Open Studio Reviews

Name: Open Studio
Address: 3333 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri
Rating: 4.77

4.8 Rating 2,193 Reviews

95 %

of reviewers recommend Open Studio

4.8

Based on 2,193 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Postal Service, Courier
On-time Delivery	99%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 92%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Live Chat, Email, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	6 - 12 Hours

About Open Studio:

Open Studio - Jazz Lesson from Jazz Legends
Be a better jazz player, guaranteed.

Open Studio provides jazz education from today's leaders in jazz in an easy to use and interactive viewing environment.

Visit Website

Phone:

+1 314-329-7201

Email:

support@openstudiojazz.com

Location:

3333 Washington Ave.,
St. Louis
Missouri
63103

Write Your review

Tell us how Open Studio made you happy

Help future customers by talking about customer service, price, delivery, returns & refunds.

Minimum 10 characters

What's your name?

What's your email?

We need your email address to verify that your review is genuine

Please note that we may share your email with the company to verify your order.

Open Studio 5 star review on 2nd August 2024

Anonymous

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

Sort by: Most Recent Most Recent Highest Rated Filter: None None 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Stars Helpful

“I recently joined as a monthly member and after a few weeks into it, I am very happy that I joined! I've played piano my whole life, but never pursued jazz music. So far, I have worked on some of Adam's courses which have been very helpful in learning my scales in more depth, as well as other theories that I'm not familiar with, but am becoming more familiar with. I like that I can go at my own pace and that I can go back and listen to the video courses over & over, even skip around a bit....depending on what I want to learn that day. Adam's teaching style is fun, clear & quite perfect! Thank you, Adam...thank you Open Studio!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I can't stop telling people about Open Studio! I have wanted to learn jazz piano for years but have felt overwhelmed by how much there is to know. The Jump Start course has given me the confidence to just get started. I find Adam Maness very engaging and motivating and the interaction between him and Peter Martin is relaxed and positive but most importantly they are full of fun! My progress is slow but steady but the most important thing is that I am enjoying it and sticking at it. Great job, guys!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I just started. What appeals to me most (and there’s a lot) is that the student is never at a loss for options for what to do next. This takes away the sense of begin lost and keeps me going. Also, the ability to make music all along the way.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“There's so much to like about Open Studio, but most importantly the piano instructors are very enthusiastic and inspiring (in addition to being very talented). I follow the courses in addition to traditional piano lessons and so far it's worked out great. I don't know if I'd recommend it to complete beginners as their sole means of instruction, because it's still important to get personal feedback on small things (posture, touch, etc.). I also still recommend that aspiring jazz pianists look for opportunities to play with others, as there's only so much you can learn from an online community, but this by no means detracts from what Open Studio offers. The most important recommendation I have (hence the four stars) is that an app should be a no-brainer. The organisation of the courses via the website isn't always incredibly clear or easy to navigate and a decent iOS or Android app should make the experience even better.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Great lessons from Sean Jones Navigation the site is a bit challenging, I’d need help: like continuing where I left off, finding my way back to the place I was, and sometimes the page seems to freeze-can’t go forward or back.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

Hi Kate, Thanks for your feedback. We are getting poised to launch an entire new version of Open Studio that will include those features you suggest so stay tuned! Regarding the freezing issue, please reach out to our support team at support@openstudiojazz.com and we can help troubleshoot. Best, Dan Martin co-founder, Open Studio

Posted 11 months ago

“I am not of an age that I can hope to reach the ability of Arthur Rubinstien, but I hope to play some piano by just understanding and knowing the chords. I just started the course, but the course seems to be doable for me as a beginner.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Very high quality instruction! Love the follow-along practice sessions with Adam Maness. I'd vote a 10 below if Open Studio had not switched to a subcription-only model, because some people I know would have preferred to buy individual courses instead of buying a subscription. But I understand that there may have been business reasons for this switch and I support Open Studio doing whatever it has to do to survive.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I love the video courses. I feel that the community could be more interactive. A forum where people could ask public questions or post recordings of practice sessions and receive feedback would be great. I'd also like to have more resources about technique. Some other platforms offer checklists that are very useful as a guide on what to study next. For example: 1. Sing the root notes of Oleo while listening to the recording 2. Play rootless voicings over the form 3. Transcribe 2 choruses of Sonny Rollins first solo over Oleo 4. Compose 2 licks over the first bars Or 1. Learn shell voicings 2. Learn root (LH) + guide tones (RH) 3. Learn rootless voicings 4. Learn Drop 2 voicings Etc. Maybe some of the courses are structured in a similar way, but having a literal written out path to follow would be very helpful. Sometimes the webpage doesn't detect I'm already logged in, and when I click on a course, the window showed is the one that says you can buy the course or join open studio to enjoy it. I really appreciate the production quality of the videos. Tbh, I do not feel that the platform you use to show sheet music alongside with the video is that useful, having a pdf with the sheet music would be enough. Changing the volume or returning to a particular point of the lesson is a little bit slow when using that player, so I usually use the simple player. I don't like that the courses have checklists with 30+ items, but in reality there are just 10 items that get repeated because there is an audio only version, a simple player version, etc. It ruins the feeling of "gamifying" the course because the checkmarks don't really reflect how many classes I've seen.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

Hi Pablo, Thanks for the thoughtful review and feedback. I'll pass your suggestions to the team. We are about to launch a new version of Open Studio that will address some of your concerns so stay tuned! As far as the feedback and community, we do offer this as part Open Studio Pro, which has live coaching sessions throughout the week and a thriving interactive community. You can read more about Open Studio Pro here https://www.openstudiojazz.com/pro. Enrollment is currently closed, but join the waitlist and you will receive first notification when it reopens. Best, Dan Martin co-founder, Open Studio

Posted 11 months ago

“Open Studios is great. It offers PDF's of the lessons and the videos with closed captions help alot. The content is superb and has helped me advance. I am an intermediate piano player adding Jazz to my repertoire and every time I sit down I learn something new that makes meaningful improvements to my skillset.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I can't say enough. I am anew student there and I am so impressed. Great content provided by amazing teachers who know what they are doing, love what they are doing and their passion to pass it on is palpable. I have had many different music teachers and Open Studio is top notch and a lot of fun..”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Hi, the lessons are great! I love them! It’s just that it’s kind of hard to navigate the course at first. Overall, great experience!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“They don’t tech, they help you learn.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I've only been a member for a couple of weeks. I've been watching the guitar soloing lessons on How High the Moon and I'm picking up some good phrases. I like the way Chris teaches and incorporates the ideas from Barry Harris. I'm almost ready to hop on a live lesson. I'm thinking I will wait till Chris finishes up with Blue Bossa and starts on the next tune. Very happy and excited to be introduced to this challenging genre.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“I’m a new member so for its great. I’m learning and enjoying appreciating the variety and depth. I chose 4 stars and am looking forward to the new platform that’s being released soon which will bring it to 5 star status”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Between all of the great lessons, and the always entertaining You'll Hear It podcast, I'm a huge fan of Open Studio. Peter and Adam make a great team, and the lessons I have access to give me volumes of great material to work on. All of it results in me playing with a more relaxed confidence. This was a great find!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Both Peter and Adam are excellent explainers of this form of music. They have a unique way of conveying whatever topic they are covering. From time to time they will give us some real nuggets with free downloads. Open Jazz is truly a blessing.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Open studio helps me to have clarity in my practice with the guided session, which reduce stress of not knowing what to do and cramp too much things into 1 session.”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Great lessons!! Great lesson structures, and most importantly, great teachers with a contagious enthusiasm!! Literally the only reason i gave 4 stars is because in the handbooks, sometimes possible fingerings would be helpful. And also the fact that the practice journal doesn’t ship to Germany, nor is there a purchasable PDF. Other than that, I’m definitely already seeing improvements in improvisation and other key things within less than a week!! Please keep going! Also, maybe you can at one point do an analysis of Earth, Wind and Fire’s “Runnin’” (the 3 min version with a cool piano part!) would be awesome!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“J’ai 60 ans et je progresse plus que je n’ai jamais progressé grâce à la qualité et à l’intérêt de vos cours. Un grand merci à toute l’équipe et à Adam en particulier. Gilles”

Open Studio 5 star review on 30th November 2023

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

“Open studio is exactly what I needed to get my playing to the next level. As a band director and classical clarinetist, I know the basics of jazz, blues scales, jazz piano voicing etc but this instruction has filled in the gaps and changed my approach to playing. Thank you!”

Helpful Report

Posted 11 months ago

Open Studio is rated 4.8 based on 2,193 reviews