Discover the top 5 music shops in Truckee

I am the drummer for the Acoustamatics (Sonoma County) and was here recently for a Friday night gig at the Cottonwood. Lo and behold, when I was checking my gear that afternoon I realized that I had neglected to bring my kick drum pedal. Trying not to panic, I discovered Jake and Between the Notes on the internet, called him and he came through with a loaner for the evening. Saved by the bell and by such a really nice person. From the looks of it, he’s got a great shop so be sure to check it out. Thanks again, Jake!

Five stars for the big fluff doggooo that was in the store. We are friends now.

Great spot for all types of music lessons and gear in Truckee.

Looks real nice from the outside (didn’t get a chance to go inside). It sells music instruments. Saw some nice ukeleles from the window. It has a rock music school also. And i think the owner has a nice looking fluffy big dog

Local Store can save me time and support is always right here in Town!

Bought a MF DOOM 12″ for my daughters first record. Nice small collection of books and vinyl downstairs.
Take good care of this place Truckee.

Stopped by while in Truckee. Main floor is a bookstore and then downstairs is the record store. It’s a large room built out of mortar and rock from when this was a grocery store long ago. Great selection of records, had a few I had never seen before. Walls are covered in tons of interesting posters and memorabilia. Staff were unbelievably friendly and helpful.

First of all, the places looks awesome. Records are stored in the basement. However, the selection was limited and hardly had used records. Plus it was extremely expensive. Bought something in the book store on the ground floor where staff was polite but also giving a feeling they had some aliens at the counter, which to a degree was not entirely untrue,,,

The Forest Charter Prom was a success and Isaac/Music in Tahoe had a lot to do with that. Isaac kept the dance floor very alive playing music from all musical genres to the happiness of all. We can’t thank him enough for his awesome service. We would highly recommend him as your DJ.

Music in Tahoe put on the best, most professional, and fully comprehensive wedding package I have ever experienced. Our wedding was incredible in large part because they knew exactly how to help us get exactly what we wanted through great ideas, great advice, and an excellent fun loving attitude. A joy to work with. Absolute top notch.

Isaac & team were a true highlight of our wedding & an absolute pleasure to work with. It was a total joy to collaborate on our playlist & then watch our musical vision come to fruition with the musicians & dj. They were professional, intuitive & talented & went above & beyond expectations with delivery. We 150% recommend Music In Tahoe & wish we could do it all over again!

Wanted to share a story about this business for all those who are working or planning on working them:

Our original wedding was planned for August, 2020 in Tahoe City, CA. We signed a contract and paid a depost with like we did with all of our vendors. Once Covid hit we realized we had to push out our wedding and rescheduled it to August, 2021. All vendors agreed to push out the contract. We kept the same site and all the same vendors. In September 2020, we saw no path forward to have our wedding in Tahoe City because of the restrictions and all the uncertainty around the pandemic. Both of us have elderly parents who are vulnerable, and traveling is not good for them. We decided to cancel the wedding and have a smaller family only wedding ceremony closer to home and close to where our parents live. We reached out to our Wedding Planner about our plans and they were very understanding and empathetic to our worries. They began working with the vendors to get our deposits back or to see if they were willing to go to our area for our ceremony. The photographer and the officiant were willing to come to our ceremony and be part of our smaller wedding and we have reengaged with them on updated contracts. The florist, rental company, caterer, transportation service and videographer all agreed to do the right thing and return our deposits even though they had the same cancellation clause in their contracts as does Music in Tahoe. Even the Wedding Planner agreed to return half of our deposit, which we did not expect since they actually did work for us, because they understood it wasn’t right to keep all of it.

Bottom line is we never talked one time to Music in Tahoe. They never performed one service, not one thing for us. In all communications with them regarding the deposit, they showed little empathy or regard for our plight. There only goal was to not give back our refund. We are all suffering with the virus, but their actions are not only unethical and immoral they also show a complete lack of empathy. Keeping money for a service never performed or even started during the pandemic is not acceptable.

We would highly rethink any future business with Music in Tahoe. There are more reputable and honorable DJs to do business with in the Tahoe area.

Unfortunately your response lacks any ethics or morals whatsoever. You never offered a discussion or negotiation on giving us a break. You just said no refund. Contract notwithstanding in the current pandemic that is just not acceptable. How do you justify that you are the only vendor who refused a refund? I certainly hope that people can see through what you are all about. There are many wedding music pros in the area who would be a better option for folks.

We just had Rusty for our wedding! He was very interested and communicative in what we wanted to be played and when prior to the wedding. We had asked country music be played at our resection/cocktail hour and it was not played unfortunately. We had complaints that he would not plays songs until”later in the mix” from the attendees. We were told by my husbands dad that he did not know what was going on and when due to lack of announcing to the crowd when first dance was along with when to eat. When the dancing began with everyone it was all “oldies” that we did not ask for at all. It was unfortunate but towards the end of the night the songs were more geared towards the crowd and everyone started to have a better time!