I visited Texas Music Lab looking for a guitar that wasn't in stock at another larger local shop…read more Sadly they didn't have it either, but the tech (luthier?) I spoke with was able to refer me to another area store that did have it. I thought it was really cool he did that. Good vibes in this place. I inquired about lessons and the pricing seemed reasonable. I might give it a try. Also, there was a store dog.

Best musical staff in Texas! We love this place. Everyone is…read moreso fun and helpful! The jam sessions are a blast!

I heard from a friend that this place was legit. Went to sign up to get my little brother for some…read moredrum lessons. Laura at the front desk turned me off of the idea immediately. As I approached she didn't even say hello, she was stuck on her phone playing some game. I asked several times, "hey, can I sign my lil bro up for lessons". Finally she responded "what do you want, sure". My lil bro is kind of an energetic happy kid, he told her "I'm excited to learn the drums miss". She grunted and went off on a tangent about how its the hardest instrument to learn (its not) and it maybe wasn't for kids (kids can learn the drums lady). She kind of bummed him out saying this so I left. I get that being in a customer service position is hard, I myself was in customer service as a waiter, so I know that the service I got was pretty trash. Decided to take my brother to a different school. The teachers here may be good, or even great, but the front desk service turned me off too much. Ciao!

After my first impression as well as a few additional impressions, I could not be more impressed…read morewith this place. I could have driven by this place 1000 times and would never know there were music lessons here. The front desk girl was nice and the place is spotless clean. The instructor we had was animated and great with my son. What I find to be the most awesome is that the people here actually love music, so they seem to work here to spread the joy of making music. I was a bit reluctant when my son said he wanted to play drums, but after seeing how excited he is and how well he is doing, I'm sold. We purchased a set of Alexis drums so he can wear headphones, this allows him to practice while we sit quietly in another room doing something else. They have both regular drums and electronic drums at the studio. As you walk past the different rooms, you see various children and teachers and if you look close enough, you can even see the little light bulb above the kids heads. I find it amazing watching kids learn and I find it ever more amazing seeing someone actually enjoy teaching children. It makes my heart melt. These guys are talented, experienced and work very good with kids. I am impressed and will be introducing my daughter to the guitar soon after. My desire to have her take guitar lessons is solely based on the enthusiasm I've seen with the teachers. The drum sessions are 30 minutes, which is perfect since anything more would be sensory overload. You'd be amazed at what a 9 year old can pickup in 30 minutes, especially with an instructor that's excited to teach him. I tip my hat and say BRAVO, job well done Matt Burk Music Studio, I am a fan!

A teeny bit hard to find , but worth walking across through the gate. I called ahead & asked if…read morethere was time to fix our flute. Owner said he would have to see....In the end he addressed us right away , looked at it, fixed it in about 5 min! Charged about $10!! I was very pleased. We will go back! Thank you so much, The Band Connection!

We went here to try and exchange my current flute for a new flute since my current flute always…read moregets ruined. When we asked for a new flute Mr. Walker said "well its like a car, if something breaks on your car they wont give you a new one" acting like a flute and a car are the same thing. The owner treats you as if you are incompetent. Not only that but hours are not flexible at all. Overall, i do not recommend, don't waste your time and money coming here.

Got some great antique music books in Spanish today! What a fantastic selection of music books,…read moregift items, music instruction and more! Thank you Nadine for your dedication and service to the music community! We are grateful! Great prices! Great service! Yeehaw!!!

I love this music store. Nadine is so helpful and has so much to offer all music lovers.read more

I am so glad to find Ms. Rita on yelp. She is an amazing piano teacher. I am an adult and always…read morewanted to learn how to play the piano. Ms .Rita is very focused on the fundamentals of music which is exactly how i wanted to start learning to play my first instrument. She has many years of experience as a pianist and a teacher and is very knowledgeable and patient with me. I always look forward to my piano lessons with her.

I'm very happy to have Rita as my piano teacher. I have always marveled at how beautiful classical…read morepiano songs sound and so impressed with pianists who make playing piano look so simple. I'm an adult and finally decided to focus on playing the piano as a hobby. I like Rita's focus on building the fundamentals and helping me to practice properly. She studied piano in Russia and brings a method of teaching that stresses proper counting, tempo, finger placements, and music theory. She's very knowledgeable and patient with me. I'm thrilled at the progress I'm making in my playing and really enjoy spending time at the piano.

We had looked for a long time to to find an actual builder and master luthier of violins for my…read moredaughter. She is 8 years old and very talented. Violins So we looked around Dallas. We dug deep, and asked professionals in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Finally the answer close to our house in Plano, the Vitale Violin Shop in Plano, Texas was recommended to us. The Symphony shared an article written in 2012 from the Dallas News Paper here: http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/headlines/20120302-frisco-man-s-dream-of-making-violins-comes-true.ece Our search was over. The Violin Shop is absolutely amazing!!! The staff is courteous and very helpful. A master luthier that actually builds custom handmade violins and orchestra instruments! I didn't even know that type of skill set still existed out side of Italy, let alone this century in Plano, Texas! There is a 2000 sq ft. facility packed with custom handmade violins. There are many rooms and levels of instruments of all kinds. In addition we found a new teacher who plays in the Symphony from there! Thanks for reading! Go check them out... Billy Johansen Plano, Texas

I called to see if this luthier could set the bridge on a cello that I had bought online. Without…read moreseeing it, he laughed and said, "We don't do this because these always have problems." How could he know this without having seen the violin? Because he also sells cellos, I'm sure he would rather I have bought the cello from him, but, to my mind, business is business. I found his response and pre-judgement highly unprofessional and disappointing.

I go to school of rock and play songs I love it I love drumming and my band is awesome!read more

Our 10 and 11 year old girls have been attending SOR McKinney for just about 18 months as part of…read morethe Rock 101 program. We discovered the program through a colleague of my wife's whose son has been a participant in the Frisco school's program for several years. Both my wife and I were in band in school many years ago, so we thought this would be a great opportunity for the girls to learn a practical instrument and get some performance experience to help them not be shy. Since joining the program, the girls have had a number of instructors: one that has an advanced education in classical guitar, one that has a higher education background in early childhood development, and several that have toured nation-wide as real musicians. Some of those instructors were in fact students once in other SOR schools. And throughout the program, the entire staff, and even culture of the school, has been very positive and supporting. In the past 18 months, the girls have played multi-venue concerts in Deep Ellum twice, they have played in a battle of the bands at the House of Blues, and numerous other concerts at bars and restaurants in and around McKinney and Frisco. My younger girl stays glued to the electric guitar, and my older girl mainly plays the drum kit, but sings and plays bass on the side. Together, our girls teamed up with a little boy in their 5th grade class and played a song (from SOR) in their elementary school's talent show a few months ago, and they rocked the house and put some elementary school teacher's in shock! My wife and I were in awe, and we both commented what it would been like to have been rock stars even before going into junior high and middle school (we were nowhere near this cool!). I haven't seen any program similar to what SOR is doing: they work on temp, rhythm, and style all the while driving the kids to perform in front of others. They leave reading music and theory to the public schools to teach (which for me was the not-so-fun part). Doing it this way, the kids are only learning that music is fun and rewarding, but my oldest is starting 6th grade in the fall where she will start complementing what she has been learning with those extra skills of reading music, etc. Its been a very good program; very positive results. To address the other reviewer that alluded to drugs being present at the school: I am a software development manager that runs an international organization which in the past has required me to have security clearances. My wife is a top nurse practitioner who is respected as deeply knowledgeable in multiple fields. There is absolutely no way we would allow our kids to be involved in this program if there was any hint of illegal activity. I have sat in their building for countless hours waiting for practices to be over, and I have never seen this. The building is definitely shabby chic (meaning a little bit of a dump), but so are many of the performance venues--that's part of what it means to be a performer. But, its good enough; the program is expensive enough without needing to make it into a lounge. We highly recommend.

We happened to walk by the School Of Rock and saw some kids jamming out. It wasn't music to our…read moreears but those kids were having a great time!

My 7 year old son knew pretty much nothing about guitar but knew he wanted to try something new. We…read morestarted school of rock and he has LOVED it. He's excited to go to his lessons and band practice every week. They are doing a great job with trying to keep everyone safe and have a strict mask policy which I am thankful for! All have the staff are just super friendly and it has been such a positive experience.