Ali and Warren, a husband and wife musical team, lead these amazing and inspiring music classes. It…read moreis by far one of the best things I have done for my son and we have been coming for over a year now. My son looks forward to these incredible group sessions and is absolutely in love with music all because of Mini Music. He is 16 months old and he dances and already tries to sing along. He looks at Ali and Warren like they are celebrities and is absolutely enthralled with them. They are sincerely the nicest people in the world and they make this experience for the children (and parents) so incredible. Cannot recommend them enough!!!!!

Mini music was such a huge part of our lives when my son was a toddler up until he outgrew the…read moreclass. Ali and Warren are awesome musicians and people! They created a warm, safe, loving environment for children and parents alike. I remember my son would run to them after every class and give them the biggest hugs. Their music is fun and rockin and listening to the CD's in the car (on repeat) was actually fun for the whole family.....we still sing some of the songs years later! I believe this early exposure to music is part of why Reed, now almost 8 years old, is studying the guitar and in choir at school. Such a wonderful foundation and a place to build community with like minded mamas and papas. I highly recommend for anyone with a young child or infant!

My son is 14 and has been taking piano lessons since he was 5. He was really starting to loose…read moreinterest two years ago and wanted to quit. I switched him to Spencer at Great Burrow Studio and within one lesson he was loving piano. He plays for an hour or more a day and just loves it. He also did Rock Band Camp and loved that too. He wrote this about the studio: This is a great place to take music lessons as Spencer Burrows is the best music teacher I have ever met. He taught my entire band to play very well together in the space of a week. The acoustics are very good and he is just generally awesome.

My child received lessons at Speed of Sound for a year or two. The owner is a great guy, very…read morefriendly and keenly interested in teaching music to the community (also plays at some of the local schools...). The piano teacher we were paired up with was great, my child loved the weekly lessons and the relationship established throughout the course of our patronage of Speed of Sound. We were, unfortunately, quite disappointed with the logistical side of the business. We repeatedly had lessons canceled or changed with as little as an hour or two notice. There were even a number of occasions where we arrived for a lesson to find that our teacher was not available, no replacement had been organized, and as a result the front desk attendant (a student at high school) would sit in on the "lesson" for which we still had to pay full price. We also received a number of emails from the owner notifying us that we were behind on our bills, when in fact the owner hadn't sent us a bill for multiple months (I have never been late on a bill in my life and have an 840 credit score). Towards the end of our time at Speed of Sound, the school transitioned to a timeslot-based system where students would receive a weekly timeslot rather than dedicated teacher. While this system may be helpful with logistical challenges for Speed of Sound, it resulted in a real lack of continuity for my child and many of the lessons were spent familiarizing with new, random teachers and revisiting material that had already been taught. The school also instituted a policy whereby clients were not able to cancel or change lessons due to scheduling conflicts; I can understand this for group lessons, but when you're paying $70 an hour for a private lesson the lack of flexibility and randomized teacher assignment proved too much for us... We ultimately decided to enlist a private teacher outside of Speed of Sound. and have been very happy with the choice.

Excellent experience with the owner. I think the negative reviews are because he is super busy, but…read moreseems to be hiring staff to help.

Lindy has taught my teenage son electric guitar for the last year. We love her! She is a…read moreresponsive, encouraging, understanding, and upbeat instructor. My son has enjoyed the diversity of her teaching, as she mixes learning new songs with practicing fundamentals. She did a great job adapting her teaching style to Zoom due to sheltering-in-place, and my son didn't miss a beat (no pun intended!). She is always on time to commence the lesson, is an excellent communicator, and well prepared. If you have been thinking about lessons for yourself or your child, now is the perfect time to do so from the comfort of your own home. I highly recommend Lindy!

Lindy is a bright and talented musician who had the patience and skill to take time with new…read morelearners. She was very knowledgeable about guitar and gave me great advice about finger positioning and even tips like cutting my nails shorter to get some better pressure on the strings. I'm looking forward to more lessons with her!

Widely known as one of if not THE best place to get QUALITY stringed instruments in sonoma. Dont…read morecheap out on a cheap instrument online or somewhere else, when you can come here and do a plan/buy lasting product.

The entire staff at Loveland Violin Shop are great. Over a number of years I've purchased bows and…read moreinstruments, had my violin repaired, had a nice viola bow rehaired, and purchased a lot of good quality bow rosin. All were good transactions! I've also learned a lot about violins and bows from Mick Loveland himself.

Robert is an excellent teacher. After two years of online lessons I was stagnant in my progress and…read moremy playing ability doubled in two months of lessons. He plays several styles of music on acoustic, electric and bass guitar. At $50/week lessons are a great value!

Robert is an awesome guitar teacher!. His lessons are exceptional and are the best lessons I have…read morehad, I making much more progress with his approach than I had with previous lessons.. I have learned guitar practice techniques that are really helping. He has an effective approach teaching the most important guitar theory concepts In addition he provides lesson notes. Robert is an extremely skilled and knowledgeable guitarist and is an exceptional teacher. I give him my highest recommendation!

Matt is an awesome drum teacher. I've had so much fun learning with him. He's patient (even with a…read moreslow learner like me:)), makes lessons fun and entertaining, and I've progressed so much and gained a lot of confidence - thanks to Matt. Definitely recommend him 200%!

I've been a fan of the guitar since a childhood so long passed I can scarcely remember it. The…read morefirst Guitar Player magazine I ever purchased read "Who is Eric Johnson and why is he on our cover?" because Ah Via Musicom had not even come out yet. Thousands of players and trillions of notes later I thought I had seen just about everything that there in this wide-necked world but I've never seen anything like Nate Lopez. We're going to have to break him down into pieces to even make sense of what's going on here: MUSICIAN You can tell that his roots are diverse and deep. The smell of smokey blues wafts from a towering house of jazz, and the backbeat of the funk can damage weak spines, but the ingredient that you can't quite identify is the time he spent studying at the Ali Akbar College of Music. Respect, dedication, knowledge, discipline. A musician's musician. I have seen him play with well-rehearsed ensembles and spur of the moment assemblages of one to eight other musicians with little more than a four count to get ready for an impromptu performance. He breathes through the instrument the way most people speak their native language. I've seen him do originals, pop tunes, classics, and covers that he has remade into something new altogether. (See "8 String Wizard" below). I've watched him get a room dancing and I've seen him melt into the background of a small event, completely out of consciousness. He has a gift for understanding the space, the role of the music, and reading the reaction of the audience. That's a special talent. 8 STRING WIZARD He has reportedly courted the drums, horns, and piano, but the stringed instruments own his heart. He loaned his upright bass to his mom, who gigs out with it often, but still plays the carbon fiber steel string he inherited from a beloved mentor with verve when he needs an instrument capable of standing up to inclement weather when he's playing an outdoor gig. He plays banjo, ukulele, banjolele, bass, guitar, an Indian slide guitar with sympathetic strings that I've never seen, and all varieties of bass and guitar, fretted and fretless. All this would be enough to merit applause but it is the 8 string guitar that sets him apart from anyone else I have ever witnessed. His earliest professional work reportedly was as a bassist. That role in the music suited him, but he found the range of the instrument limiting. His explorations on the six string opened up new vistas, but the loss of the bass clef was an acute injury. Like Jaco, Les, Eddie, and other innovators before him, he experimented with instruments that he modified himself, always tinkering, always trying, always searching. Then the hybrid guitar landed on him and everything changed. EAD bass strings over ADGBE guitar strings on the same neck give him sonic opportunities completely beyond possibility before. He virtually never plays with a pick, always finger style, so the hybrid guitar allows him to play both bass and guitar on one neck. The casual observer may or may not notice that there's just more music coming from the guitar player and drummer than can be explaned, but the musicians stop everything to stare in disbelief. TEACHER It can be very intimidating to approach someone so advanced. No one is born expert. Some are more talented than others, but everyone that's any good has years of dedicated study and practice behind them. I have seen, and have been, one of many who have come to Nate for guidance or lessons, in addition to all the pros who come to play with him as a peer, and I have never caught a whisper of the attitude that typically comes with this level of expertise. He delights in the achievement of everyone he plays with, on guitar, on other instruments, the most serious professional, and the kid who doesn't even know which way the neck goes yet. He just gets a quick read on where you are and what you want to achieve and he illuminates the path. That's something I've never heard of in any of the other greats before. Who am I? His most jealous fan. Thanks for the music and the lessons and the kindness, Nate. You make us all better players.

Walked into Heritage Public House about six months ago and discovered Nate and his 8 string guitar…read more So good! I have since caught him at a few venues across Santa Rosa and can highly recommend him.