Me. Brown, the owner, has performed several tasks for us including advice for mainly guitars. In…read moreevery instance his work has been exemplary. We highly recommend his service in all matters. His sincerity and work ethic is second to none!! as an example, we had a one off fender guitar that had an unusual set up. Mr. Brown gave us the back door number of the fender guitar company and they revealed us what the guitar was. If it wasn't for the owner's help we would have been completely unaware or this Custom Shop Fender guitar. So rather than take advantage of our situation he was forth right and honest about helping us!! You can be sure that anything Mr. Brown offers is solid and sincere help!!

Victory Music is a full service shop. They offer a wide variety of guitars and lessons if you want…read moreto get better.

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 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.

As a teacher , there is none better than Dallas Strings. Quality instruments for a great price…read more Great service and staff.

Great store for string instrument. Ron was really nice and honest. He allowed us to try out…read moreseveral violins and even gave his honest opinion on a violin sold elsewhere. We will definitely come back and will refer other string parents to this store.

Xiaobo is an excellent piano player, and excellent teacher. I am an adult with some musical…read morebackground, but always one note at a time. I have never played piano. She has helped me learn a number of techniques and songs. I can't play everything yet, but I can play quite a number of songs. I also think she would also be excellent for children learning piano. She has true joy in teaching.

From the owner: As a music educator for over a decade, Xiaobo has had the good fortune of encountering a wide…read morevariety of clients who in turn, have taught her the definition of talent, wherever those sparkles, tiny or huge, which are always shining and which are always there to be seen and heard. She has also been tremendously humbled by witnessing the joy of music-making, redefined. She will bring the knowledge, memory and humility from her 19-years’ tenure of teaching to her clients, to walk the path of discovering about music and themselves together, of whatever gratification of sitting in front of the piano means to her students; whether to soar in competitions or festivals, or to just play, and play, and play, for themselves, for their loved ones.

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!

I have known Simon Buckner for many years and he is played and taught guitar for many years. He…read morehas assembled an excellent staff of professionals and musicians and I would highly recommend Ballard Street Music for anyone interested in learning to play a musical instrument.

Very unprofessional and completely lacking in communication. They constantly cancel classes and…read moreonly inform you once you arrive. Imagine driving an hour just to find out your class is canceled--not just once, but most of the time. We clearly communicated and requested that they notify us at least a few hours in advance so we wouldn't waste the trip, but they never did. They never apologize or offer any consideration, yet if you try to reschedule, they make you pay. Stay away from this school--you don't want the disappointment.

Great store for music and suppliesread more

My acoustic guitar had a broken tuning key. I took it to the Music & Arts store so they could…read morefix/replace. Ended up having to replace all 6 keys. I also purchased another guitar case since mine was old and starting to fall apart. They had several cases on sale, a win for me! My guitar case has seen a lot of travel and it was deteriorating from more than 40 years of abuse/use. They replaced the broken keys, restrung it, and polished the guitar. The entire cost was reasonable and I'm glad I had the work done. My guitar is once again being played like it was meant to be played. I was able to purchase additional strings in the event mine snapped. I think the new tuning posts should remedy that problem. I know they do varies types of instrument repair and they support our local high school, the Allen Eagles. I'm glad I found this shop, small, but just what I needed. 2017/27

My son's saxophone was repaired at Garland location. Did an excellent job. Done in 24 hours. The…read moreguy explained very well what he did to repair and even made sure that everything was covered under warranty. Didn't have to pay anything. Very friendly and knowledgeable.

From the owner: McKay Music Company provides weekly service visits to schools and uses highly skilled and…read moreexperienced repair technicians for the best quality repair service in Northeast Texas. Our "Rent-to-Own" band instrument rental program allows students to experience the joy of learning to play a musical instrument by participating in the band program in their school. From guitars and sound equipment

Seth is a fantastic teacher and incredibly patient. He will work with you on whatever you are…read morelooking for. No question is a stupid question with him and regardless of your knowledge I guarantee you will come out of his lessons learning something new. He knows what he is doing and I would recommend him to anyone looking to learn.

From the owner: I specialize in giving high quality guitar lessons to all ages and skill levels!read more