Free English Interpretation when you contact the studios

Remember that when you contact these studios, if no one there speaks English, you can call a service called the BBB (Before Babel Brigade), and they'll contact the studio on 3-way and interpret for you. Their number is 1588-5644, and their site is http://bbbkorea.org.

A short film on Badabie

Here's a short doc I did on the owner of Badabie for Spin magazine's site spinearth.tv. Hope you like it:

MH (Music House) Studio - Myeonghak Station (명학역, line 1)

Music House Studio (뮤직하우스) is located out of exit 2 of Myeonghak Station (명학역, line 1).

There are 2 band rehearsal rooms (A room and B room) that cost 12,000 won/hr. There is also a vocal practice room, drum practice room, guitar practice room, and a dance practice room, which are 5,000 won/hr. You can also make a deal with them where you pay a monthly fee and figure out some sort of schedule.

A room has:
- guitar amps: Marshall JCM 2000 DSL100, Marshall 1960 Cabinet
- bass amps: Ampeg SVT - 4, Ampeg 810 E Cabinet
- drums: Tamburo Opera
- keyboards: Kurzweil SP2X, Korg TR76
- mixer: Behringer Xenyx 2442FX
- loudspeaker: Beatiser VS12
- mic: Shure SM58

B room has:
- guitar amps: Laney LV 300H, Laney GS412A Cabinet
- bass amp: Hartke A100
- drums: Tamburo Opera
- keyboard: Korg TR76
- mixer: Behringer Xenyx 2442FX
- loudspeaker: Beatiser VS12
- mic: Shure SM58



You can call them at 031-458-5866 and check out their website at http://cafe.naver.com/mhstudio.cafe. They're located on the first basement floor.

JM Drum & Guitar Music School - Omokgyo Station (오목교역, line 5)

JM 드럼기타음악학원 (Drum & Guitar Music School) is located out of exit 8 of Omokgyo Station (오목교역, line 5) and is open 11 am-11 pm. This school offers lessons for drums, guitar, bass and jazz piano, or you can practice by yourself in one of the practice spaces.







You can call them at 02-2645-2288 or 011-9062-9989 or visit http://map.naver.com/local/siteview.nhn?code=11641661. Here's how to get there:

Oh Rock Go Rock - Children's Grand Park/Konkuk Univ. Stations (어린이대공원역/건대입구역, lines 2 and 7)

Oh Rock Go Rock is located either out exit 4 of Children's Grand Park Station (어린이대공원역, line 7) or exit 3 of Konkuk University Station (건대입구역, lines 2 and 7). They're open weekdays 10 am-midnight and weekends 9 am-11:30 pm.

You can choose from the A Room, which costs between 10,000-15,000 won/hr depending on what time of day it is (evening hours are more expensive). In this room they have:
- guitar amps: JCM2000 DSL100 1960AC Cabinet, MARSHALL 8100
- bass amp: Ampeg BA-500
- drums: YAMAHA rock tour custom
- keyboard: Yamaha MOTIF7
- PA system/SNB 1.2Kw Tascam M108 mixer, Yamaha REV100 reverb, Live 400W speaker, Shure SM58 mic



Or the B Room, which ranges from 9,000-15,000 won/hr. This room has:
- drums: Sonor Force 2007
- guitar amps: Laney LV300H LA412A Cabinet, Marshall 265R
- bass amp: Laney RB7 300W
- keyboard: Korg TR 76
- PA system: Leem 300W
- mic: Sennheiser




You can also rent extra guitars, basses, amps, or keyboards for an additional 2,000 won/hr:




You can call them at 019-241-2323 or 070-8162-8623, and check out their web site at cafe.daum.net/ohrockgorock.

Match Studio - Yeoksam Station (역삼역, line 2)

Match Studio is located out of exit 4 of Yeoksam Station (역삼역, line 2). Aside from renting rehearsal rooms, you can also take lessons from quite a large, talented staff they have. They're open weekdays noon-11 pm, Saturdays noon-7 pm, and closed on Sundays.

They have 16 different rooms:


Here's how to get there as well as their contact info:


You can visit their site at matchstudio.co.kr, call them at 02-561-8629, and email them at jchung@matchstudio.co.kr.

Here's how to find them:

Jaengi Music Studio - Seoul National Univ. of Ed. Station (교대역, lines 2 and 3)

Jaengi Music Studio (쟁이 뮤직 스튜디오) is located out of exit 14 of Seoul National University of Education Station (aka 교대역 where lines 2 and 3 meet). When you come out of the exit, make a u-turn and take your first left. You'll see a Buy the Way convenience store a little ways down that alley. Go past it, and on your left you'll see a 시에프 fried chicken restaurant. Turn left at the next alley, and you'll see the sign for 쟁이 Studio halfway down the alley on your right.

The old man who runs the place is super cool, and just sits in the back room and watches a lot of TV. The now-defunct expat band The 40 Days used to practice here, which is how I found out about this place (from my friend who used to play bass with them), so the owner is used to dealing with foreigners.

There are 3 rooms to choose from:






We paid 24,000 won for 2 hours.

You can visit their website at http://cafe.naver.com/jaengemusicworld/7 and call them at 02-581-2848.

Here's how to get there: