With the help of brother-in-law Mark Lewallen and friend Briand Eberhardt, the long time musician and teacher, Jim Betsios opened Offbeat on January 12th, 1998. Since then, Offbeat has been providing Lake Zurich and the surrounding areas with quality music lessons in a variety of instruments as well as musical instrument sales and repairs.
Over the years, Offbeat has expanded its retail sales in other states and countries, shipping instruments and accessories all over the world on a daily basis.