Rich Bitch Studios

Funnily enough I was rehearsing in here only last Saturday before a show the following day.
If you didn’t know Rich Bitch was there, you’d never find it. It’s tucked away behind an Indian restaurant on the main drag of the Bristol Road in the middle of studentville in Selly Oak. There is a tiny car park, so that can sometimes be an issue if the studio is busy, and there is a chance of getting blocked in — so beware. If you can’t park on the studio car park then you will be lugging your gear from one of the side roads off the Bristol Road.
The rooms are all fairly decently sized and soundproofed (although if you happen to be next door to a very loud (or rubbish) band, you’ll hear them) and each come equipped with a PA, mike stands and back line. As with all rehearsal rooms, the back line of drum, bass and guitar amps is not the highest quality, but I’ve never really had an issue with things not working. You can, of course, always take your own.
Room rates are around the £12 to £15 per hour mark, which is a little on the high side but not extortionate. The staff are friendly and helpful and will hire anything you’ve forgotten (leads, etc).

If I can’t get a spot in a friends room at Muthers Studio for a rehearsal, then I’ll come to Rich Bitch. They’ve been going for almost thirty years, and they area pro set-​up.
If you are reading this and you are a Birmingham University student, you may be pleased to know that this legendary studio is tucked down an entry road off the Bristol road, not far from the Uni.
A location that is outside of the city centre means you can hire a room for between £12.50 and £15.50 an hour. One is big enough to use as a (small) dance studio, and that’s exactly what it’s called. I’ve used that for rehearsals for theatre performances, and you might want to do the same. There are recording facilities here too. If you are making a music video, the studio also have a green screen room.
There is an emphasis of Raaaawk! in here, but we are in Brum, so there’s no surprise there. I’m mentioning that because if you are in a quieter band, you may have slight bleed between some of the rooms, but not so much that it impedes your session.
The studios, foyer and all other areas at Rich Bitch are all beautifully lit with minimal décor making the studio a pleasure to be in. I think there is a woman’s touch at play here! She might be Rich but she sure ain’t no…

Another rehearsal studio that has been around longer than most musicians on the scene, Rich Bitch is tucked away behind Selly Oak’s main drag. As a rehearsal rooms, it’s pretty standardised, with the same bog standard amps and PAs you find in rehearsal rooms everywhere. There’s various sized rooms with a varying price range to match, the cheapest being £12.50 an hour. I’ve never experienced any problems when using it, apart from it maybe being slightly less ventilated than I’d like. The equipment always seems to work, and the acoustics in whatever room we’ve ended up rehearsing in have always seemed quite good too.
It has a recording studio too but I can’t comment on that as I no nothing of it. Rich Bitch also gains extra points for being the only place in Selly Oak you can buy guitar strings — if you’re a guitar player, you’ll know how important that is.