Jamming Studios in Singapore

 

List of Jamming Studios in Singapore with Address, Contacts, Facebook, Website links, and most importantly pictures:

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[#8] Jamming @ LiveAmp

 

2nd time jamming at LiveAmp’s new studios at Chinatown Plaza.

This time in the RED Room.

The 2 guitar amps are different, no more MA100, now they have JCM900 & JCM2000.

They are nice amps but the EQ settings are shared, I prefer the Marshall heads like AVT150 which have 4 channels with separate EQs settings + built-in effects.

Bass amp is a Mesa Boogie M6 Carbine, looks cool.

The TAMA drumset looks like the one they had at their old Keong Siak studio (large room).

LiveAmp is still the cleanest & most professional looking studio I’ve been to so far, but… like I mentioned earlier, I prefer to use the Marshall AVT150 heads which are available in other studios.

http://liveamp.com.sg/

[#7] Jamming @ Music Ensemble

Music Ensemble is a jamming studio located in POMO (near Dhoby Ghaut MRT)

There are 3 rooms of the same size (one of them have a see-through glass panel)

The rooms are not very big, I estimate about 150sqft++?

Equipment standard is average, but it’s good that they provide the footswitches for the guitar amps.

This is a decent studio to jam at if you need to be in town, the studio owners are very friendly nice people!

http://www.musicensemble.com.sg/

[#6] Jamming @ Anaki Records!

 

The search for the BEST jamming studio in Singapore continues….

Jammed at Anaki Studio 2 today, located at 58B Temple Street, a short distance from Chinatown MRT.

The thing that caught our attention is the well-tuned Tama drumset in the studio, having been to many studios with crappy drumsets, my drummer was very pleased with this one, he is not easily pleased when it comes to drumsets.

Pictured above: House guitars & Peavey guitar amp (Bandit 112 iirc)

Pictured above: Peavey guitar amp (Envoy 110 iirc)

  Pictured above: Keyboard & Monitors

Pictured above: TAMA Drumset

 

More information can be found on Anaki Records site: http://www.anakirecords.com

[#5] Jamming @ Liveamp Studios!

Liveamp is a new studio that started operations around August 2010. It is about 5-10mins walk from Outram MRT.

The studio is huge with a very nice L-shape couch, this is the first studio I’ve been to that allows footwear inside, but we’ve been too well trained by all the other studios in Singapore that all of us removed our footwear promptly after entering the studio =)

The studio is equipped with all Marshall amps, TAMA drumset & Sabian cymbals….very nice.

The Boss & staff at Liveamp are all very friendly, do try them out if you like jamming in big studios :)

 

WEB:

http://liveamp.com.sg/

 

 

The Marshall MA100H half-stack that I was using….tubes!

Barney meets Marshall

 

 

[#3] Jamming @ Chapter6 Studios!

 

Went jamming at Chapter6 studio on Hari Raya, this is my 2nd time jamming @ Chapter6.

We booked the other studio this time (lower floor), this studio looks bigger compared to the last one (higher floor, with recording equipment)

There’s 3 sofa sets in there…yeah..3!

This studio has a couple of Vox Valvetronic AD100VT-XL guitar amps, they sound pretty decent.

Craftsman guitars (w/ humbuckers in the bridge), Hartke 112 Hydrive 250 watts bass amp.

Craftsman bass (i think…)

Vocal equipment

Pearl Drumset (i think..)   

All in all, it was a more comfortable experience compared to the previous one…partly because our band has shrunk in numbers

The acoustics of the studio sounded pretty good

This studio could rival Odiocrib..

[#4] Jamming @ Fyewerkz! Studios

Jammed at Fyewerkz! Studios earlier since Odiocrib is having another gig at their studio.

It is quite near to Kallang MRT, just about 5mins walk.

We jammed at what i believe is the bigger studio (there are 2 studios there), it really is big!great size!!

There’s a nice couch & fan too…

here’s the house guitars:

(one’s a TGM not sure about the other, the house bass guitar is also a TGM)

Vocal equipment:

Bass Amp:

(Carvin amp & Ashdown speakers, unfortunately we can’t seem to get it to sound loud enough..)

Guitar Amps:

(The Marshall Halfstack that i didn’t use)

Steve Vai’s signature Carvin Legacy!

This is the 1st time i’ve played through a Legacy, it has a pretty raw sound, cuts through very well….so well that i can’t hear the bass.

Drums:

(Premier drums, think its a 7-piece set with Paiste cymbals, apparently too big for my drummer!)

All in all pretty good experience at Fyewerkz, but the bass level is a problem…

 

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[#3] Jamming @ Chapter6 Studios

Went jamming at Chapter6 Studios, 141 Jalan Besar, the other day…booked Midas Studio at the Attic.

First impressions…it was very clean (maybe cuz they’re new), staff/owners seem like genuine friendly people…

The room was of decent size, but could be bigger..we’re a 5-piece band it was abit cramp for us.

GEAR:

Guitar Amps: Vox Valvetronic AD100VT-XL, Marshall AVT Tribute 100
Bass Amp: Hartke 112 Hydrive 250 watts
Drum Set: TAMA Superstar 5pc Drum Set (iirc can request for iron cobra double pedal)

again decent stuff…..but i’ve gotten used to the half-stacks available @ other studios, which are charging the same prices for their rooms.

 

sorry for the lack of pictures, forgot to take :P

 

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[#2] Jamming @ OdioCrib

Decided to try out Odiocrib studios located in Waterloo Center opposite the NAFA campus on Sunday....booked the largest room Studio1

Waterloo Center looked rather ulu & somewhat abandoned....as most of the shops there were not open.....

We were very pleased with the studio, it is of reasonable size.....unlike other places where their largest room is equivalent to maybe 3 toilet cubicles....seriously not very "large"

Plus they've got really nice stuff inside, a couple of Marshall half-stacks AVT series if i remember correctly....Marshall Bass Amp......not sure 'bout the vocals monitors & stuff but my vocalist likes 'em, so i guess they're decent..

Closer look at the half-stack & Vocal pre-amp/mixer..?

& here's the Marshall i was playin' through, one thing 'bout Odiocrib, they do not leave the guitars/bass & cables in the studio, so you'll need to request for them.....that also means that they take care of their equipment....

Pictured above is my Les Paul & a Fender Tele (the house guitar, its very new.. strings still fresh! also saw a Fender Strat there but took the Tele cuz i've never tried a Tele before...)

Anyway my 1st experience playin' a Tele isn't good, i particularly did not like the bridge....the screw was sticking out & made it extremely uncomfortable when palm-muting, & it was also neck diving alot...didn't know Teles neck-dive, i thought it was only SGs & Vs

Here's the TAMA Drumset, well......still can't compare to VelvetJoint's set but its good enough....One thing 'bout this Studio, there are 2 monitors, one of 'em is just beside the Drums, so the Drummer can hear what's goin with the rest...very nice touch!

My Bassist having a go at the Drums during smoke-break...
Odiocrib Studio1 is great! one of the better studios in SG, we've decided to jam there till VelvetJoint's back in business....

[#1] Jamming @ X-Jamming

Went jamming at X-Jamming today.. no make it yesterday since its already 12.13am..after a long layoff due to studies...

Anyway found out my usual studio, VelvetJoint is moving to another location so had to source for a temp substitute....decided to go to X-Jamming since its convenient for the rest...

X-Jamming is located near Chinese Garden MRT, its owner is X-Tech guitarist, Mr. Rizal

We booked the largest room, but when i got there i realised the largest room really isn't that big at all (maybe i'm too used to VelvetJoint's spacious studio..?)

The amps in there are pretty good Marshall & Fender Half-stack, i played through the Marshall, some valvestate model.. i actually like it more than the Laney at VelvetJoint...

Took some bad-quality pictures, if anyones interested....

the drums:


My drummer says that it sounds too "bright" (Hartke Bass amp in the background)

The Marshall Half-Stack i was playing through:

View from behind the drumset:

(picture edited to keep my vocalist mysterious....)

& there's a sofa beside the Drumset:

for better quality pictures of the studio equipment, head on down to X-Tech's multiply site: http://xtech.multiply.com/photos/album/25/New_Jamming_studio_in_town...._X-JamminStudio