Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Time Sound - Yangjae Station (양재역, line 3/Shinbundang line)

Time Sound is composed of 3 different studios (Time Sound 1, Time Sound 2 and Time Sound 3, or 타임 1, 타임2 and 타임 3 in Korean) that are located out of exit 5 of Yangjae Station, (양재역, line 3).

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At Time Sound 1, you can choose from Rooms A, B and R.

Room A has:
- Guitar amp: Marshall JCM2000 DSL + Marshall 1960, Marshall Valvestate VS100 + Marshall JCM2000 TSL
- Bass amp: Trace Elliot 7215 SMC, Ashdown Engneering MAG300
- Keyboard: Kurzweil PC2X, Korg 01/W FD
- Drums: SONOR
- Mixer: Behringer Eurotack MX2004A


Room B has:
- Guitar amp: Marshall Valvestate 100V, Laney TF700
- Bass amp: Hartke HA3000
- Keyboard: Korg Pro Trinity
- Drums: SONOR
- Mixer: Mackie


Room R has:
- Upright piano: Young Chang
- Drums (Jazz): TAMA Imperialstar
- Bass amp: Ampeq
(For photos, go to the Web site, and on the left side of the page, under "타임 1," click on "R 룸.")

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At Time Sound 2, there is Room S, which has:
- Guitar Amp: Marshall JCM2000 Triple Super Lead TSL 100 + Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cabinet, Laney GH100L + Laney TF412 Cabinet
- Bass Amp: Ashdown head + Ashdown Cabinet
- Drums: TAMA Rockstar
- Keyboard: KURZWEIL PC2X, YAMAHA MO6
- Mixer: Peavey XR 684R 400W


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At Time Sound 3, you can choose from Room E or Room F.

Room E has:
- Guitar amp: Marshall JCM2000 DSL, Line 6
- Bass amp: Fender Rumble 60
- Keyboard: Kurzweil PC2X, Roland XP-30
- Drums: TAMA Rockstar
- Mixer: Mackie DFX12

Room F has:
*I can't seem to find a list of instruments for this, but in the photos I can see:
- 2 keyboards
- Marshall amps
- Tama drums
- some sort of mixing device

Check out their Web site at http://cafe.naver.com/timesound, and you can call them at 02-3462-6235.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Hanyul Music Studio - Sadang Station (사당역, lines 2 and 4)

Hanyul (한율) Music Studio is located near Sadang Station (사당역, lines 2 and 4) out of exit 8, and it's open 8 am-midnight.

The whole place is 63 pyeong in size, and there are several different practice rooms to choose from.

There's one midi room:

2 guitar practice rooms:

4 rooms to practice either keyboard or upright piano:

3 rooms to practice drums:


The prices are as follows:
- drums: 5,000 won/hr or 14,000 won/3 hrs; 140,000 won/month to practice either 8 am-5 pm or 5 pm-midnight; 250,000 won/month to practice anytime from 8 am-midnight
- digital piano: 4,000 won/hr or 10,000 won/3 hrs; same monthly prices as drums
- upright piano: 5,000 won/hr or 14,000 won/3 hrs; 200,000 won/month to practice either 8 am-5 pm or 5 pm-midnight; 350,000 won/month to practice anytime from 8 am-midnight
- guitar: 4,000 won/hr or 10,000 won/3 hrs; 120,000 won/month to practice either 8 am-5 pm or 5 pm-midnight; 220,000 won/month to practice anytime from 8 am-midnight

Directions: Out of exit 8, go left. You'll pass a GS25 on your right. At the next street, turn right. Soon on your right you'll see a restaurant called "가마솥순두부 사당본정," and there'll be a street on your left. Take that street all the way until it dead-ends into a street running perpendicular to it. You'll see UCK Music Studio across the street from you.

You can contact them at 010-3656-5385 and check our their website at http://cafe.naver.com/uck833.

Here's how to get there: