We absolutely love it here! Dave Janssen’s is a great place for music lessons, instrument repair, instrument rentals and much more. We’ve found the instructors to be very knowledgeable, have a positive attitude and great personalities. My daughter is learning guitar and piano, and is also in the band program. She has learned a great deal in just over a year, and she really enjoys coming to her lessons! I highly recommend this place if you or your child is interested in music!
had the pleasure of meeting Dave. He was very friendly and professional! The staff was great too, they helped us with a guitar we needed to have strung asap.. I highly recommend this place. 10 stars!
Just a great place for all !!! Simi Valley should be proud and honor this place and Dave along with his wife Leslie.!!!!!!!!
It’s almost impossible to reach someone on the phone. I’ve walked into this place numerous times to find absolutely no one manning the ship. The times I have found an employee, they knew jack about what i wanted!! I imagine someone could walk out with just about anything, and even with cameras, with a mask on, they’d probably never get caught. Another time that left a sour taste in my mouth is when a guy literally charged me 20 bycks to WAY OVER tighten the lugs on my snare druml and taped some napkins to my batter head. That was pretty lame for sure.
I don’t know about the school or the music store, but the repair is hit and miss. I dropped two bass guitars off for repair. One was completed quickly and very much to my satisfaction. It just needed new strings, a setup and a new output jack. The other took more than a month to complete for a nut replacement. When it was complete the job was less than quoted, not because of how long it took, because the requested setup had not been performed. Again, I don’t know about the school or the store, but repair is iffy. My suggestion to Janssen, allow contact between your outside repair guy and the customer. Communication with the person actually performing the repair through your store was less than reliable.
Very bad awful he bullied me everyone is mean there he’s terrible
3. ByteBeatsMusic
Address: 292 Galway Ln, Simi Valley, CA 93065 , Simi Valley , California , United States
I got picks from this place totally recommend if you want QUALITY guitar picks
Treat you like gold here. I love the prices of music equipment. I love the rehearsal rooms. And everyone there was nice to me. great sounding PA’s great heads and cabinets for Guitars. I know they are moving and will follow for sure.
Absolutely great service! The guys in this shop know their stuff and work for the love of music and customer satisfaction. Glad I stopped by!
Nice shop with lots of instruments. They have a lot of studios for learning all different instruments
Great place! Everyone is very welcoming and helpful. The studios are relaxed and well stocked.
Low budget, not professional like other music schools here In many aspect cannot be trusted. Not a good music school I have to drive out of Simi for a good quality lesson is way worth it.
Customer services sucks when people doesn’t speak fluent English. It seems that they discriminate against those who do not speak English well.
I tuck my doughter to this place to look for some piano or keybord classes for her, we notices that somone was playing drums, my doughter was so happy and motivated that we wanted to see them playing through the window
I was so ready to sing my doughter for music classes when this worker an old men was so rude mith us it seems that he didnt like us there, he even told me that he did not wanted us to disturb a class looking through the window
After i told him i was lookin for some music classes for my doughter and we wanted to see how they was playing the drums so maybe would like to play drums too
At this moment he notice that we actualy wanted to buy something from him, he changed his attitude he even ofer us to look through the window and see them playing
I was very upset because it was what we wanted from the very biginning and he was a jerk with us
I told him that i was not longer interest in buying anything from him and i would find a bettervplace to take my kid and we left…
Definitely was an awful experience
I do not recomend this place at all..
5. 100k Records
Address: 100k studios, Simi Valley, CA 93065 , Simi Valley , California , United States
100K is the spot. If you’re looking for the best mixing and mastering for your songs, a comfortable environment where you can just be yourself, and an openly minded, supportive sound tech, 100k Studios checks all the boxes. And not to mention it’s ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE. Don’t hesitate to book a session, you will not be disappointed.
100k Records is by far, the best in providing the environment to allow one’s self to preform to best of their ability. 100k is well versed in his craft. The vision you have set for your music he will create into reality. I was overwhelmed with the end product of my recording, created a new spark in me to continue in my craft and very respectful and professional. Definitely the best recording studio! Thank you for the experience!
6. Music Music
Address: 5724 E Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93063 , Simi Valley , California , United States
The owner Jennifer Price is plays both woodwind and brass instruments and she is a fantastic teacher. Buying an instrument from Jen is always a great experience. Her prices are the lowest I find and her customer service is exceptional. Before going to a huge chain music store go to Music Music it’s a very pleasant experience.
Jen and Maria are awesome. Just purchased a Alto Sax from Jen. She’s extremely knowledgeable about Saxophones. I brought my Tenor Sax in for some very minor maint and I am totally impressed with this store and wound up purchasing a Beautiful brand new Alto Sax at a great price. Will defiantly will be doing some lessons with Jennifer. She Rocks !!!! Maria thank you so much for helping my wife with her Cello and she will be coming in for some Ukulele lessons. YOU GUYS ROCK !!! thank you.
Gary and Carolyn D.
Jennifer is a great teacher and really good with the kids.
Updated: I took flute lessons from Jen a few years ago and was very pleased. She is also very knowledgeable about the variety of wind and string instruments she has for sale, and she builds custom mouthpieces for saxes. The only caveat is the hours listed on various websites. Music Music is open for appointments only, so call before you go in! I had a sticky pad on my soprano sax and took it to the store without calling. There was a hand-lettered note on the door saying that the store hours had changed.
It is an okay store and it meets most of your instrumental needs, but the service and the quality of some of their instruments is questionable as many of them are not claimed by any of the major instrument vendors such as Yamaha or King.
No where on the site did I see “by appointment only”. After researching all music stores near me, I thought this was the best one. Drove 20 minutes and pull up to the store to find they are closed with a sign stating “by appointment only”. I called twice and left a voicemail. No calls returned. I will be utilizing the other name brand stores now.
7. All Right Pawn Shop
Address: 1920 Hubbard St, Simi Valley, CA 93065 , Simi Valley , California , United States
great customer service, very friendly. i got exactly what i wanted for my jewelry. I will definitely go back to them again.
I’ve been going to Pawn Shop’s for a long time. Honestly this is one of the only honest pawnshops I have found in Southern California. Their prices are very reasonable, they pay top dollar for the items I have pawned, and are very knowledgeable with everything. Sam (the owner) always is willing to bend over backwards for me. Recently I wanted a particular watch. I couldn’t find it anywhere for sale. I told him about it and he found it for sale in less that a week. I really appreciate his willingness to help and I would give them 10 stars if I could.
Such a great place with great dudes ! Always my go to
8. Randy Vild’s Orchestrations
Address: 2257 Bigelow Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93065 , Simi Valley , California , United States
