ModernTone Studios is a state of the art recording and teaching facility in Lafayette, CA. It is a truly unique musical hub that caters to recording artists, bands, aspiring musicians and music students of all levels. Run by record producers and performing musicians who specialize in a wide variety of styles and genres, ModernTone aims to provide professional instruction, guidance, and support that empower people to realize and fulfill their potential and achieve their musical dreams.

As a recording studio, ModernTone serves local bands, singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and musical groups in the Bay Area. We provide professional recording, mixing and mastering services as well as pre-production, instrumentation, arrangement and transcription. In addition, ModernTone produces audiobooks for local authors and records narration and voice-overs for film and television.

As a music school, ModernTone provides a nurturing learning environment for students of all ages and playing levels. We teach guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, songwriting and music production using handpicked high-quality equipment that is made in the USA. We are all active musicians who perform regularly on stages all over the Bay Area. Passing down our knowledge and experience on is a labor of love, and it shows in the way we teach. Whether you are a child or an adult, a casual player or an aspiring pro, we would love to help take your music to the next level.

Jacob. Light - Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer with 25 years experience. Founder, owner, musical director of ModernTone

Jacob Light

Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer with 25 years experience. Founder, owner, musical director of ModernTone

Instructors

All of us here at ModernTone are professional musicians who have been teaching for years and have helped hundreds of students realize their full musical potential. Click on an instructor to learn more about them.

Reviews

We are the highest rated music studio in the Bay Area and maintain a 5-star rating on Yelp, Facebook, Google and Thumbtack. Check out what our students have to say about their experience at ModernTone.

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ModernTone Studios
1018-B Almanor Ln.
Lafayette, CA 94549

7 days a week, 10am-8pm