Rehearsal Space - Why Do We Need it Anyway

Whether you are band or musician whose been doing this for awhile, or someone whose just starting out, we have probably all experienced the same sequence of events in the beginning.

First off, you set up shop downstairs in the basement, your garage, or the family room at the other end of the house where the rehearsal space is FREE. What could be better than that? That brand new drum kit looks so good, that you can't wait to lay into it at the next band rehearsal. The rehearsal time comes, and just then you and your band are shocked to discover that mommy and daddy declare that you have to turn it down, play quietly, and there's no playing after suppertime! You continue on and manage to deal with this a couple times, until the nice neighbor you mow the lawn for, calls the police on you for being too loud. The cops show up at your front door, and politely tell you they have had complaints from the neighborhood, and you need to turn it down or stop playing. Without cashing in the cards just yet, you grab some packing foam, carpet remnants, and whatever else you can scrounge up for makeshift sound proofing and staple it to the walls. At the next rehearsal you even play at a volume so low you could puke! Just then, another knock at the door, yes it's the boys in blue again, but this time they tell you, that you need to cease and desist immediately because of your continued disturbing of the peace, or you will be cited.

Since you really don't want mommy and daddy to have bad blood with the neighborhood, or even have to move, you are instantly thrown into the market for rehearsal space like it or not. And if you happened to live in a condo or apartment, better that you have a roof over your head, than being tossed out onto the sidewalk for playing your guitar too loud, especially if you really didn't feel like being homeless anyway! Hey, daddy didn't tell me this when he bought me my first ax! Wow, what fun!

So be sure to read all the posts on this blog, so you can save yourself a lot of time, and learn from our experiences.