We love Backbeat Music Academy! My daughter has been taking piano lessons there for over a year…read morenow, and we have had such a positive experience. She has worked with several instructors over time, including Bex, Ari, and Luciana, and every single one has been amazing. Right now she is taking lessons with Sam, and we highly recommend him! He is incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and always brings such a great vibe to the lessons. We can clearly see my daughter's progress, and it is obvious that he genuinely cares and gets so excited seeing how much she has improved (whenever she learns something new or finally masters a piece they have been working on, you can see the joy on his face). If you are lucky, you may be able to get a spot with him! NOte: He occasionally goes on tour with his band (which I think is awesome), but even when substitute instructors step in, the experience has always been great.

Drumming with John has genuinely changed my life. What started as a little hobby when I was 8 years…read moreold has taken me to performing at festivals and sold out venues, and every bit of it, John has been continually supportive. He's incredibly smart, kind, and funny, and just knows so much about drumming and music as a whole. There is no other drum teacher in the world like him, and I'll be sad to stop getting lessons after I leave for college this fall. Thank you for everything, John!

This place is amazing! I brought in my daughter's flute that malfunctioned on stage during a…read moreconcert and he knew right away what was wrong. Fixed it on the spot for no charge! I also had brought in my great Uncle's old trumpet for repair and tune up for my son to start using. We got it back within days and it's beautiful! It sounds much better too. The price was great as well. I will be going back for any other needs and tune ups as recommended. Thank you!!!

Russ is terrific and really knows his craft. He has helped me out on a couple different problems…read morewith my trumpets, And is quite reasonable on his rates. One of the best around. Highly recommend.

I've done all my music shopping and selling and ALL the people at this location have been…read moreincredibly kind, honest and helpful. Recently did a trade in for a PRS Silver Sky SE and Dan was super helpful. Prior to this, I've sold a number of things and worked with the manager Kona and a few others and also found him to be incredibly knowledgeable, up front and kind. All in all it's been my go to music shop for buying and selling gear. And I can't recommend them enough. Oh and don't forget to ask for the trade-up offer. I've done it for years now where you sell your used gear and get 10% off something new.

This store is absolutely this worst GC ever visited. Have been trying to stop here as this dump of…read moretown called Beaverton has nothing really for actual musicians. And Portland is not worth going to since the musicians and music stores there are even worse. Had several reasons why it was compelling to create a yelp account and share. Mainly so others dont waste anything by going here. Heard good things about some workers that have been there for a while that work in Pro Audio area. But they obviously were not there during the few visits Ive made. I originally dealt with a few managers, not sure if they are still there since last time I went there, they were nowhere to be found. One was named Carson and the other was from Hawaii--think his name was Kona. Maybe his parents are a fan of a certain beer? Both interactions were completely unprofessional. The first interaction was with Carson and he was not sure of--well much of anything really. Seemed like he knew of amps but when asking specs on a bass amp, he could not find. Kona seemed too distracted or on too much caffeine to bother asking. Then he proceeded to make his way to the drum area and play drums, rather loudly. The store seemed un-organized and hap hazard. Could not get help with tracking down something off website. Next time I stopped in, it was the same story. Did however manage to speak to the guy in drum area who seemed very chill and knew his stuff. Not sure of his name but had long black hair and was easy to talk to. Did not really need anything drum related but was nice to chat with. I actually asked to speak with a manager and waited well over an hour. Kona was the only manager at that time. He really seemed not interested in helping so I eventually just left. The last interaction with this store was in person and on the phone. My family and I have been trying to get my nephew some lessons on guitar and keyboard. I spoke to a guy named Mike who was nice on the phone and the few times when I stopped in to try to sign up, was no where to be found. It was like, does this guy even exist??? I gave it another try with calling and spoke to someone named Hunter who seemed just as clueless as the rest of the store--guess thats a pre req to work there? Had no idea of lesson info or promos--nor seemed interested in helping at all. So my best advice is dont bother driving all the way here to have your time wasted by people that dont know anything about the stuff in their store. Shame that its got like this. Too bad there is no more Sam Ash or Apple Music. Maybe Sweetwater will also get bought by Blackrock and expand stores to provide better experiences to people that know what they want. Your experience may vary but I doubt it. Irwin

I went in to buy a bass and a practice amp. I got talked into buying this little…read morerecording/headphone device for the same price I wanted the amp ($160). I was told I had 30 days to return it. I didn't like it and tried to return it a few weeks later. What I wasn't told was that I'd only get $50 as in store credit if the box was damaged (just the box, not the actual product itself). The worst part was the guy looked up the resell price on a used version and it came to about $80, but he then took 35% off even though it's a return. I then wanted to buy an amp (What I originally wanted before I was talked into something else) and asked for something around the $150 mark. He then tried to talk me into an amp without telling me the price. I had to firmly ask what the price was twice before he told me it's $300. Even though I was visibly upset from losing $100 from a product I bought from them because the box was damaged. I finally got him to show me exactly what I wanted. If you go here, know exactly what you want and be firm about it so you're not talked into getting something you don't want that costs more money. Also know that the boxes their products are in are worth $100 so you can't return a perfect condition product, within their return window, if the box is damaged.

While I have no complaints on their sales department which always has been nice, my rating is for…read moretheir amplifier repair service that is not honest. I highly recommend being very careful if you must bring your amplfiers there. It's for a repair work finished for my Mesa Boogie Mark III on 3/6/2022. I brought it for a crackling noise and it was just due to a bad 12AX7 tube (V1) due to bad contact on pins. They knew it but they additionally replaced a healthy volume pot, 2 healthy 30uF filter capacitors, while leaving one that was actually bad and underspec (20uF) which was worsening 60hz hum (which is the design weakness with this amp even with DC heater supply for V1). Total cost I paid was $100 + $15 + $16 + $10 + $125 = $266!! In addition, they didn't tighten up the top suspension screws which caused one 12AX7 tube to break during transport. It was not my first time taking the amp there because they are supposedly the only Mesa Boogie service center here. In 2018-2019, it was also them who installed the very JJ 20uF 500V filter capacitor that is underspec! I am engineer myself with a master degree in electrical engineering and I have been learning about repairing and building vintage tube amplifiers in past few years and now I know well enough. I still have all the receipts and documentation and the healthy parts that have been wrongfully replaced.

Quiet little shop. My son needed a reset on his guitar and major stores were quoting weeks and high…read moreprices. Music village was able to do it overnight and at a very reasonable price. My son is very happy with the reset and we were happy to support a local business.

I purchased a plectrum banjo off e-bay recently. It was made my Jim Cox, a Master Luthier from…read moreMaine, a custom order. The banjo is bird's eye maple with plenty of inlay and dressings. The head was badly worn and action was too high. It had been sitting in a closet for awhile and needed some help. Now a luthier may be fantastic with guitars, but banjo's are a different critter. You really have to know what you're doing. I own four banjo's so I found this out the hard way. Dan had a bit of trouble finding the proper head, but he persevered and obtained one. He installed the head, lowered the action and set up the instrument properly. This was not an easy repair and I would not trust just any luthier with it. Dan had the knowledge and expertise to do it right! Now this beautiful banjo sounds just as good as it looks, I am proud to add it to my collection. Thanks Dan, Del

We've had such a wonderful experience with our piano and cello teacher. They are incredibly…read moreattentive, and patient. I've seen a noticeable improvement in my kiddos technical skills, confidence and love for music. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for dedicated, nurturing, and skilled music teachers!

My kids take piano lessons once a week. They said the teacher is great and they feel like they are…read morelearning a lot. I like that there are several lessons happening at the same time in separate rooms so it feels like everyone does this as part of life.