What sort of place does/did your band rehearse in?

Adey · October 2020

I was wondering what sorts of places those of us who play in bands (or did 9 months ago!) use to reheasre in

Do you and your band go along to a swanky rehearsal room or do you you kick the Mrs out for the evening, get your band mates round and set up in living room? Do you "keep the noise down" or deafen the neighbours til 3.00AM?

Do you have a fantastic barn / series of outhouses in your country estate that you have rammed with kit that you just plug into when you and your chums turn up?

Do you do the old "garage" option?

Or something else?

As my band all live scattered around the outer reaches of London and the Home Counties, we tended to use the most convenient rehearsal studio, nearest where I happened to be working at the time as I was organising the sessions!

fretmeister · October 2020

Done it all.

Dedicated rehearsal studios with and without provided backline.

Recording studios that used the down time for rehearsals.

Village Halls

Garages.

Proper rehearsal spaces with PA already set up is by far the easiest.

mikem8634 · October 2020

Abandoned sweet factory

Danny1969 · October 2020

I used to have my own studio with 2 very live rooms that we used for rehearsal. Nowadays I use a dedicated rehearsal place in Portsmouth called Casemates which has the PA, drums and amps already in the room ... plus it has a bar for a beer after. It makes rehearsing a lot less hassle.

octatonic · October 2020

Lately a local village hall.
We bring out own PA.

jonnygreentrees · October 2020

We've rented an outbuilding on a farm for the last 5 years and equipped it with a cobbled together PA.

It costs about the same a month in rent as 4 rehearsals at a commercial rehearsal space and we can leave our gear set up in there ready to go

EricTheWeary · October 2020

Rehearsal studios ( though they weren’t swanky!). Tried the back room of a pub/ community centre type route but a bit of a pain in the arse really.

https://i.imgur.com/vqzoK45.jpg

Here I am in such a studio eating a microphone and showing off that I once met a lady.

stonevibe · October 2020

All the above and more, my favourite was in the '80s we rehearsed in bakery near Manor House and all my gear was covered in flour. Looked like I was in Fields Of The Nephilim afterwards...

imalrightjack · October 2020

Generally speaking, absolutely shite places that are cold/too hot, including various garages, what was once a gym that ran off a single plug on a very long trailing socket and was very damp (so safe! I recall plugging something in and a flash of electricity that fortunately didn't harm me), outhouses, church rooms, etc.

mudslide73 · October 2020

EricTheWeary said:

Rehearsal studios ( though they weren’t swanky!). Tried the back room of a pub/ community centre type route but a bit of a pain in the arse really.

https://i.imgur.com/vqzoK45.jpg

Here I am in such a studio eating a microphone and showing off that I once met a lady.

Everyone knows Caroline!

Our bass player's house. PA and cabs left in situ. I'm not sure I could do the Stokey toilets

again now we've been spoiled.

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Eski · October 2020

We used to use the local Rugby club for a while - usually in the main hall but when they needed that for something else we got put into one of the squash courts that were part of the club. Sounded good in there.

Musicwolf · October 2020

Usually rehearsal rooms these days. We use our own PA (even if there is one in-house), at one set of rooms, which we haven't used since March, we hired a lock-up to store gear.

The best setup I ever had with a band was when the bass player had his own business and there was a free space above where he stored materials. An old farm building, no heating, but a fantastic sounding room. We could leave gear set up there which was very handy.

DrJazzTap · October 2020

Pirate practice studios, although the one in Bristol is like a rat run with no one physically onsite (all codes etc online). We've not been in the practice room since March

west · October 2020

I played with nwobhm band Dark Star and in true bad news / spinal type style we rehearsd above a Pork Scratching factory in wolverhampton .... lol it made you heave after a few hours ...

EricTheWeary · October 2020

mudslide73 said:

EricTheWeary said:

Rehearsal studios ( though they weren’t swanky!). Tried the back room of a pub/ community centre type route but a bit of a pain in the arse really.

https://i.imgur.com/vqzoK45.jpg

Here I am in such a studio eating a microphone and showing off that I once met a lady.

Everyone knows Caroline!

Our bass player's house. PA and cabs left in situ. I'm not sure I could do the Stokey toilets again now we've been spoiled.

I think the entire West Midlands gigging scene relied on her network of babysitters. Last time I saw her she was about to have child number three so I suspect Corona virus may have given her some necessary respite.

Stevepage · October 2020

First band I was in rehearsed in an old horse stables in a middle of the singers parents garden (acres and acres of land). Used to spend hours in there undisturbed. Was quite beautiful looking out onto fields miles away.

Jalapeno · October 2020

A room in the drummer's palatial gaff. (The unused Au Pair's flat to be precise !)

mudslide73 · October 2020

EricTheWeary said:

mudslide73 said:

EricTheWeary said:

Rehearsal studios ( though they weren’t swanky!). Tried the back room of a pub/ community centre type route but a bit of a pain in the arse really.

https://i.imgur.com/vqzoK45.jpg

Here I am in such a studio eating a microphone and showing off that I once met a lady.

Everyone knows Caroline!

Our bass player's house. PA and cabs left in situ. I'm not sure I could do the Stokey toilets again now we've been spoiled.

I think the entire West Midlands gigging scene relied on her network of babysitters. Last time I saw her she was about to have child number three so I suspect Corona virus may have given her some necessary respite.

If only I was half the musician she is.

Adey · October 2020

Jalapeno said:

A room in the drummer's palatial gaff. (The unused Au Pair's flat to be precise !)

@Jalapeno ;What was unused? The room or the Au Pair?

pigface · October 2020

This place. A private pub out in the desert. No noise issues and a full bar :-)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mb1nlpzaml0cc4b/PoHMap.JPG?raw=1

ArchtopDave · October 2020

There's a good rehearsal studio near me. The guy, who owns it, has made a lot of effort to make it as safe as possible in regard to a certain virus. We've gone back to using it after he'd put all the adjustments in and reopened.

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