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 Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: jeffreyc 
Date:   2005-12-20 17:46

Hi all,

I'll be vacationing in NYC in January, but will need to be practicing during that period due to some upcoming auditions. Anyone know of good practice rooms for rent in midtown?

Preferably I'm looking for something without a punk band next door. :-)

Thanks,
Jeffreyc

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: Chalumeau Joe 
Date:   2005-12-20 21:35

Michiko's (see Roberto's URL below) rents studio time:

http://www.robertoswoodwind.com/studios/



Post Edited (2005-12-20 21:45)

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: ClariBone 
Date:   2005-12-20 22:30

Will you be staying in a hotel?? If so, at least in the Midwest, one can ask to use a conference room or the like for practicing (could save you some $$$). Did that before All-State band try-outs my freshman year!!!

Clayton



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: larryb 
Date:   2005-12-20 22:49

Good location and reasonable price:

Shetler Studios
Tel: (212)246-6655 Fax (212)262-3668
Address: 939 8th Avenue (between 55th & 56th Streets)
New York, NY 10019



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: jeffreyc 
Date:   2005-12-21 07:57

All, thanks for the replies. There are a couple of good options there! I appreciate it!

Jeffreyc

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2005-12-21 12:54

Here's the AnyWho listing: http://ypng.infospace.com/_1_V5DU9S0KTU3CP__info.anywho/ypv3/list.htm?qb=518721&xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.superpages.com%2Fxml%2Fsearch%3FSRC%3DInfospace%26C%3Dmusic%2Bstudio%26R%3DN%26T%3DManhattan%26S%3DNY%26Z%3D%26MC%3D1%26F%3D1%26CP%3DArts%2B%2526%2BEntertainment%255EMusic%255ERehearsal%2BStudios%255E&kcfg=ypus&ypinsp=0&resolve=location&searchtype=all&fromform=qsearch&qb=518721&qh=Music+Rehearsal+Studios&wqhqn=1&qhqn=music+studio&qc=manhattan&qs=NY&qk=15&top=external&qsubcat=firstpage

Also, The Dakota, 1 West 72nd Street, rents out space by the hour. My quintet used to rehearse there. It has plaster walls two feet thick and 12 foot ceilings. You never hear anything from next door. They don't appear to have a website, but their phone number is (212) 362-1448.

It has lots of musical karma. Caruso and Melchior lived there. There's a perhaps an urban legend that after a drunken party, they grapped a shotgun to go hunting in the hall and blew away a stuffed moose head. John Lennon and Yoko Ono also lived there, and he was shot just outside.

Ken Shaw

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2005-12-21 14:04

I hear some places rent rooms by the hour ........  ;)



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: larryb 
Date:   2005-12-22 02:03

Ken,

I thought Caruso lived at the Ansonia - or maybe he lived at both?



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2005-12-22 11:47

larryb -

I think you're right about the Ansonia. Thanks for the correction.

The New York City air pollution scrambles the memory cells.

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: DougR 
Date:   2005-12-22 17:41

Charles Colin (315 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019 (212) 581-1480) has practice rooms too, though most are pre-rented on a monthly basis. Might be a good idea to give a call, though...they're pretty darn cheap, IF you can get one.

http://www.charlescolin.com/studio.htm


Also, West Side Dance Project has practice rooms--I used to use their rooms a lot at their previous location, and if the rooms in the new location are anything like the ones I used, they're adequate but best of all (again) cheap.

Link:
http://www.westsidedanceproject.com/page5.html

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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2005-12-24 03:08

Is Chas Colin still alive?

wow! I went to his place about 10 years ago and he was really old back then!



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: DougR 
Date:   2005-12-24 19:51

No, Mr. Colin caught the bus some time ago. I don't remember exactly when. I believe one or two of his sons run the place now

Apropos of nothing, someone ought to compile a list of NYC music-related landmarks that are still around, same as ever, much as they have always been. Patelson's, maybe, and Colin, and Shetler Studios (the one on 8th Ave.), maybe Frank Music, Roseland...the Liederkranz townhouse off 5th, I guess. Not counting Carnegie Hall or CAMI Hall, because they're primarily performance venues.

And the brain runs dry.....



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 Re: Practice Rooms for Rent in NYC?
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2005-12-30 14:49

Here's another: http://www.nycmusicplaces.org



Post Edited (2005-12-30 17:49)

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