Practice room lay out?

[xxxplorer]

I am in the mood to re-arrange my practice area (my garage!!!) for our band so that it not only sounds better, but has more fung shwei. I previously had the Drums in the middle of my garage and then the bass on one wall with the guitar on the opposite... this worked sometimes, but the biggest problem we run into is that I hear the bass and Josh (my bass player and bro) hears the geetar.... SOOOOOOooooooo.

I am thinking of puting the Drums in the corner of the gayrage and sticking the amps kinda at an angle facing the drums... so that the amps won't be in our faces but faced at Joey (my drummer and other bro).... bwahahaha.

What is the typical best layout for a jam/practice space? Now, I already have the couch, beer fridge, poker table and other necessary stuff... and that can be put around the important things (amps), I basically have a 2 1/4 car garage that's first priority is jamming.... storage and everything else works around it.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Practice room lay out?

Practice space is for communication -- you need to be able to see and hear each other. Give your drummer/bro room to move, so that he doesn't bang his elbows into the walls while he's playing.

The problem with single cabs is that they blast into the room from their own point in space, and they :fart: all over the one standing right next to them. Try to get everyone an equal distance from each sound source, drums included. As for the rest, quit "schwinging" your "fung" at everybody.

 

[doveman]

Re: Practice room lay out?

The new band that I'm playing started facing each other but has moved to a stage setup (where we plan to play). Our practice area is a room the size of a double garage ... right above a double garage. We have enough equipment between us to just leave it set up with the monitors.

So we occasionally face each other when working on parts ... but most of the time we are hearing things coming from where they will on stage. I think it's helping our communication in that this is what we'll see and hear on stage.

First gigs are in two weeks ... so we'll see. But I think we've improved because we're using this method. Plus we are purposely squeezing the equipment (not cramped) towards the stage sizes the group generally plays in clubs. Keyboard guy runs the sound from "stage left" which is our plan if the club is too small to use the snake rig and use a soundman.

It's basically practicing in real conditions. If that que you always need is behind you at the gig ... what you gonna do?