Members planet shh Posted September 24, 2005 Members Share Posted September 24, 2005 I am in a band of poor musicians that all work different hours. Our only open time is late-night after 10:30 or 11pm. Currently our practice space is crammed in a very small barn. It's not fully insulated, and I hate it, although they don't mind it so much. The problem with it is we can never practice much later than 10 because of neighbors. We've considered trying to sound proof it, but I don't know how to do it well, and it's already packed enough in there as it is. What else can we consider doing? We all either live in apartments, townhouses, or with our grumpy parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ermghoti Posted September 24, 2005 Members Share Posted September 24, 2005 Rent rehearsal space. Just a quote of the cost of soundproofing will render you instantly sterile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ned911 Posted September 25, 2005 Members Share Posted September 25, 2005 We rehearse in an indoor storage facility. Put some drop cloth on the wall to kill the reflections and your good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members planet shh Posted September 26, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Originally posted by ned911 We rehearse in an indoor storage facility. Put some drop cloth on the wall to kill the reflections and your good to go. we wont get booted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members planet shh Posted September 26, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Originally posted by ermghoti Rent rehearsal space. Just a quote of the cost of soundproofing will render you instantly sterile. where can you find something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ned911 Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Just tell the manager what your using the space for. You want one with AC (at least in TX) and filters to remove dust. Check the yellow pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ermghoti Posted September 26, 2005 Members Share Posted September 26, 2005 Originally posted by planet shh where can you find something like that? Ask at your local music store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srsfallriver Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 My band reherses online: tons of space!! We learn our parts/share our ideas via e-mail. We assign harmonies, solos and melodies all by computer. In a pinch, we can even record ideas and send them out to each other. This method works great so long as everyone does his part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THB Posted September 27, 2005 Members Share Posted September 27, 2005 Originally posted by planet shh where can you find something like that? Old fashioned thing called a "phone book." Look under "R." * shakes head * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted September 28, 2005 Members Share Posted September 28, 2005 Originally posted by ned911 We rehearse in an indoor storage facility. Put some drop cloth on the wall to kill the reflections and your good to go. A band we used to gig with from NJ used to do that. Except it was an outdoor facility and it got mighty cold in the winter time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flyboy Posted September 30, 2005 Members Share Posted September 30, 2005 My band rents a rehearsal space. It's not the best, but we can be loud 24/7. It's not really expensive $350 a month split 5 ways. There are some people in the same facility that have 2 or more bands in one room to further divide the rent. That seems to work for them, except for drum sets. More than 2 in one room get's messy. I can afford it no problem, some of my other band mates struggle a little from time to time. In the long run, it's really the best way to do it. No time restrictions, no volume restrictions, and no wife/girlfriend or what ever interrupting the practice. We "decorate" (I use that term loosely) in a manner that creates a "vibe" for the space. It's like, once you walk in, you need to leave the rest of the crap in your life outside. That's turned out to be important as well.I think it really helps to maximize how your practice time is utilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TechMetalMan Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 So a storage unit works? They have electrical plugs? And yeah, is it really allowed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sideswipedv Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 My band found a storage rental space that has converted some of their spaces into low rent offices. they are carpeted, paneled, lighted and have heat and air and half bath. You can even crash there when you and the wife/girl are not on good terms. The coolest thing is that they dont charge us anymore for this space than they do for their other storage rentals so we are getting our practice space for 100 a month split five ways..we even called adt and had them put an alarm system in. By the way if anyone has an insurance agency that will insure equipment reasonably i would love to know who it is cause we cant seem to find anyone to carry us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cozmicslop Posted October 4, 2005 Members Share Posted October 4, 2005 Try your local musicians union for gear insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srsfallriver Posted October 4, 2005 Members Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by cozmicslop Try your local musicians union for gear insurance. Most union members around here hate the union. They only stay on board to get payed for classical gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members centuryhouse Posted October 4, 2005 Members Share Posted October 4, 2005 quote:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Originally posted by planet shh where can you find something like that? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old fashioned thing called a "phone book." Look under "R."********************************* About four years ago I tried that approach and couldn't find one storage place that would allow that. I either heard that they had tried it before and had the place wrecked, or that they didn't want a bunch of cars parked there, etc. Not one place would let us rent one for that purpose, and since most have on site managers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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