ESCAPE ROUTE Find a way out of House of Clues NEWS | 3 OPINION KEEP IT LOCAL ARTS COMMITTED TO THE SOUND 5 Policy change starts in 7 Student band provides your own community indie music for the ‘Burg Vol. 95, No. 21 Thursday, February 16, 2017 breezejmu.org Welcome to Hotel Appalachia Studio provides musicians with space for practice and production By DREW COWEN Hotel Appalachia differs from other studios, offering The Breeze hands-on help for those wishing to record, but also encouraging artists who are comfortable with recording When you walk into Hotel Appalachia, the audio technology to simply rent the space. The owners recording and rehearsal space that opened Feb. 10 recognize that different bands have different needs when in downtown Harrisonburg, it feels like being on a entering a studio. stage right before the curtain opens. And yet there’s “It’s cool to be able to put [the artist’s] vision first,” also a sense of intimacy. Various tapestries are spread Stover said. “And it all starts with what the customer is throughout the room and a mirror stretches across comfortable with.” the entire length of the wall. There’s plenty of room to Some might crave the perfect live sound, others prefer breathe, but it’s undeniably cozy. the precision of overdubbing. Some prefer the help of Overhead, fluorescent stage lights cast a performance- an engineer, others need complete solitude. Whether worthy amount of light over the room. Guitars and an artist needs to record a whole album or a drummer instruments are everywhere, organized into their specific just wants to use the space to practice, Hotel Appalachia corners and stations. Various cords and cables line the charges a flat rate of $50 per hour. floor. The owners wish to foster a sense of community with Hotel Appalachia started because the members of the musicians around Harrisonburg. Hotel Appalachia the local bluegrass band Shenandoah Alley needed a started with the hope that “if you build it, they will come.” space to record their music and other side projects. After By providing an affordable space for bands to record or initially searching for houses to serve as a DIY studio, rehearse, the owners know that talented local musicians the band’s realtor showed them the studio space at 111 will cultivate art. E Market St. “You walk in the door, give us a feel of what you’re “We all had the same expression when [the realtor] looking for and within 30 minutes we’ve got this room opened the door and flicked on the lights,” Michael rigged up,” Cramer said. “In the case of a live session Stover, a co-owner, said. “There was this kind of dim that everyone is semi-isolated, so the mics won’t be bleeding was cast over the studio and it soon became apparent into each other, but you’re all able to still look each other that it was much larger than we anticipated.” in the eye — that makes all the difference.” Once the group, consisting of Stover, Eric Shy, Nick Already, local artists have begun to line up to take Boucher and Blake Cramer, realized the full potential advantage of the space’s natural sound. The folk band Strong MAEVE REISS / THE BREEZE of the space, they set off to work on building the studio. Water has used Hotel Appalachia to start recording its new EP. Michael Stover (top), a musician, set up Hotel Appalachia as a practice space for his bluegrass band, After over a year of preparation, Hotel Appalachia is Shenandoah Alley. Stover hopes to create a positive music community in the Harrisonburg area. finally open for business. see HOTEL, page 8 Transfer makes impact Glazed and groovy on and off the court By VICTORIA GIAMBOI would be a better opportunity to play at a high level. Doughnut shop The Breeze “Coming here, there were a lot of juniors and seniors and I felt that I would have a best chance opens on Devon Lane The word “hustle” comes to mind when one to win here,” Snowden said. watches No. 23 running up and down the JMU Unfortunately for Snowden, his arrival on the Convocation Center court. court was delayed. The NCAA requires a student Ramone Snowden, a redshirt junior men’s athlete, if they transfer, to sit out for a full season basketball player, knows what it takes to make an in order to adjust to their new college. impact on the JMU men’s basketball team. While sitting out and watching his teammates “I like to hustle a lot on the court on both the perform wasn’t fun, he grew a lot from the offensive and defensive end,” Snowden said. “I’m experience. not really worried about stats and stuff like that, I “I learned more about the game and how just do the dirty work and get the job done.” much I loved it,” Snowden said. “Just sitting out Snowden is a transfer from Niagara University in made me think I need to work harder to be better.” upstate New York, so this is his first season playing with the Dukes. He chose JMU because he felt it see BASKETBALL, page 9 By INGRID BASHEDA franchise that launched in 2009 in Pittsburgh, The Breeze Pennsylvania, opened a shop in Harrisonburg on Monday. They’re located at 865 Port Republic Rd. The walls of a small shop are covered in vinyl All of the managers of this Peace, Love and Little records as Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead play Donuts branch are from Harrisonburg so they in the background, but those aren’t the first things thought it’d be a great fit. to be noticed. The smell of newly made dough “We really love the town and we really love the and a variety of toppings fill the room, inviting franchise,” Hershey said. “We just thought that customers in for fresh doughnuts and warm vibes. with the different demographics and populations “It’s just a good feeling, you know, I just satisfied that live in Harrisonburg that this town would be someone’s day, made someone happy,” Matt perfect for it.” Hershey, a co-manager of Peace, Love and Little The doughnuts are decorated and made Donuts, said. “I don’t know what’s going on in your fresh right in front of the customers. There life when you walk through that door, but we can are 60 different kinds, 20 of which can be make sure that it’s going to be different once you created by the employees and customers. walk out.” Peace, Love and Little Donuts, a family-owned see PEACE, page 3 CONNOR WOISARD / THE BREEZE Ramone Snowden leaps toward the rim while attempting a layup in the Dukes’ loss to University of Delaware. LOREN PROBISH / THE BREEZE DID YOU KNOW? You can move money for FREE between any of your banks or credit unions when you bank on-campus with CommonWealth One. Easy banking on campus! Visit cofcu.org We are located in Madison Union, next to the Post Office. All local area students and residents can bank with us. Membership eligibility required. Federally insured by NCUA. Equal opportunity lender. 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