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Old 09-19-2006, 11:47 AM
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I thought that this would be the most appropriate place to post this. I know that there many different places were bands practice. My band practices in an old school in a room that we rent and keep our larger equipment there. It is relatively secure. Others do the garage or basement thing. The biggest convience of having a place like this would be the ability to leave drum kits set up. No one really likes to port drum kits twice a week for practice.
Currently I am thinking about opening a music facility for lessons and kindermusic that would also provide recording/practice space for a bands. The problem I see is that few groups would want to port equipment in and out (I would not have room for storage). I was thinking about providing a room that was stocked with a dum kit, amps, a small PA and so on so that band could just come in with their intruments, sit down, plug in and jam. Has anyone heard or used a facility that provides a service like this? I can see the good and bad side of facility such as this. I just want to know if they exist and if anyone uses them, how much they pay. Thanks.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:49 PM
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Yup, there's a big facility similar to what you're talking up going up in Madison, WI right now.

www.madisonmusicfoundry.com

I'm going to check it out in person on Wednesday - seems like it should be *sweet.*
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Old 09-20-2006, 06:16 PM
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So did you go to the foundry? How was the set-up?
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Old 09-22-2006, 08:05 AM
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Still being constructed but it looks like he's thought of everything. Even the smallest rooms look like they'd fit my band no problem, HVAC and room shapes were designed by an acoustic specialist, security system is really well thought out, and the owner just seems like a great guy.

The only thing I would change is hardwood vs. carpet, but I understand why he's going that way right now.
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