Friday 1 June 2012

What to Expect From London Rehearsal Studios

There are many reasons you may be considering hiring London rehearsal studios from teaching a dance class to making a music video, recording your first album to photography.

Whatever your reason there are perfect options available to make your task seamless and easy as possible. The studios are located outside the congestion zone in London, within easy reach of all the major motorways, ensuring easy accessibility to anyone who wishes to use them.

The advantage to this is you don’t have to worry that some members cannot get there, even if they are travelling with public transport, the studio you choose should be easy access whether arriving in a car or on a bus and train.

The studios should offer ground floor studios with easy yard access making it simple and painless to load and unload all your heavy equipment. Whether it’s just cameras or whether you have drums, guitars and keyboards to unload, you want to be able to do so without carrying them up and down stairs before and after each rehearsal.

Take special note of available parking, this is an important factor in London and you need to ensure that there is parking available to avoid any delays in starting your rehearsal session.

What Should The Offer?

Further do they offer storage or repairs? Storage just makes it that bit easier especially if you have booked the London rehearsal studio for more than one day. This means you don’t have to carry heavy equipment back and forth before and after rehearsals and worry about it overnight. The same applies with on-site repairs, you need to know that should something break it can be fixed quickly and effectively, you should be given first priority at any nearby repair centres so your rehearsal can continue running without too many problems.

When you hire a space for rehearsing you don’t want a large studio if there is only about five of you or a small studio when there is forty of you, so being able to choose the size that best suits your requirement is not only a money saving benefit, but also realistic in terms of what you need.

A six hundred foot studio is ideal for smaller groups, maybe a small dance group, photography session or music video recording where a larger 1,000 foot studio is perfect for those making a television production, short film or video.

The studios should also offer some features such as a kitchen for a good cup of tea during rehearsals, a shower, PA and backline. Some may offer staging and a channel mixing desk, you should confirm this prior to booking.

If you are making a film or video you will want to take advantage of the green screen, always ensure the London rehearsal studios you are considering offer this, this will reduce the amount of items you need to hire and transport to and from the studio.

When making a music recording it’s a good idea to confirm they offer a control room with recording facilities, this will improve your sound for your demos that you are making.

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