All you non-musicians, I'm not sure why you'd be reading this post, but have you ever been to a real practice space complex? Very weird scene. Everyone there is a musician and there's a ton of 'tude in the air. I love stopping for a moment and letting all that disparate music in the halls mix together into something far more interesting than what you'd probably hear if you were actually listening to just one of these groups with their big stacks of amps, bad hair, and stolen licks. For the true practice space experience in SF, you've got to visit Secret Studios. They've got really nice rooms and a history of some big bands having practiced there way back when. There's a parking lot with fancy electronic gate, a store with juice, food, guitar strings, 9-volts. Rooms aren't cheap, but that's why you split rent with 6 other bands.
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