Yep, it does. I've spent a lot of rent on this hobby over the years. But, after all, that's how most hobbies work.
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Yeah. Hence my "culture" comment. If I lived in a city, I'd probably expect to rent space.
Part of it is that I didn't start this hobby until I was 44. By then I was no longer a starving kid in an apartment. The band leader was an architect and had a custom rehearsal room above his garage.
I understand many people might like the 24/7 access to rehearsal space, but there are those who need it (drummers with acoustic drums) and those who don't need it (singers, keyboard players, etc). And it comes down to each person's living situation. The drummer might own a house and keep a spare kit in his basement. The 24/7 access premium is just something that not everyone in the band needs/wants. So if one guy "needs" it to practice daily after work because he lives in an apartment, but no one else in the band goes there except for band practices, then everyone would be paying that premium cost for the benefit of one guy.
In any case, it would be a point of discussion for the band as a whole to weight against other options that might have cheaper rent.
Nice! The concept of starting out after being established is almost foreign to me. I can totally understand practicing/rehearsing in your own home. I do it every now and then, though renting in a central location is ideal for a group made primarily of urbanites. Cheers.
Agree. I'm in a band with a voc/guitar who also plays keys like nobody's business. He brought the keys to one rehearsal but eventually decided to convert all key parts to guitar (we have a second guitarist). We are even doing "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS and you'd never miss the keys.
$400.00 is high for a rental space. But it should have been mentioned at audition. No Pay-No Play. I would not let him slide.
My uncle has a couple of acres of property, and this summer he bought an old school portable and put it in his yard away from the house to convert into a man cave. All i could think was how great of a rehearsal space it would be. His son in law works for the local school board and got it for 3 grand, delivered and set up. I wish i had the property for one.
Yep it all depends on where you live. In Michigan we always built studios in someone's house or basement. Here in Southern California no one can afford houses or basements (at least no one I know) so we have to rent rehearsal spaces :/
I played in one band where this guy was a real poser guitar player but he had a fairly good income. He had put a full rehearsal space in his dailight basement complete with completely separate interior walls and ceiling. The doorway was like an 18" long mini-hallway into the room with a door on . The band could be blasting in there and you could have a nice quiet game of 8-Ball in the room right outside the door.
When I lived in the Seattle area I always wished I had property to add a garage to my house. It seemed like an unattainable goal. Now I'm sitting on 32 acres and a house, barn, shed, two streams, LOTS of sellable timber and soon the new building. And the funny thing is it cost half as much as my house in Seattle. And the annual real estate taxes are less than a car payment.
As a person about to retire, it's part of the reason I moved here.
Or the bassist is single and has devoted 1/2 his apartment to rehearsal space....like me!Unless you have a drummer with a big open room in his house and a pa set up in there.
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I recently got a spot in a band with a regular rehearsal space. Prior to the audition, they told me that if I got the gig, the monthly contribution was XX, and that the band expected to be gigging X times a month at a minimum of X dollars per person per gig. It made the decision really easy, and I appreciated being told prior to either side perhaps wasting time.
You haven't tried to find a good keyboard player... they are RARE in my area. Probably because they can do all kinds of solo gigs reading jazz charts, etc...
Depends on where you are. You'd be hard pressed to find a lockout even close to double that $400 where I am. In fact I doubt you'd find much of any kind of space for anything for that amount of money.
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I knew a guy who quit because my keyboardist rented Space Jam.
No it isn't. It's actually extremely low, at least in my area. You're unlikely to find a rehearsal studio that can even fit a full band for that or less, here. Finding one that's not already occupied? Basically impossible.
Not around here. Keyboardists aren't as easy to find as guitarists, but they're not far behind.
Yes with me not working at the moment as a stay at home Dad , my finances are limited and I dont claim any benefits . maybe he just couldnt meet the required amount every week and rather than getting into an embarrassing situation he bowed out . as for making cash it should be pointed out that even playing 2 gigs a month , remember split between 6 isnt going to be a great deal and he may have wanted to sink the cash made into other things . rent childcare fuel etc... I would call him and sit down and ask what the reason was and if no middle ground can be met then as suggested before , Id leave it as a 5 . Im my band , Im covering some of the piano parts on bass and so far no issues . we are lucky , we rehears in the BL home and sometimes go to a local studio that works out at around £5 each for the session .
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