Welcome to Big Beat Music
Music Lessons Building Confidence, Creativity & Character
Helping Students Learn, Grow, and Succeed
Welcome to Big Beat Music
Music Lessons Building Confidence, Creativity & Character
Helping Students Learn, Grow, and Succeed
TESTIMONIAL
A Music School Built for Real Growth
For students. For parents. For life. At our school, music lessons are about more than learning notes and rhythms. We create an environment where students build confidence, discipline, creativity, and pride— skills that carry far beyond the lesson room.
Why Our School Is Different: We don’t just teach music, we develop young people.
Our approach blends structure, creativity, encouragement, and high expectations so students don’t just learn an instrument—they learn how to succeed.
When kids grow through music, everyone wins.
Develop your own unique voice through vocal exercises, ear training and more!
Our Piano instructors teach a variety of music styles, from classical to popular, that include sight reading, technique, and theory.
Whether electric or acoustic guitars, our teachers are ready to get you playing your favorite song.
Musical Director Joe Nevolo has gained international recognition for his gift as a drummer and his innovative ways of instructing.
Whether you are a student looking to improve your instrument for school band or learning for your own enjoyment, our talented teaching staff will guide you step-by-step to achieve your goals.
Our string instrument instructors will teach you both ear training and sight reading for all styles of music.
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This saves our students time and money, as one family can take multiple instruments on the same day. Other studios offer multiple instruments, but we are the only one to offer all of the most popular instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, voice, piano, drums, brass, woodwinds, violin, and ukulele.
The largest and most qualified teaching faculty in Monmouth County
( Neptune, Asbury Park, Tinton Falls, Wall Township, Belmar, Long Branch, Howell )
We have over 15 music teachers, all with either college training or professional performance experience. Our music teachers are dedicated to learning about your personal musical goals and helping you have fun while achieving them! With at least three music teachers for every instrument, we are confident that we have the right teacher to meet your music lesson needs. In addition to their teaching credentials, our teachers have warm personalities, are extremely friendly, and are dedicated to teaching you the style of music that you want to learn in your music lessons.
We are the only music school in Monmouth County that offers music lessons six days a week from early in the morning to late at night to accommodate your busy schedule: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Monday through Friday and 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Saturdays.
Big Beat Music has a proven track record of offering the best electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, voice, piano, drums, brass, woodwinds, violin, and ukulele lessons in Neptune, Asbury Park, Tinton Falls, Wall Township, Belmar, Long Branch, Howell and surrounding Monmouth County and Ocean County year round. Our mission is teaching music lessons trusted by thousands in the greater Neptune area for over three decades! Visit our testimonial page to see what our students are saying.
With over 2,000 square feet of music studio space, we have the most parent friendly waiting area in all of Monmouth County and Ocean County! Instead of waiting in a music retail store showroom, our clients can take advantage of our parents’ lounge with comfortable chairs, Wi-Fi, magazines, bottled water and coffee service! We also provide large observation windows on every door so that you can watch your child’s lesson while you wait.
Our rooms are stocked with everything you need for your music lessons, including amps, stereos, full drum kits, keyboards, pianos and more! All you need to bring is your instrument. We have spent thousands of dollars on our studio to offer soundproofing and observation windows so parents can sit in peace and students can truly focus on their music lessons.
We are the only music school in Monmouth County that offers a one of a kind Music Spectacular Showcase and modern rock recitals. Every parent wants to know how their child is doing and if they are really progressing. The best way for a parent to understand if their investment in lessons is really worth it, is to have their child participate in a recital. In May, many of our students choose to perform in our one of a kind Spectacular Showcase or modern rock recital with professional sound, lights, and video. We also host a rock band showcase three times a year, which gives your child the opportunity to play with a live rock band!
We are the only music school in the Neptune, Asbury Park, Tinton Falls, Wall Township, Belmar, Long Branch, Howell and surrounding Monmouth County area that offers professional customer service for their students six days a week! While you may find just an answering machine at many other music studios, Big Beat Music has an easily accessible front office team to assist our students quickly and professionally!
Big Beat Music does not require semester minimums for music lessons. Every student here is on a month-to-month basis. If you are ready to start, you have nothing to lose as we only want students who truly want to be here and we will not commit you to a long term contract.
Incentive Program Students receive free gifts, awards, and trophies for good practice habits!
We reinforce and reward the benefits of being dedicated to practicing, learning and sticking with structured lessons. This encourages our students to appreciate and understand that the work that they put in to their lessons, does indeed pay off, while them develop a work ethic that can also benefit them in school and other areas of their lives!
Do you have a friend interested in taking music lessons? Refer them to Big Beat Music and get $25.00 BIG BEAT BUCKS!
We carry top of the line school band instruments, models including Yamaha, Ludwig, Bundy, Selmer, and other top choices.
Music Lessons for all ages, all instruments
From pop, jazz, rock, or classical instruction. Big Beat Studio of Neptune City, New Jersey offers more than lessons. We offer the gift of music that can last a lifetime.
Why Big Beat Music Studio?
Utilizing innovative music teaching techniques, trained instructors for strings, voice, guitar, drums and other instruments and our acclaimed annual showcase.
Want in home music instruction?
We can arrange music lessons for most instruments at the comforts of your own home.
Special Needs Music Instruction
Big Beat Music Studio offers a unique and successful program for the special needs population in New Jersey.
Big Beat Music Studio is the largest, most recognized music school servicing New Jersey’s Monmouth County and Ocean County since 1983 with an active enrollment of over 300 students! Thousands of music students, include national award winning and nationally recognized artists, have taken lessons here at Big Beat Studio.
Some of our previous students include relatives of Bruce Springsteen’s crew, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, and Grammy Award winning record producer Clive Davis. Big Beat Music Studio has taught more lessons than any other school in the area, some of which have traveled from Pennsylvania and New York to take music lessons with our team.
Big Beat Music has been recognized for its success over the last 30 years in producing talented musicians, while receiving worldwide recognition for its unique teaching techniques for special needs and beginner students. We offer music lessons for a variety of skill levels ranging from ages 4 to 100, with our most senior student at 90 years young! Find out more.
Proudly serving the Jersey Shore music communities including: Neptune City, Neptune Township, Bradley Beach, Asbury Park, Belmar, Avon, Ocean Grove, Shark River Hills, Ocean Township, Wall Township, Spring Lake, Tinton Falls, Long Branch, West Long Branch
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