017. We somehow received all other bills from lab work and the doctor except this one. Focus Financial seems very unorganized to let this happen. We changed our address with the post office a couple months before we moved and received lots of mail from our house in Florida forwarded to our new address. I don't believe they ever sent us a bill because we would have received it at our new address. Then the lady had the nerve to say "Well, I have another call if you keep asking why you were charged this". We just received the bill at our address in Virginia, so they obviously knew we moved a while ago and we told the billing department as well as the pulmonary staff at Dimagio when we were moving and they got everything into place. I could've raised my voice at her but I didn't. :) I decided to be the better person. She will have karma coming to her for being rude. Meanwhile we have a child with Cystic Fibrosis and the life span is 38 years old and we just went through IVF. She could've been much nicer. What is with people these days? She would definitely benefit from customer service training. The lady had an accent so I assume she was from a different country if that helps Focus Financial to identify this employee.

I'm sorry, folks: I used Ticket-Center and all was perfect. I ordered two tickets that were for the…read moreMezzanine, Row A, Seats 1&2, clearly marked "resale" and received them immediately. They cost less than half-price each and the transaction was recorded by my bank. We attended and everything went as expected. I would use them again!

Buyer Beware - Misleading and Overpriced…read more I had a very disappointing experience with Tickets Center. The website is designed in a way that makes you think you're purchasing tickets from Ticketmaster or an official source, which is extremely misleading. After selecting tickets and proceeding to checkout, the final price ended up being nearly double what the same tickets were selling for on other legitimate platforms. The additional fees and markups only became clear at the final stage, after going through the entire purchase process. This feels deceptive and intentionally confusing for customers. If I had realized upfront that this was a resale site with such inflated pricing, I never would have used it. I strongly recommend comparing prices on trusted ticketing platforms before purchasing and being very careful about where you're actually buying from. I will not use this service again.