Tim's OC conveniently provides piano, vocal, and strings lessons, instrument repairs and parts replacements, has a large selection of books for students. The owner, Tim, is a great guy. He will give you honest, practical advice for lessons and is available for repairs via appointment. Did your guitar string snap? They have phosphorus bronze strings, too. Whether you need a soft gauge string or are need more responsiveness strings, you can buy them individually. They even sell entire guitars! Or the kids can take home a starter ukulele in glittery blue or pink. The floors got a major upgrade and match warmly with the new blue walls! The have a waiting room for the kids providing siblings with chapter books, coloring pages, or pop-its. The kids love this spot! Finally the practice rooms look lovely and held a major upgrade too. It's an encouraging environment for the students to walk into, with great posters on the wall of : Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and more. Stop on buy for your music needs :) read more

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Great place for private music lessons!!! Lessons include piano, voice, violin, cello, drums, and occasionally wind instruments. Teachers are all very nice and really know their stuff. Teachers are certified, and/or have music degrees! Flexible scheduling for lessons with make ups, rescheduling, and summer breaks. Tuition is month to month with no contracts.. which is perfect!! There are recitals too!! Teachers work one on one with each student and caters each lesson towards the student and their learning. In the front there is also a store where you can rent instruments for the school year, buy music books, strings, and a lot of other musical needs :) I would definitely recommend Tim's OC Music!! Has a family vibe & it's in a good location!!! read more

My 9 year old daughter has been taking voice & piano lessons from Ms.Giovanna and she loves going to her lessons! Ms. Giovanna is so sweet and my daughter loves her. I highly recommend! read more

Both my daughter and son take guitar lessons with Karen, and she's absolutely amazing! She keeps things fun and low-pressure, so they're actually excited to learn. They've picked up so much and really love it. Can't recommend her enough! read more

Great owner with lots of superb music selection. Smells great too. Could work on the green walls.

I signed up for my 1st guitar lesson early on a Saturday morning but the instructor never showed up. I called and texted repeatedly that morning as I stood and waited outside the door, but no response. I received a voicemail message late afternoon on the following Monday with a typical excuse - teacher had car trouble. Waste of time to drive back and forth for no reason. read more

I've had a great experience working with Giovanna as a voice and piano teacher. She was incredibly helpful in improving my vocal range and confidence with the piano. I found the practice rooms to be a lovely learning environment. read more

Planning to rent an instrument for school? I suggest you DO NOT go to Tim's!!! If you're not sure if your child will stick with it, the school district has instruments available. They are as good, or even BETTER than what you will get from Tim. (At least as far as my son and daughter's violins are concerned). You're thinking his rent-to-own program may be beneficial? He will value the instrument to which your rental fees will apply at list price and only provide you with a USED instrument. In the case of my son's violin, it was pretty beat up. Functional, but aesthetically very poor. And the case had a broken hinge. I've attached some photos. This is how it came. My kids know how to handle their instruments. Also, if you start with an instrument below full size, your child WILL OUTGROW the instrument. He will not just switch out to a larger size, like you'd expect. He wanted $490 EXTRA in the last month of the full contract length to switch out my daughter's 1/2 size to a USED full size violin. The violin model he provides can be purchased NEW for that amount or less when on sale or you ask for a deal (online or at JIM's Music in Tustin, who by the way also has lower rental fees!). I will get her a better and new one and donate her old one. I had been trying to get her the larger size for several months, but he did not have any available and asked to check again later. Never did he mention that he would charge EXTRA for the swap out until he finally had some available. I would have cancelled the contract way earlier. Early on I made the mistake of returning the instrument each summer. This breaks the contract and you start from scratch. He claims to notify people of that, but must have forgotten in my case. Several times. So with that, over the years I spent over $3,000 in rental fees for my children, and even knowing this he still has the gall to charge $490 for the proper size my daughter needs. In summary, big time buyer's remorse on my part here. Especially with a seller who just keeps pointing at what's written in his contracts instead of trying to make something right for a customer. If you do decide to rent from Tim's, take someone who knows the category of instrument you are renting, and do not accept any instrument that does not live up to your expectations. I only know my way around guitars and simply assumed that the instrument and agreement would be fair. read more

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For the past year I've taken private voice lessons with Giovanna at Tim's oc music, and I would leave 6 stars if I could! From day one, Giovanna's taken an individualized approach and helped me find my personal style instead of trying to genericize my sound, sifting through each note with me, fine-tuning and identifying where my voice needs strengthening. She's been absolutely fantastic and has unlimited knowledge, equipping me with the vocal techniques to reach my goals. Every week I got personalized notes and exercises, and even learned to read chords and accompany myself on the piano. As someone who's taken music classes with a wide variety of teachers, I can say this is hard to come by, and I would highly recommend classes to anyone wanting to grow in music! read more

May be ok for classes, but I don't recommend them for renting instruments unless it's a short term rental. Anything longer term (including 'rent-to-own') you're better off just buying a new instrument. If your kid(s) decide not to continue, even after a year, you can sell your instrument and come out even or better than paying the fees here. Most instruments are used and you're getting charged as if they were new. read more

I agree 100 percent with the latest reviews about rentals...he did not explain the contract at all and rushed me to sign it and then filled out the rest which included commitement to "8" months which he never informed me about. I had no idea that I couldn't return the instrument sooner. I thought it was month to month. Also, he charged me for cleaning kit, reeds, "starter fee" and all these other things...I walked out with a 115$ dollar bill to rent a clarinet when I thought it would be 25$ per month!!! I don't even know what he charged me for!!! Ridiculous! He needs to be more honest and upfront about what the rental contract is and what I was purchasing. Terrible experience!! I even told my school how horrible the experience was because the PTA handed out the flyer referring to him. read more

He's too busy to give patient, thorough service. Signing the contract he waved my questions aside and said he'd fill it out. I have no idea what I signed. It's too rushed. There are always people behind you pressuring you. Sometimes he isn't there or cuts you short to go in the back. read more

We had a trial lesson here. My son loved Brenda as a piano teacher. We tried to schedule for piano lesson, but the guy who was answering the phone ignored me several time. One time he hung up on me, and one time he put me on hold for 15 min and he didn't answer the phone. read more

Teachers are sweet, and really know their stuff! Great place to take lessons, no matter your age. My granddaughter studies guitar and voice. I'm very pleased with her progress and the oh so kind, knowledgeable, patient staff. Nice selection of books, strings, instruments. Rock on : ) read more

Great music store. Friendly and helpful staff. Great small business that does music lessons and more.

A great place for instrument rentals, lessons and supplies. And great customer service. I bought a $10 pack of guitar strings and Tim, the owner, changed my strings and tuned my guitar while I waited for free. My daughter rented to own her clarinet from OC Music and her choir director said it was the best brand available and her sound was tops. Thanks, OC Music! read more

We have been renting an instrument and taking private lessons for a few years now. Great customer service and excellent teachers. My kids have become very proficient in music and are excelling. read more

I found this place by accident while driving by. It just opened up and it's really cool. They have all brand new rental interments and a beautiful inventory of music. The guy who runs it is knowledgable about the local school music programs and The prices are great. They can also hook you up with music teachers and have several well equipped practice studios. read more

My wife and kids are taking guitar lessons here. It has been going well, they seen to be picking it up. I would recommend TIm's OC music to anyone looking for Guitar lessons. I also purchased a pretty nice guitar from them, as well. read more

Great music store. My son has lessons with Stephanie on piano and she is good. The store and music rooms are very clean and they are very professional. Highly recommend. read more

My daughter took voice lessons here for over a year and had a great experience. Elysia is an excellent vocal coach, very kind and good to work with. Nice little store that supports the kids and schools with band and orchestra rentals and sales. Tim knows his stuff as well! read more

I really appreciated the free trial lesson and the flexibility of the owner with our schedule. My son is really enjoying the saxophone teacher. He is excited about attending each week. So glad we found OC Music. read more

So nice not to have to drive 10 miles for some guitar strings. Not a big store. Mostly lessons some instruments but strings, picks and accessories at good prices close to home! Nice people too! read more

Great place to take your lessons. Violin Teacher, Sarah, is super sweet, caring and everything you would want in a teacher for your child! It's going on for 2 yrs and this place is great. Tim, the owner is great asset to the community and most of all to the school! He helped us tune the violin and gave us really great info. read more

This place rocks! I needed new guitar strings and the owner put the one I needed on and taught me how to do it for free. So helpful and nice of him. Excellent customer service!! read more