I have been taking piano lessons with Amber for about 2 months now and I really enjoy it. Amber is very kind, informative and so helpful. It’s easy to learn from her and I am progressing nicely. I highly suggest taking lessons with. She also does voice lessons and instruments within a band and orchestra, plus drums!!
My son has been taking violin lessons with amber for a while now. He has learned so much and truly enjoys her as a teacher. She’s sweet, patient, and works with you and your schedule!
I had been singing as a backup for 3 years when I decided I wanted to sing as lead do I found Amber on the internet and started with lessons about 18 months ago . Well at first I knew I needed a lot of work to do this . I have now been singing 5 songs a week for the past 6 months in front of a large crowd . Amber has been great at finding my range so I could sing in key more often . I would recommend Amber to anyone .
4. Rocketstar records
Address: 2243 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34239 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
Anthony was SO helpful and knowledgeable. The selection was out of this world, by far the most records in Sarasota. Also gave us a great deal on all of our records. Will definitely be back, and highly recommend.
The owner was super nice and he gave me many free records to add to my collection!! Great store. highly recommend
I hesitate to let the cat out of the bag, but these guys really are good. The inventory is phenomenal and the prices are great for both collectors and enthusiasts. They have a very high bar for the quality of records that they sell, so you can feel good about what you’ll walk home with. Most of all, it’s great to see the passion and knowledge that the owner/operators bring to the table. I definitely plan on becoming a regular.
Owner is super nice! Prices aren’t bad, and he even gave me a few free records just because!
Cool guy nice selection good price too
Owner was friendly and knowledgeable but disorganized. Special records were among “regular” ones, which can only be discovered when you go to check out. Many items are not for sale, but only in a conversation or attempt to purchase will you discover such. A gem in the rough, needs some polish.
Demasiado caro en todo
Please don’t be misled by the other reviews here – this place wants nothing more than to be a great record store, but the owner is making this place a very stressful experience and scaring away customers, as he did with me. A simple negotiation of one dollar in order to give exact change turned into a condescending nightmare of a conversation, with the owner backpedaling on the pricetags he marked on the records and trying to charge me more. When he finally finished berating the other staffer and me, I gave up and said no thank you, only to have him yell at me and follow me out into the street continuing to yell. Please don’t patron this place until the owner learns to be respectful to others.
Walked in and was immediately hit with the smell of cat urine. If its litterbox didn’t seem to be located within the shopping area, the cat would be endearing. Extremely untidy. Had to move some kind of instrument in its cover to look at some selections. Pricing was much more than expected for records that didn’t seem to have any special quality to them. Overall, very unimpressed
Marcus seriously knows what he is doing! He is very professional, level headed and really talented! He has the production ears with a musicians touch that you cannot find anywhere else. Marcus rocks! No matter what you need the quality he puts out is above and beyond others never disappointing! I have been to other recording studios around and was not fully happy with the end product. I will continue to come back here for now on in the future! If you want pure professional quality go see Marcus at his studio, H&M Productions!!!
Best sound engineer ever. Marcus is expert at his craft. He is very grounded and because of this makes performance less stressful. The final products have been flawless. Because he is an artist, he understands attention to detail, and it is easy to connect with him. I recommend this pro with five stars!
Great service, response was timely, and pricing was very fair. Would recommend and will use again.
Ted has worked on 4 of my acoustic and electric guitars. He is very skilled and knowledgeable and a great communicator. He has helped me resolve a problem with a guitar I bought online. His prices are very reasonable and he is great to deal with. I am very glad to have Ted taking care of my guitars. I always learn things when I talk with him!
Tried to find someone to repair my Precision bass neck. Tried numerous luthiers in the sarasota bradenton area. Luckily, Ted was the first one to answer the phone! He did a great job on the neck and for a fair price. Would recommend him highly,
9. Sarasota Gold
Address: 2936 Webber Pl, Sarasota, FL 34232 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
I had an excellent experience buying a pre owned phone at this store. The staff was helpful and helped me get a great phone for a awesome price! Will definitely do business there again and would highly recommend .
So, I’ve bought and sold at this store a few times and this is by far the best I’ve been to. Kelly was outstanding and very nice and really genuinely a sweetheart and more than willing to negotiate. Go here first before you go anywhere.
Selling at retail & trying to convince me it’s cheap lol, not much more need be said.
I will never go back to this place, had a little trouble doing finger prints and the manager there was very rude to me, I have been in customer service for over 20 years and he has got to be rudest.
Worst place on earth. They want to buy everything at near nothing, and selling close to retail.
I sold my Gaming system, PS4 Pro, 1 TB SSD, with the VR system extra controllers, aim controller, and about 15 games. They only gave me 325$ for this, and I get home and realize this is a SELL TICKET not a pawn ticket, so now I can’t get it out of the pawn shop and they did not pay me for the VR system.. $80 for 2 move controllers, does not constitute a VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM. I was lied to and cheated from this store, they undervalued what I had and took advantage of my need for an emergency dentist appointment. I would not recommend EVER visiting these con artists.
VIRTUAL LESSONS! I was skeptical at first but one day my son had an “exposure” so he couldn’t come in. Teacher and Staff were nice enough to offer a VIRTUAL LESSON that day. Not only did my son not miss his lesson but I was amazed by how much they were able to accomplish. He never missed a beat, haha pun intended. Easily the best musical school in town.
Good spot – lot of options -a safe and kind play for kids to grow and learn.
Great facility
Music compound is a terrific, encouraging, family friendly music school! My daughter and I both really enjoy it. If you’re considering music lessons, definitely give music compound a try!
I love the concept of this place, but the music classes with Bobbie Morgan are the worst. So dull and boring, she is like the soup nazi of music class. Also too many up sells forcing you to buy her books. Please hire someone who actually enjoys sharing music.
16. Bayfront Piano
Address: 7606 S Tamiami Trail Unit #103, Sarasota, FL 34231 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
I took a trip to Bayfront Music to purchase a Digital piano and was very pleased with the store owners politeness and customer service as well as with the piano I purchased. Overall I am very pleased with Bayfront Music.
Great experience. Anthony and his helper were great. Excellent communication and extreme care with handling our piano. Also, the cost was half what anyone else quoted me. Highly recommend. Thanks!
Anthony and John did a wonderful job moving my piano!! Cautious, courteous and thorough. I would high recommend Bayfront Piano.
Very nice store with great pianos and friendly staff. That being said when the store has a piano competition and the one and only single judge chooses the 2 winners who messed up on multiple occasions, played before the competition (not allowed per store) and actually started their pieces over 2 students who played flawlessly, something really stinks. It’s a shame, it could have been a great event.
17. Salty Dog Records Sarasota
Address: 2178 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota, FL 34231 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
Wonderful little record shop – great selection, fair prices, friendly staff. Had a great time browsing and talking music with Josh – was visiting Sarasota and will def. be back when in town. And turns out pink IS my color. Thanks Salty Dog!
Great deals, friendly staff
Small store but had a decent selection.
A pleasant record store, friendly staff 🙂
Great place
This guy is a con man don’t waste your time or hard earned money
A little small and not one thing I wanted or was looking to find. Wall to wall Beatles and Taylor Swift, not much in the vein of Prog Rock.
18. Our Version Podcast
Address: 5281 Levi Ln, Sarasota, FL 34233 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
As a parent, it’s reassuring to see my child’s passion for music nurtured at TR Music and Voice Lessons. The teachers not only teach the technical aspects but also foster creativity and self-expression in their students.
We ended up only going through with lessons for the littlest nephew because the older one’s schedule is just too packed. And, it’s been about two months of lessons now and I have to bump up my previous review by a star. This place is EXACTLY what we wanted for him: he loves coming here, loves the guitar we bought here, and loves his teachers (Emil and Georgene). Emil is his main teacher for guitar and piano but whenever teachers have scheduling conflicts, others easily substitute in and out. Fantastic set-up!
Wonderful teachers and programs. My kids love it. Better than the program through their school. Truly foster their music growth.
20. Bee Ridge Lighting
Address: 3909 Bee Ridge Rd, Sarasota, FL 34233 , Bee Ridge , Florida , United States
Great selection and service. Lots of high end choices.
Another excellent job by Barnard Brothers.
Helpful staff but back orders take too long
Got everything we needed and were greeted immediately as soon as we walked in
Good selection, pricy..
Disappointing experience.
Bee Ridge Lighting & Barnard Bro’s Electric.
So you are (supposedly) getting experts in 2 realms.
A simple kitchen light was initial priority along with other ceiling lights which were installed satisfactorily.
This kitchen light was always the key objective, and for which we were told Bee Ridge didn’t have a replacement? Until we found the perfect replacement on their own website. They brought it to our location. It was a perfect fit. The fellow wasn’t feeling well though and simply said “no, I’m not going to try”…This despite previously seeing it twice, having the dimensions, planning for it for over a month.
We had a handyman fix it for a fraction of the cost of having this dual expert resource at our disposal and the replacement in hand. It was on their agenda but he said “no”. Pics of what needed fixing, their own fixture, and the fixture the handyman put up attached.
Their website says Bee Ridge is the best. Reads “best in class”. Says there is “no issue they can’t handle, they can do it all”. Expert lighting or electrical relative to lighting and this is merely a kitchen light replacement we are talking about? Certainly, Bee Ridge lighting/Barnard Electric has solved more complex challenging problems than replacing a kitchen light. I mean, they didn’t even try?
Worse still. They also sawed holes in the ceiling instead of using the attic and the existing light switch hole to run new ceiling lights in our bedrooms. Our handyman reported it was just a case of being lazy and easier to un-necessarily cut two holes in the ceiling instead of threading the wires, with their tools to do install. Of course that meant new sheet rock repair and a new paint job on ceiling.
Expert electric, expert lighting and they left 2 big holes w/old sheet rock taped up instead of doing the job thoroughly along w/not even trying to fix the kitchen light.
We also had a substantial clean up after they cleaned up as they used no dri-vac, or drop cloths when sawing. There was sheet rock dust everywhere including curtains, bedding, and rugs. Said they only needed drop cloths in certain locations. There were two guys so it would have been easy for one to hold the dri-vac up when sawing.
Disappointing as we hoped for expert work. When I reported this to them they claimed failure was due to poor communication.
They are a top dollar outfit though.
My wife and I walked in with every intention on buying my dream light but we were never greeted nor seen I gather they had their blinders on. It’s ok another lighting place received our money instead!
I went to Bee Ridge Lighting the other day. Fully intending to purchase a chandelier and two pendant lights for my new home. There were two people working when I went in. The man was with another client. There was a woman sitting at the front desk. She ignored me. Never said hello or asked if I had questions. She may not have been in sales. I understand that. I walked by her several times and was totally ignored. After 20 minutes or so, I left. Won’t be back.
