This Just In--The Grass Is Officially Greener.

I am watching Evan, Brett, and Sam play some gorgeous tunes in a plush rehearsal space when it hits me. Bedrock Studios in Echo Park is better than Downtown Rehearsal. This is not a subjective evaluation, the grass is officially greener.

Heather and I spent our Sunday afternoon hanging out with friends, eating brautwerst and drinking microbrew at the expense of our gracious host, Bedrock Studios. We got a tour of emitter studios where engineer/producer Chris Haynes works with the biggest monitors I've ever seen! (Chris recorded the drums for our upcoming record at his old space at DTR 1.) We got lost for twenty minutes while we peeked our heads into various rehearsal spaces, some of which, like our friends Andrew's and Tony's space, have little isolation rooms connected to the main space. We bumped into LA Record's work space, ...IsGood Radio's broadcast area, even a Gibson show room? This place has it all, and I heard a rumor that they're PUTTING IN A PIZZA AND BEER PLACE!

Logically, Summer Darling should rehearse here. Downtown Rehearsal is one notch above those condemned hotels you see in the rougher districts of downtown. But we won't move. We can't. For the last five years, we've spent every monday night--and many other nights as well--in that dank dark shit hole and it's been some of the best, most creative times of my life. Plus we just cleaned our space for the first time since 2006. Bedrock most certainly does rehearsal studios better, but I can't trade what I got. For anyone looking for a new space, though, I highly recommend Bedrock.