I was posting in another thread about the Yamaha THR10 and it occurred to me how great the form-factor is as a table-top unit but that's not going to work in my practice setup at all.
I tend to not host my band's rehearsals, though I do from time to time, I don't actually practice in that space on my own. So I'm curious about everyone's practice space setup. I think the best way is to come up with a set of criteria everyone is looking for in a practice room.
When I was a kid, my practice space (as well as my space for everything else at the time) was my bedroom. In those days, I was fortunate enough to have what was considered then an excess of space in my living quarters. From 14-16 I moved into the basement of my mom's house which was something like 500 square feet finished. At that time, I had a space set up for a full band to rehearse and would also practice in that same space. The computer and TV/Lounge were in areas that were clearly defined as separate from this space. The computer was close, though as I became extremely interested in computer recording, though the machine was not powerful enough to do much in the way of overdubs.
At 16, I moved to my father's where I had a large bedroom in a condo. That I divided into a studio and bed/TV space. By this point, I could multitrack and do lots with MIDI and spent most of my time split between writing/recording, playing video games/watching TV and surfing the internet. At this point, I stopped practicing, though. I worked on things and improved, but the focused study of the instrument as a skill waned. I still did improve as I was working on recording which required me to play quite a bit. Unfortunately, I got better at editing than plying at one point...
Then I went away to college at the age of 20. There, I had a dorm room but communal individual practice rooms with plenty of rooms available 24 hours as a day. Many people did their homework in there, but I found them to be extremely off-putting as they were small and because they were communal, sparsely furnished. They were sound-proof, though but I found I did most of my practicing in my dorm room unplugged so as to not disturb anyone.
Then, I moved to a small 1 bedroom apartment where I shared it with a woman who would later become my wife so I was forced to practice in communal space with distractions. But, this is post-college so my practice time waned as I have to work full-time. At one point, I built a studio off site in an office park and found I was putting some more time on the instrument while waiting for things to bounce. But, that's not really studying the instrument.
I find now that I own a home and moved the studio into it from the commercial space, I tend to not practice in the studio, though I do my transcribing in there. I tend to practice in the garage (when the weather is tolerable) or in my bedroom, unplugged. At least for guitar. I practice everything else in my tracking room.
So, what's your practice space? Is it a temporary setup that you put away when you're done or do you leave things in place? Do you practice with an amp or unplugged? What do you like about your setup, what do you hate about it?
I tend to not host my band's rehearsals, though I do from time to time, I don't actually practice in that space on my own. So I'm curious about everyone's practice space setup. I think the best way is to come up with a set of criteria everyone is looking for in a practice room.
When I was a kid, my practice space (as well as my space for everything else at the time) was my bedroom. In those days, I was fortunate enough to have what was considered then an excess of space in my living quarters. From 14-16 I moved into the basement of my mom's house which was something like 500 square feet finished. At that time, I had a space set up for a full band to rehearse and would also practice in that same space. The computer and TV/Lounge were in areas that were clearly defined as separate from this space. The computer was close, though as I became extremely interested in computer recording, though the machine was not powerful enough to do much in the way of overdubs.
At 16, I moved to my father's where I had a large bedroom in a condo. That I divided into a studio and bed/TV space. By this point, I could multitrack and do lots with MIDI and spent most of my time split between writing/recording, playing video games/watching TV and surfing the internet. At this point, I stopped practicing, though. I worked on things and improved, but the focused study of the instrument as a skill waned. I still did improve as I was working on recording which required me to play quite a bit. Unfortunately, I got better at editing than plying at one point...
Then I went away to college at the age of 20. There, I had a dorm room but communal individual practice rooms with plenty of rooms available 24 hours as a day. Many people did their homework in there, but I found them to be extremely off-putting as they were small and because they were communal, sparsely furnished. They were sound-proof, though but I found I did most of my practicing in my dorm room unplugged so as to not disturb anyone.
Then, I moved to a small 1 bedroom apartment where I shared it with a woman who would later become my wife so I was forced to practice in communal space with distractions. But, this is post-college so my practice time waned as I have to work full-time. At one point, I built a studio off site in an office park and found I was putting some more time on the instrument while waiting for things to bounce. But, that's not really studying the instrument.
I find now that I own a home and moved the studio into it from the commercial space, I tend to not practice in the studio, though I do my transcribing in there. I tend to practice in the garage (when the weather is tolerable) or in my bedroom, unplugged. At least for guitar. I practice everything else in my tracking room.
So, what's your practice space? Is it a temporary setup that you put away when you're done or do you leave things in place? Do you practice with an amp or unplugged? What do you like about your setup, what do you hate about it?
Practice space and gear discussion.
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