Great lesson, great communication. I’m excited to continue working with him.
i have had several instructors over the years only to become so frustrated knowing that i have it in me to play a musical instrument. i have been ready to just throw the towel in and then i was referred to mr. thom morris and my music life has flourished immensely he was not only patient, but absolutley caring about personal goals. thank you mr. morris for giving me my life at its fullest!!!
Mr Thom has been extremely attentive to my goals and music selection in learning guitar; he often contacts me with a text to recap what I should work on during the week before we meet again. He is a good teacher and an excellent guitarist! I would highly recommend Guitar Made Easy with Mr Thom if you are interested in learning guitar.
If you want to have your child dissapointed after being surprised with a guitar lesson only to get to his location- he is a No Show!!
How do you ever redeem your self after a dissapointing 1st lesson..No Lesson.
We even asked how do we confirm…he said just show up.we did.
I would not entrust my child to someone who can’t communicate and does not care if they dissapoint the kids.
Im just hoping the next “professional” i try is really a professional!
From a public school music teacher standpoint, Cadence is super easy to contact if I ever have questions, need repairs, and/or music. As a professional musician, Cadence has supplies I need quickly (and don’t have time to wait for shipping schedules) for reasonable prices. Their staff is very knowledgeable about all types of instruments/music, and are willing to go the extra mile to help their customers. I would recommend any musician of any level make Cadence their first stop for their music-related needs!
After considerable research to locate and then discuss my needs with a competent repair facility, I left my Elkhart Conn 88H trombone with Todd at Cadence in North Ft Myers FL. There were hand slide issues that were largely masked to me due to built up tension in the end crook and inner and outer slide parallelism. There was also a small dent that was mirrored in inner and outer slides that required lots of burnishing. Additionally the rotary valve was removed, realigned etc and main screw replaced that was hanging by a thread. Slide and rotary valve then ultrasonically cleaned. Huge improvement now in how the horn responds and sounds.
I am a retired HS Band Director and play professionally through SW FL. This horn is a main workhorse for many venues. Todd put much time into my complicated repair and refurb. I would recommend Cadence Music services to any colleague.
Best
John Cooley
Sarasota FL.
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I just had a great text interaction with Cadence music. They were able to answer all my questions and more quickly and easily via text. It was great to be able to interact with a real human, let alone a specialist who knows what they’re talking about. Great customer service!
They had what we were looking for and easy parking. I found the customer service average; clerks on duty seemed less than motivated to help.
I will say they have made an extrodianary effort to correct the issues we had. They have a fair rent to own program. The only reason I am rating 4 stars is because it did take some time. Overall make sure you are very clear what you want and what you will get
I broke a clarinet and without a problem the next day Cadence Music picked it up and fixed it very fast about 4 days and while it was being fixed I got a loner…GREAT EXPERIENCE
The owner is extremely rude and the employees are incompetent. I usually go to Mostly Music in North Fort Myers because the owner is nicer and knowledgeable about all instruments. he is not just out to make a quick buck by ripping off students. I am going to try First note in the Cape next because I heard, from a music teacher, they are less expensive and more honest than Cadence.
Be Very careful with this company. They charged me for a Rental on a snare drum that i never saw or even asked for. They said they delivered the drum to a Middle school for my son and the school knew nothing about a drum. Cadence then sent me to collections for $800.00, I found out about the drum from the collection company. FRAUD
I had my oboe fixed there about a month ago and when I got it back it was still broken and it cost $150 originally for them to do nothing to it, but on the bright side they polished the keys so then it made it look like they actually fixed my instrument
5. Strummer Modern
Address: 14621 6 Mile Cypress Pkwy #2, Fort Myers, FL 33912 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
Met Tom and took my first lesson today. Great guy and patient and knowledge teacher. Unfortunately he is located too far for me to continue taking lessons with him. My loss.
Our seven year old daughter has been taking lessons with Mr.Thomas Marcellis since 2020, and we have been incredibly pleased. He is professional, patient, musically gifted, and above all a great teacher. He makes her want to learn more! She enjoys coming weekly, and has established confidence in herself that will only continue to grow as her knowledge base increases. We are very grateful for the opportunity to have her learn from Mr.Thom, and would highly recommend Guitar Studio to everyone.
Tom is an awesome guy with nothing but passion for what he does. He can play such a wide variety of songs from Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead to juju on the beat (yeah I’m not kidding he will teach anybody any song) He is super kind and has a great personality. Going to any other place to learn the gift of playing an instrument would be a mistake. Great guy, Great studio, Amazing soul. 10/10 recommend
Both my boys ages 12 and 6 take lessons with Ms.Irene. If you want professional piano/voice training, this is the place to go. They had been to other local music academy’s and this is the only instructor that has given them long lasting quality training. I highly recommend this academy.
When I first came to Miss Irene, I had no prior piano experience. Within a year, I was able to play proper piano scales and perform a full classical piece from memory.
Miss Irene cares tremendously about each of her students and she trains all of her students to be able to play as professional pianists. She is so amazing and I truly feel blessed to have her as my teacher.
Irene is wonderful, my daughter has been studying piano with Irene for four years. Irene challenges Kirsten and she plays the piano beautifully. Highly recommend Irene.
9. Steve Farst Live Acoustic Entertainment
Address: 14053 Northumberland Dr SW, Fort Myers, FL 33908 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
Just had the pleasure of hearing Steve and a group of Fort Myers musicians including his friend Heather Brooks and too many others to name at YABO Restaurant. We were eavesdropping on Heather & Derek’s engagement celebration thanks to Heather’s generosity.
Okay, we are tourists but we are from the Toronto Canada area and know great music when we hear it – so besides our Fort Myers buddy Danny Sinoff – we can’t think of another place to hang out and listen to great music. Steve will be back Friday so if you are in the area do yourself a favor and head over to YABO!
Always a pleasure to hear him play. Highly recommend having him play at your next event or gathering.
Such a pleasure to listen to…always…
10. Mr Music, Inc.
Address: 12951 Metro Pkwy #3, Fort Myers, FL 33966 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
Great place, very friendly owners who will help you with every musical instrument need you might have. Also Mr.Music is one of the best places for music lessons Carl the guitar teacher is one best around definitely highly recommended.
Wonderful music store – wonderful people – kind – they really know what they’re doing. Go to Mr. Music if you need instruments or music lessons. You will be treated well.
Came to Ft Myers for an 8 day vacation – My brother has lived in Lee County for 30+ yrs & I have a winter home in Cape Coral. I Researched online for a local music store that would rent an acoustic guitar. (( I just started learning to play the guitar a year ago at age 58 and I thought it’d be nice to do some practicing while in Fla.)) All indications were that Mr Music was the place to go. My brother was going to rent it as web site states they only rent to Lee County residents. They (Mr Music) seemed unprepared for someone coming in off the street wanting to rent an acoustic guitar. The young man that was on duty at the store was Very Nice and I felt bad for him after he got on the phone with someone who told him that I would have to come back several hours later that afternoon (I had plans and late afternoon traffic in Lee County is crazy ) or I could come back 2 days later. I could tell he was embarrassed and as said earlier I felt bad for him. Needless to say, I left w\out a rental guitar. Wm. Griffin \ Lexington Ky.
Plenty of parking , decent customer service, good selections of instruments , prices not that good, sales rep tried to push sales instead of suggestions.
Nice Place but very pricey… A lot of things you can get on Amazon for way cheaper.
Made a HUGE mistake purchasing a digital piano from Mr Music, Inc – Fort Myers. I wanted to support a small local business and I did something I don’t usually do and purchased it without looking the product up online. I figured I would be paying a little more by not buying from a big box store but turns out I paid over DOUBLE!! And the owner is very firm on the no return policy. Do NOT make the same mistake I did. I take responsibility for my lack of research but am disappointed that this small business is ripping people off so bad.
Can’t give zero stars. If you feel like you need to form your own opinion that’s fine. But I can promise you that I never write bad reviews. Take it or leave it.
Carl says he’s “reactionary” teacher (no lesson plans). Be prepared to tell the teacher what you need to learn??? 6 lessons and what I learned is how good Carl can play guitar and that it’s a really difficult instrument to learn. What a POS! Dave (the owner) is okay.
11. Tech-Tronics
Address: 4224 Fowler St, Fort Myers, FL 33901 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
In the industry we know Alex is the best. I don’t do stage shows but he’s got everything and he still can accommodate my silly radio show needs. Guitar Center is a hundred yards away don’t do that stop to see Alex first
They were great to work with. Very professional.
These guys provided full sound, stage and lighting for an event this past weekend and the whole team was phenomenal. They were a pleasure to work with, and all the equipment was perfect! Kudos to David for giving 100%! I would totally recommend this to anyone.
Very good services
This business it’s been here for years. It’s a good option if you need some party equipment rental.
So far so good
12. TR Music & Voice Lessons
Address: 8991 Crown Bridge Way, Fort Myers, FL 33908 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
TR Music has provided me with a safe and supportive environment to explore my passion for music. The teachers genuinely care about their students’ growth and tailor each lesson to suit individual needs.
I’m 54, I’ve lived a very colorful life, at times, it has served me well and other times, it’s been filled with failure and loss. However, those are all the end product of decisions I’ve made on my own; so I’ve learned to accept the good with the bad and always try to take the positive out of all my experiences.
Jeff’s a highly skilled professional musician, with a deep and comprehensive understanding of music construction, composition and guitar theory. More than appreciation, Jeff exudes a reverence for his craft witnesses in his work. Add that he’s amazing family man, while giving back to the community daily. I’ve been a student of Jeff’s for about 1 1/2 years now. I was introduced to him by my cousin – a student and friend for nearly 30 years.
Taylor Robinson is a marketing company. That’s it. They’re not local. They pay their teachers 40% of what they charge the customer. Teacher does all the work and driving and TR keeps more than half the money for making a website and stealing business away from local musicians and stores.
13. Rick Gerstein
Address: 9870 Owlclover St, Fort Myers, FL 33919 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
Always getting the best product suggestions from Henoch, he is a great employee!!
Good selection of new and used
Every one is helpful good vibe.. kinda weird layout now
I love Guitar Center. I go there sometimes on my lunch break just to look at the wall of guitars. Everyone there is cool and helpful. I’ve purchased a guitar and mandolin from this store on separate occasions and both were great experiences.
I bought a 5 string bass and bass amplifier speaker combo .
Good customer service. There is a large selection of guitars and accessories, as well as percussion and keyboards. The store was rather loud, with many people playing random instruments throughout. We were hoping for a selection of violins but there weren’t any when we were there.
Sales person didn’t seem interested. Told me to look around then never came back.
What’s the point of selling guitars if most of them are locked and the employees won’t contact the manager for the key? Not helpful at all.
guitar tech was very quick to tell me to take my guitar somewhere else when all i wanted was some help with action, withing 2 mins of his time he suggested i take it somewhere else 2 times, what a joke of a place
Love taking lessons here. I take voice & piano with Ms Diane. Any of the instructors I have encountered here are so nice and talented. They let you direct the pace you are comfortable with. They teach all ages and experience levels.
My child attends the fort myers school of music program that is housed at Jay and Kay’s. She loves the lessons! The studio is nice. There’s a lot of inventory of pianos and I see that they are always acquiring new inventory and selling quite a bit. I also appreciate how organized the school of music is.
Diane & Rosa make me smile everytime. Thankful for them
Great people very helpful highly recommended
Friendly and knowledgeable … good experience!
Shopping at Jay and Kay’s is always a pleasure.
I’m new to the area being only 4 years in Cape Coral. While our 1st home we built didn’t have room for a Piano. I made sure that our 2nd home we are building now does. With all the shortages of product inventory I decided to buy a Piano now. Being a former business owner I try to buy everything from local companies. I called Jay & Kay by phone I explained exactly what I’ve told you above. I said to Jay I’m picking up a sandwich from Parkway subs and illl be there in 20 minutes. Upon my arrival I entered the store. No greetings. I walked around for about 25 minutes. No one ever approached us. I took a card off their desk and wrote a note. Left my phone number. No one has ever called me.back. That was on 07/26/2021. Not sure why Jay invited us to his showroom with detailed instructions of their location. Waste of time. I drove down to Piano Distributors and then to Nicks Pianos. I was greeted very well by Anthony and Nick at each location. Then I drive to Dave’s Piano’s Tamps area again another professional very knowledgeable as well. I compared the 3. I made my selection and place a deposit on the 60k piano
Don’t bother going to Jay & Kay they don’t need to waste your time
Sadly to say I wanted to buy in my local neighborhood. Support the local businesses after the Covid 19 destruction.
I personally left their business card on the counter and had wrote a note on the back asking them to call me with my phone number on it. Crickets !!!
17. River District Radio
Address: 12713 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33919 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
Fine selection of guitars and accessories. Service on site. Mom and Pop shop. Not a chain. Mon thr Fri 9-5. Makes it a little hard for the working man. Otherwise a great shop
Great place with great prices
I went in looking for a guitar. They seem to do most of their business on repair, not sales. They have a couple dozen acoustic guitars of lower quality. Some looked used but were not labeled that way. Guy behind the counter never really took any interest in helping.
I love this place! Always willing to give me a good deal. They have everything! A great experience.
Great customer service
Went to this place to get Locking tuners and the more I talk the higher the price went seem like they’re just out to get money not to really want to help people I would suggest guitar center or any other place other than Wd guitar The employees are very rude and not very helpful in fact I almost got into a Physical fight with the one overweight guy that works there I would never go back there not in 1 million years
What a rippoff this little casino is .
I purchased a WD Music Products bridge for my Gibson SG. The product as faulty from the manufacturer. It was loose fitting, the screws for the plate were stripped and so tightly put in they could not be removed, and the holes for those screws were not milled deep enough so the plate rattled even after installation. I called WD Music Products to try to discuss a solution and their accountant answered the phone and after I explained the problem she told me there was nothing they could do to help and when I asked to speak to someone else there she refused and then hung up on me. This was a terrible experience and they stole my money and left me with a piece of junk
19. Harmony Thrift Store
Address: 16065 San Carlos Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33908 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
I love shopping here they have a little bit of everything! Plus the owner is so sweet and kind!
Great customer Service
Great shoe selection, excellent kid’s section, over priced furniture but a vast variety to choose from…lol
They had lots of stuff, just not what I was looking for.
Prices are a bit high overall.
Some electronics item were found not to actually work.
Although variety of items are abundant.
Over priced junk store
Crowded, smelly, rude owner
the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully, the definition of “thrift.” This ain’t it. If you’re looking to buy some decent quality items for cheap, you know, thrift, skip here. Unless you wanna spend 30 for an okay crew neck or 20 for a used wall clock.
20. Palm Coast Studio
Address: 6225 Presidential Ct #150, Fort Myers, FL 33919 , Harlem Heights , Florida , United States
