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.
School of Rock
Address: 400 Perkins Extd, Memphis, TN 38117 , Loporzano , Arkansas , United States
Piano lessons from the Conway Institute of Music has been the best thing ever for my 12 year old son. Shyness and low confidence is something he has struggled with, so I’m amazed at the confidence boost his piano lessons have brought him over this past year. One of the highlights for me was watching him confidently walk on stage and play the beautiful grand piano at the music recital the Institute put on. It gave me goose bumps! We love the owner, Jim, and his piano teacher, Mark. They are awesome people that really care. Thank you, thank you, thank you to both of you!
ALL 3 OF MY DAUGHTERS ENJOY AND HAVE BEEN WITH THIS INSTITUTE FOR YEARS! WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL THE STAFF!!!
Let me just start by saying we are sad to leave!! My son has had an amazing experience and loves his teacher. If you get the chance to take drum lessons from Evan do it! He has taught our son so much. To say we are grateful and proud parents would be an understatement. Thank you Conway Institute of Music!!
University of Arkansas Music Department
Address: 201 Billingsley Music Building, 377 N McIlroy Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72701 , Loporzano , Arkansas , United States
I’ve worked only with Greg and he’s been great. I tend to come in with too many questions and he has had no problem addressing them and being patient. He helped me trade a guitar and he has never declined looking for other parts and assortments I need. Support your local businesses like these who treat their customers kindly.
As a first time buyer I received amazing service from the staff. How great you ask? So great that I walked in with a $200 budget and walked out with a $1,000 limited edition black and gold Fender Stratocaster without even as much as a sales pitch. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a new or used instrument.
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!
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.
I was charged $60 for strings and when I got my guitar back I had to tune it.I also feel they were a bit rude.
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.
