Rehearsal Space – Supposedly Secure

When we rented space, we experienced everything from NO security to real security.

OK, a card access entry on the front door, and a magnetic strip to let you in is NO security. Why? because any card in your wallet has a magnetic strip and can open the door just like at the ATM door. Next, the proximity card reader is NO security. Why? because the proximity card can be handed off to anybody, letting Joe Shmo come in after his buddy from another band gave him the card, told him how to come in and rip you off. OK, surveillance cameras are useless, because they are only as good as whose watching them (and if its one of the guys we described on this blog, believe me they aren’t watching jack!) and they don’t prevent anything from happening. If your gear is gone, it’s gone man cameras or no cameras in many of these dumps. Read our horror stories in the horror story entry, because everywhere we had stuff missing, there was supposedly cameras and no one knows anything! An alarm is NO security. Why? because it’s only as good as the person answering it just like with the cameras. Do you really think the cops are going to be the one answering an alarm in these places? Good I give you credit for that. When an alarm does go off, it’s the same old story, we know nothing. How about a real person? NO NO NO, because if the real person is Joe the musician hanging out in the office, or Harry the wannabee musician owner, or Jack the absentee property owner, they could care less about whose coming, going, or walking out the door with your stuff OK! Well then how about all this stuff combined?, you’re getting warmer, but the real answer is NOT electronics and cameras as you just found out, but it is management. Your tip of the day here is, to find a place that is extremely tightly managed by pros in the music industry, that won’t put up with the goings on described by our experiences on this blog, and not by some fledgling musician, a self storage place, or someone with empty building space. You have to look hard and scrutinize your choice down to a bonafide music industry facility that provides these protections through their management standards.

The music industry is connected with tightly managed rehearsal space, and they put their experienced people in place to operate them. You want to find a place that has the management skills in place, and understands the entire music industry, so your needs are met professionally and without incident. They are hard to find, but they usually stand out because they have been around awhile. There is music industry rehearsal space that permit local bands and beginners use of their facilities too, because this is how they help cultivate their own industry and give back to the community.