Learn the equipment you use
Work with an SSS instructor on your mixer, microphones, recording interface, or playback system. Bring your questions and build practical skills around what you want to do.
Hands-on audio instruction →SACRAMENTO SOUND SOLUTIONS + SKIP’S MUSIC
Learn. Rehearse.
Make music.
Skip’s Music has helped Sacramento musicians learn, play, and perform for more than 50 years. Our partnership connects equipment and rehearsal rooms at Skip’s with SSS’s audio engineers, event production, instruction, and recording services.
Find support for your next stepFOR MUSICIANS, BANDS, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SOUND
Practical support for your music.
Learn your mixer, prepare your band’s setup, or record a rehearsal with an experienced engineer.
Rehearse with an engineer
Use rehearsal time to work on your sound as well as your songs. An SSS engineer can help with microphone placement, monitor mixes, stage setup, and playback at your rehearsal space or in a room we arrange at Skip’s Music.
Hear what you’re creating
Record a rehearsal, audition, or performance. We can help you capture the music, listen back, and identify what to work on before the next session or show.
Recording with SSS →Vintage backline for your session
Explore Rhodes electric pianos, Hammond organs, Leslie cabinets, and distinctive amplifiers through Skip’s Music. Build a rehearsal or recording session around instruments you might not have at home.
Backline and equipment options →FREE LIVE SOUND LESSONS
Gain Structure Visualized — Live Sound, Step by Step
Learn why a loud-enough PA can still hiss, and how gain structure affects noise, fader control and monitor behavior. Start the ten-part live sound training series.
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A RELATIONSHIP BUILT OVER YEARS
Our paths crossed
at Skip’s Music.
Josh and Rebecca met at Skip’s Music. Josh managed backline, rentals, and production; Rebecca taught bass and coached bands in Stairway to Stardom. Years spent teaching, rehearsing, and working shows with local musicians helped shape the way they run Sacramento Sound Solutions.
Josh’s work with Skip’s production team included regional festivals such as Gold Rush Days and the Sacramento Valley Scottish Games. Rebecca brings experience as a performer, house engineer, and stage manager. Today, they draw on that experience to help musicians learn their equipment, prepare for shows, and record their work.
Skip Maggiora and the store that helped Sacramento play.
Skip Maggiora opened the first Skip’s Music in 1973, beside a bowling alley at 24th Street and Florin Road. He ran the store on his own for its first six months. His approach was simple: understand what working musicians needed and give them a place to find the equipment, advice, and support to keep playing.
That idea grew beyond the store. Stairway to Stardom began in 1981, bringing young musicians together to form bands, rehearse, record, and perform. Weekend Warriors followed in 1997, helping adults return to music—or play in a band for the first time. Both programs made playing with other people part of the learning experience.
Skip’s influence reached beyond Sacramento. He shared the Weekend Warriors concept with other music retailers, helping inspire similar programs around the world. His legacy lives in the musicians who found their first band, their confidence on stage, or their way back to playing through Skip’s Music.
Hear from the people behind Skip’s Music
LET’S PUT IT TOGETHER
What would you like
to work on?
Tell us what you want to learn, rehearse, or record, along with your preferred dates and the equipment you use. We’ll help you plan the session and arrange the space, gear, and support you need.
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