Mastodon Opening Atlanta Rehearsal Studio
Are you in a band in the Atlanta area? Do you need someplace to rehearse? Are you bummed that two such spaces, Thunderbox and Avatar Studios, closed in 2015? Fret not, friend! Mastodon have your back!!!
Metal Insider reports that Creative Loafing reports that Mastodon report that they have purchased the space that used to house the Othello Event Hall, and will be turning that space into rehearsal studios. Christened “Ember City” after the Mastotune of the same name, the facility “will be hopefully opening in the next few months.” This according to Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher, who apparently spearheaded the purchase and is overseeing the necessary renovations:
“I think I can get 13 [rehearsal spaces] upstairs. Maybe another six or seven downstairs. I want to get the general population’s ideas about what sizes of rooms they need: A 10’x10′ room? A 20’x20′ room? And build it to suit the needs of what people are looking for. Some bigger bands might just need a 6’x10′ storage space. I want there to be options. If it’s just one dude and his drum set who wants a 9’x9′ room, I want to have that. I don’t want to paint myself into a corner where every room is 10’x20′ and that’s all you can do. I want there to be options.”
Interested parties (but not annoying fans who have no actual business to conduct!) can contact Kelliher via e-mail about renting space: butterslax AT hotmail DOT com. You can also read more of Kelliher’s comments on the facility here.
