Newbie here and really to retire but with a strong desire to keep the brain active. I'm done with…read moremeaningless searching on Instagram. Done with random YouTube searches. Evan helped me pick out a recorder, electric piano, and sheet music. Very sincere and most helpful. Can't decide if I want to rent or buy a flute and they have options for that when I'm ready. Most don't rent any longer. Must say this is my new favorite shopping experience! An exciting journey and first time in years my head hurt. I'm actually learning! How long has it been for you and why are you missing out?!

The music staff is excellent. They repaired 2 clarinets for us, I felt the prices were good…read more They helped us find the product we needed. My daughter is a school band teacher and they sent us home with some extra items for her band students. I also needed a receipt from 3 weeks ago and they looked it up and emailed it to me the same day. Great service.

The teachers have been so wonderful! Both of our children have excelled in learning piano. They…read moreare organized and well run but also fun and personable. So glad we found Oregon Music Academy and worth the cost (I had looked around and found their price comparable to others).

I have had an excellent experience here. I started in October 2018 with Cello lessons and I have…read morelearned so much in a short period of time. McKenna is a great teacher. I highly reccommend OMA for music lessons for adults as well as children. Thank you OMA!

Don't hesitate to try this business. Owner is willing to work with anyone to learn guitar. He…read moreaccommodates your style and will teach, rock, classics, pop. I unfortunately had circumstances beyond my control and had to quit, but I will go back to enhance my skills and training sessions. Look forward to a great lesson.

Five stars for the price of a trumpet for under $500 which should last my kid through high school…read more The rental through the school was over $20 dollars a month plus insurance so it made sense to buy one. it's great because I didn't have to get a questionable instrument online, and the place the school recommended had a $2000++ trumpet and that's outside my budget Communication is challenging. Not straightforward and definitely not as quick and easy as online shopping. We signed up for lessons. Had a bit of communication issues and the owner stepped in to help move the way since summer schedule is different than school schedule. ( aka travel and camps mess up a regular class time). For $129/ 4 lessons 30 min other friends say this is a great deal. I have no idea if it's a good deal or not, but I really like the teacher. Lots of other great teachers here. I think the retail store at the teaching area should be two different reviews but alas ( dated decor but worth it for the price. I'd hate try pay more for a glam studios which does nothing to teach my kid) Again communication is an issue. Patience and patience and it's worth it

Took in an old banjo for restringing and repair. Patrick at the front was super helpful and…read morefriendly. I got it a few days later (because I couldn't make it in right) it looks amazing. Not sure about the other reviews here, but I was quite happy with my experience.

Interesting that these clowns advertise both online and even on the door that they buy, trade or…read moreconsign musical instruments. Last week I took two mid-level guitars in to do consignment. I've never been so insulted. These clowns must have assumed they were stolen. "Where'd you get them? Why are you selling?..." Hey pal, I have multiple instruments and these were two I almost never play (as if it's any of their business). They claimed there were problems with both and weren't interested. Now, I have done business with them multiple times, but they can kiss this customer goodbye! I'm not a thief, but these guys are jerks. To prove these were from my personal collection, I've included a picture of my remaining guitars. I ended up gifting the guitars to my niece.

True to form, this time the whole store was closed with not even so much as a note on the door…read more They are closed for lunch from 2 to 2:30 pm, yes. But I came at about 2:45 and the whole place was still dark. Just a thought - maybe have enough staff around at all times that some of your employees can take lunch while others are still on shift? Were they closed for summer vacation again and just didn't tell anyone? Sorry, but I'm all done here. You've wasted enough of my time. At one time Portland Music Co. was the best in the city. Those days are gone. It's better to buy music online nowadays anyway. The prices are often marked down by 20% or more if you get in on a holiday sale or something.

Great Violin Teacher. Vicky is great with children. I take lessons with my daughter, and Vicky…read morehelps relate to both of us. My daughter went from the back of the section to second chair in the school orchestra after a few months of lessons with Vicky. If you are just starting or want to get better I would recommend her.

My child attends this school, she also gets bored easily, she has Olly as her music teacher, and…read moreshe is so wonderful always coming up with ways not only for my child to thrive, but to really bring out her individual creative side. I recommend this school to anyone who wants there kid to thrive in an amazing environment!

Hello, I started playing the Violin in the 4th. grade at Gilham Elementary school in Eugene,…read moreOre.Later, I moved to Salem, Ore. I got in a fairly severe auto accident 4 months later. Forcing me to relearn everything. At first, I had to string my Violin/Fiddle backwards and played it that way. The Orchestra teacher at Sprague high was so jealous that I had successfully done this he told me "You are not good enough for my Orchestra." So, I did not play in High school. However, I had a surgery usually only done on Parkensens Patients where, there is a lesion in my brain so, yep, now I can and do play the correct way again. I originally learned in Eugene, Ore. the Suzuki method so, I won't be near as difficult to teach. Just please let me know about how much it may cost and any other info you may feel I need to know. Thank-you very much!!!!

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.