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 * "The King of Used Gear Since 1991" * * Hourly & Monthly Rehearsal Spaces * Repair Shop * Retail Store * Recording Studio * Event Space * First Friday Concerts * Free Music Classes Support the Independent Merchant Winner of "Richmond's Best Music Store" - Richmond Magazine Winner - Mesa Boogie Art and Technology Award Winner - Mesa Boogie - Sales Award For almost 19 years Metro Sound & Music Recording has been buying, selling and servicing high quality new, vintage and used musical instruments. We pay top dollar for used Gibson, Martin, Fender and Gretsch guitars! Give us a call at (804)643-7125 for more information. Be sure to get our offer before you sell to anyone! 12pm-1pm every Saturday Just bring your guitar and we will do the rest! Parent must accompany children, no drop offs!  Broad Appetit Food Festival Broad Street Closed for 5 Blocks for Event! Ten Bands - Two Music Stages - Seventy Food Vendors Metro Sound, Music & Recording Studio is the proud music sponsor for the "Broad Appetit Food Festival" this past June 6th, 2010 from 11am-5pm. This huge outdoor event featured nearly 100 vendors and TEN musical acts on two stages! All proceeds from this event benefited the Central Virginia Food Bank & Meals on Wheels. Metro Sound was the sole music sponsor featuring some of Virginia's finest musicians and bands! We provided all sound, stages and all the stage gear to outfit both performance stages! Attendance was well over 25,000 for the day on this 5 block stretch of Broad Street that was closed down for the event. We had over 18,000 show up last year. We hope to see you next year for this wonderful day of great food, music and fun! 12pm - The Lost Souls (americana blues) 1pm - Hazy Dave & The Mission Band (classic rock) 2pm - Just In Time (reggae rock) 3pm - Barrel House RVA (blues) 4pm - Johnny Lee Long (jazz funk) 12pm - Pharoah's Choice featuring Ace Harmon (R&B) 1pm - Half Brother Sid (Rock) Newly-Signed Spectra Recording Artists 2pm - Leetah & Boogieman (Rocking Blues)(Featuring former members of "Big City") 3pm - Drew Perkins and the Powhite Boys (Texas Swing) 4pm - Elby Brass Band (13 Member Brass Ensemble from Fredericksburg) Special Studio Rates $250 for up to 8 hours! $150 for up to 4 New Studio Phone Number Call the Engineer, Charlie, direct at (540)842-4007 www.metrosoundstudio.com You can now contact our recording studio directly at . Click here for studio website, rates and photographs We now offer fully equipped rehearsal spaces $50 for 3 hours! This space comes complete with drums, guitar & bass amplifiers, keyboard & PA! Just bring your own cymbals, drum sticks and instruments and we will do the rest! 7 days a week To book a space just give us a call at (804)643-7125 48 hour notice preferred Valid credit card and identification required  TALENTED BANDS WANTED Last month's crowd out front of the store was estimated at between 6,000 and 7,000 for one First Friday night! If you have a band that would like to perform out front of the store, please send us an email to info@metrosound.com and let us know where we can hear your music. There are just a few openings left for 2010 and you just can't beat the exposure you can get in one night for your group! If you would like to be included on our email list about store specials, lessons, discounts and more, click below...we will never spam you or sell your email address! When you rent from Metro Sound & Music you get more than just a rehearsal space, you get an amp and guitar repair shop, a safe and secure loading dock with 24-hour video surveillance, an on-site Pro Tools equipped recording studio and a full retail store. All our tenants receive an additional 10% discount on all store bought accessories. Our facilities offer a full back line of rental gear from Hammond B3's, Marshall half stacks, to a ton of vintage Fender tweed amplifiers. Our facility is designed to make rehearsal a painless and inspiring process. We offer many leasing possibilities here at Metro Sound & Music. Our facility encompasses nearly half a city block and has nearly 40,000 square feet of space. We offer anything from a deluxe recording studio with full PA and band back line on an hourly basis, to month to month for touring groups, a 3 month lease for new and upstart bands, a 6 month lease for artists who need a place to write an album, and a yearly lease for acts who prefer a long term fixed base headquarters. Call us Tuesday - Saturday at (804)643-7125 for more information. "It's just a hobby that got way out of control!" Mark Szafranski Owner and Founder, Est. 1991  Photo Above: Circa 1991, composite wide angle photo of the interior of the original Metro Sound Company We have since moved across the street to our present 40,000 square foot facility. We've come a long way from when this photograph was taken, but we have never forgotten our humble roots. Come see for yourself why Metro Sound is rated as "Richmond's Best Music Store" by Richmond Magazine! We simply have it all here for the true musician! We have finished our new event space art/performance gallery next door - Metro Space Gallery. This massive space will feature regional and local artists, a stage, and also help promote independent film makers. If you would like more details on how you might be able to participate in this unique venture, please get on our email list or call us for more information. (see our current news page for more information). We look forward to meeting you! The Staff at Metro Sound & Music Check our our slideshow below for a timeline of the history of Metro Sound   Photo above: From the Metro Sound archives Metro Sound has hosted a drum clinic with two of the most sampled drummers in the world: Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jabo" Starkes from the James Brown Band 
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West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23220-4214
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