Welcome to
Beat School for Kids!

Elevate your child’s music class at Beat School for Kids!

A revolutionary music education program empowering the next generation through music production, songwriting, and performance.

Always Be Creating.

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Who we are

We live in a world where kids come together to make noise, learn modern skills, and create something dope along the waves.

If your child loves music, we’d love to have them in our Los Angeles-based classes. Our music production classes are inclusive and we welcome children of all abilities ages 7 - 17 years old.

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Our Mission

To inspire the next generation of music producers by providing a space for collaboration, practice, and demonstration through in-person music production curriculum for children in Los Angeles and beyond.

You Will Learn How-To:

🥁 Arrange and Compose: We teach music production using the latest technology (Bandlab/ ProTools) suitable for any age and ability.

🎤 Record and Edit: The sky is the limit- you can record and edit your songs, podcast, or even design sound.

🎨 Design and Promote: We teach you how to design graphics, hoodies, posters, etc so you know how to promote the work you make.

🤝 Collaborate and Remix: Using platforms to collaborate with other students providing constructive feedback to classmates.

Create.
Innovate.
Collaborate.

Meet Your Instructor, Mr. J!

  • Husband and Father of two school-aged children.

  • An educator, music producer, sound engineer and conscious artist

  • Founder of Mind of the Noise Records and Beat School for Kids

  • Current Registered Behavioral Interventionist in Hollywood

  • Former middle school art teacher

  • Toured worldwide with Atlantic Records and Warner Brothers

  • Engineered Kid Cudi’s live concert in South Korea

  • Earned a M.F.A degree in Electronic Music Recording New Media from Mills College.

  • Earned a B.F.A degree in Digital Film New Media from Kansas City Art Institute.

  • As seen in Source Magazine, Fox 2 Now, and California Gazette