This is an amazing place!!!! I have a lot of special memories from Camp Ozark♡I’ve been coming here for family reunion almost every year for 23 years and it’s been fun every time!!!!
Two of the best weeks of my year for eight years straight. Had a great time and made plenty of friends. Sam Torn has the whole summer camp thing down to a science.
After paying my deposit for my child in March and her then being on a wait list as number >150 for 3 different weeks I decided in May to get a refund on my deposit and find another camp. I was greatly disappointed to learn of my $300 I would only get $250 back as Camp Ozark keeps $50 for application fees . Well I have called 3 times to try and get my $250, on May 2 spoke with Jaime said my deposit was headed my way then on May 23 I spoke with Mary Francis who seemed disturbed that I was upset about not getting my refund and also spoke to Margaret that same day May 23 who let me know my refund was on its way. Well here it is July 28 and myself nor the bank can find any refund from Camp ozark. And guess what nobody wants to talk to me when I tell them what it’s regarding I am put on hold and sent to a voicemail. I am extremely frustrated and disappointed with this Camp…. I asked when I called if they offered scholarships and they let me know real quickly they only offer scholarships to people living in Montgomery County. Well how many people do you think CaMp
Ozark has made $50 per application fee off of let’s just say 100
Kids and they do 12 weeks a summer… If 100 kids don’t get to go because they are on the wait list and never get to go parents loose $50; the way I figure it that’s about $60,000.00. That’s a nice amount of money they are making on kids that never attend their camp in Montgomery County.
(100 kids X 12 weeks x $50) and yes my kids was on 3 wait lists. I believe #171, # 152, and # 102. This is just my opinion but I would avoid them at all costs.
Conway Institute of Music
Address: 945 Carson Cove #103, Conway, AR 72034 , Gistaín , Arkansas , United States
My daughter loves going every Monday at the little wing program! Her father is a guitarist and was so impressed she could tell him ever part of his guitar and they learn the coolest songs ! The Beatles , queen , etc. it’s awesome !
School of Rock Germantown has allowed me the privilege to connect easier with other musicians and learn more and more every day I go there. The nurturing environment, and the instructors that teach there help me with not only music issues, but personal issues. I really appreciate the opportunities I get that are provided by the school. School of Rock Germantown has become a home to me and has had such an immense impact on my life that I couldn’t even begin to thank the directors and students that go there enough. I’m glad I chose this School and not any other, because I wouldn’t have met my best friends without the wonderful program they offer. One cannot begin to fathom the amount of respect I hold for this place. Thank you.
I signed up for piano. Now I can play piano
End of camp concert was poorly planned and not well organized. Seating was horrible and there was no program or agenda. We got notice last minute of the concert date, time, and location itself and I had to request my son’s instrument be turned up because it could not be heard at all during the concert!
Back Beat Music
Address: 613 Southwest Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 , Gistaín , Arkansas , United States
Matt works well with my 11 year old. He’s progressing at a nice pace. We’re very pleased.
I’m a beginner on the guitar, I called last week with questions about string buzz on an old guitar that I am trying to learn on. After a short conversation I decided to take it in, so I show up unannounced on a Saturday morning. The staff immediately looked at my guitar and answered my questions. I left it with them and a few ours later they called me and said they were done. Totally satisfied with the prompt service. I’ll be back soon and find my new guitar. For the record I live 2 1/2 hours away and can go to places closer if I thought I could get better treatment, but I have not found that to be the case.
Had a repair done on my sons acoustic/electric. Was told it should be done In two days. The next day I get a call and they are already finished. Fair price for the repair and they were very courteous.
Great place to shop,
However one small issue I had there was when I was wanting to repair my Fender Guitar. The guitar was beat up a bit, had no strings, paint was damaged, and the knobs for the tuning were gone and the plate was cracked. My friend found it in an abandoned place and it was a decent guitar it was just badly damaged.
I went there to the receptionist and all I got was, “You are better off buying a new guitar” Etc. He was insistent on me just buying a new guitar. It was a very arrogant moment.
There are good thing’s about the place but from my only experience on this It was a huge waste of my time trying to repair, love the shop, the staff is pretty chill but I believe there can be changes.
I have been coming here for years as most of the reviewers. I have always had a decent experience. I’m just an amateur guitar player who doesn’t practice much and i don’t know much about music. I have to be fair and mention that, yes, the staff has at times, seemed curt and disinterested but I’ve never had an out-and-out bad experience here. It’s possible that they were simply just distracted or overwhelmed, it happens! I got lessons here from a swell guy several years ago. I wish i could remember his name. They seem to have a large variety of items like accessories-tuners, picks, strings, stands for your chords, chord books, guitar cases and guitars. They offer stringing services, although I’ve never used them. I think I’ve seen a few banjos and mandolins for sale over the years, although those may have been instruments taken on trade, i don’t know for a fact if they stock and sell those instruments. I also don’t know if they do trade-in as I’ve never had anything to trade. I have seen ukuleles there for sale. It is possible that they have expanded the lessons they offer into other instruments, such as wind instruments but I am not sure. That would depend entirely upon there being any such instructors available here in Jonesboro that don’t already have their own business giving lessons. That’s a lot of “maybes”. It would be good to call and just ask, if this is important to you. I do know that they used to give drum lessons, it’s possible they still do. If you are a musician or have a musician in your life, check this place out!
Darrel Sykes, one of the employees, was absolutely rude and passive aggressive to me the first time I walked in there. He told me that the music scene here is cliquish then proceeded to ignore the fact I was in the store after trying to sell me a cheap-o condenser mic (I was looking for an AT4040). Trying to give them another shot after a couple of years I took a bass there for a repair, restring, and a set-up. The guitar tech was curt, impersonal, and left the old strings on there. When I went to pick it up, Darrel, another guy, and someone who I believe is the owner just stood there talking to each other for several minutes before seeing why I was there. There were no other customers visible. My bass turned out to be unplayable when I got it home, every note buzzed, and the saddles were lowered as far as they could go.
The inventory is lacking and the aloofness of the staff makes the place a total disappointment. I’ll drive to Memphis, Nashville, or St. Louis to outfit my home studio. I would advise any parent looking to get their teenager started on an instrument to look elsewhere.
Edit in response to the owner’s reply:
If by “imagine it” you mean how your staff actually treated me, then yes, that’s exactly how it happened.
I usually do not write reviews about businesses, but I had to about this store. The customer service is absolutely horrid. There staff is arrogant and condescending. If you have any questions about a product, do not be surprised if they are rude and treat you like you do not know what you are talking about. They do not have that bad of a selection for a store that size, but all there items are overpriced. If you are looking to buy a reasonably priced product, buy it online from somewhere like Amazon or Sweetwater, and save yourself from a bad experience.
If you are looking to do a trade in, be prepared for them to give you as little money as possible. You might as well sell it online or sell it to a pawn shop. You will earn more money that way. They will find the lowest price online of the item you are buying, and that is what they will offer you. It does not matter how bad the condition of the product online is, or what condition your item is in.
This is one of the only local music shops in Jonesboro besides Allstar Music. I will not be returning to Back Beat Music. If you are trying to decide whether or not shop there, I will save you time: DO NOT! It is almost worth driving to Memphis to buy a product. I know this review seems very one sided, but I can not think of a single good experience I have had there. I wish there was something good I could say, but there is simply not.
Yeah, I like the shop, but didn’t have the best experience. I brought my classical guitar in from out of town, and called first to specifically ask if they could restring with nylon wound. I brought another electric guitar in as well, since it needed new strings too. When I picked them up, they were both restrung, but my classical guitar was restrung with steel strings, not what I asked. They said they were out of nylon strings, but that these would work. It really changed the whole sound, and was not what I wanted. They didn’t show me the package, or indicate what type of strings for either guitar, but the invoice for both was almost $100! No set up, or anything, just a re-string. And I have no idea what they put on there. I guess it’s probably my fault that I have no time to put on my own strings, so let that be a lesson to me.
