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JamSpot Celebrates 20 Years!

By Mazzone | Published: February 18, 2024

20 years ago on Feb­ru­ary 18, 2004, Steve Fol­som and I opened JamSpot in Somerville. We took an old Ver­i­zon build­ing and turned it into Boston’s first ful­ly equipped, hourly rehearsal space. Buf­fa­lo Tom was our first pay­ing cus­tomer. The Down­beat 5 was the first band to record at JamSpot. Richard Thomp­son was our first […]

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JAMSPOT SOMERVILLE CLOSES ON JUNE 30, 2019

By Mazzone | Published: May 1, 2019

Yes, it’s true. After 16 years, and tens of thou­sands of ses­sions, JamSpot in Somerville closed at the end of June, 2019.  (JamSpot in Wake­field will con­tin­ue in full oper­a­tion.) A devel­op­er has pur­chased the Somerville prop­er­ty and ter­mi­nat­ed our lease so that they can begin con­struc­tion of a new office build­ing. As part of […]

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2018 NAMM Best of Show! Yamaha EAD10 Drum Module now available @ JamSpot!

By Mazzone | Published: March 1, 2018

We have the brand new Yama­ha EAD10 avail­able to demo (and buy!) @ JamSpot in Somerville. Straight from the 2018 NAMM Music Prod­ucts Show, where it won Best of Show, The Yama­ha EAD10 (Elec­tron­ic Acoustic Drum Mod­ule), allows you to blend and com­bine your acoustic drums with elec­tron­ic sounds, and trans­form your acoustic drum kit into […]

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JamSpot named Authorized Dealer for PreSonus, Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo and Aquarian

By Mazzone | Published: May 31, 2017

JamSpot is expand­ing its retail offer­ings and we are now proud to announce that we have been named an Autho­rized Deal­er for PreSonus Pro Audio, Yama­ha Drums, Elec­tric Key­boards and Pro Audio,  Zild­jian Cym­bals and Drum­sticks, and Remo and Aquar­i­an Drum Heads. Please call us @ 617–666‑7529 to place your order or to get a price quote.

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Gift Certificates Available!

By Mazzone | Published: November 28, 2016

Give the musi­cians in your life the per­fect hol­i­day sur­prise: a gift cer­tifi­cate to JamSpot. JamSpot Gift Cer­tifi­cates are avail­able in any amount and can be redeemed at any time, at any JamSpot and for any JamSpot ser­vice, includ­ing rehearsal time, record­ing, or lessons at the JamSpot  DJ Acad­e­my and Elec­tron­ic Music Pro­duc­tion pro­gram.   […]

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Bad Rabbits Prep For Their Jimmy Kimmel Performance at JamSpot Somerville

By Mazzone | Published: May 22, 2013

Last week the Boston based Post-R&B group Bad Rab­bits were post­ed up in the Somerville Show­case room prep­ping for their tele­vi­sion debut on the Jim­my Kim­mel Show. Also Catch them at The Boston Call­ing Fes­ti­val along side JamSpot favorites Caspi­an.

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Emerson Students work with JamSpot on Marketing Program

By Mazzone | Published: June 13, 2011

This past Spring, a group of Emer­son Col­lege stu­dents worked on a spe­cial project devel­op­ing mar­ket­ing and adver­tis­ing pro­grams for JamSpot. The project, which was devel­oped by  Emer­son Mar­ket­ing Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Pro­fes­sor Lau­rie Raveis as part of her Con­sumer Behav­ior Class, pro­vid­ed stu­dents with a real-world oppor­tu­ni­ty to ana­lyze and devel­op solu­tions for some of the mar­ket­ing chal­lenges faced […]

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  • About JamSpot

    JamSpot strives to pro­vide a com­fort­able, con­ve­nient and has­sle-free place to play music when you want to play. All of our sound-proofed rooms come equipped with gui­tar and bass amps, a drum kit and a PA sys­tem with micro­phones. Key­boards gui­tars and bass­es are also avail­able for use at $10 for the ses­sion. Plen­ty of free, onsite park­ing, too! JamSpot was found­ed in 2003, and we have an A+ rat­ing with the Bet­ter Busi­ness Bureau. 

    Rehearsal Rates

    Play­er Rooms only $40/hour.

    Large Rooms (The Show­case Room, Duke’s, Joe’s Room and Room Six), only $50/hour.

    Please note that spe­cial events (e.g. Video Shoots, Live Streams, Load-Ins & Show­cas­es, etc.) may be sub­ject to high­er rates. Please call or email us for details.

    Before you book: take a moment to read over our book­ing poli­cies and House Rules

    Oper­at­ing Hours
    Note: oper­at­ing hours are sub­ject to change, so always call ahead.

    Mon­days: 6:30pm-MIDNIGHT

    Tues­days: 6:30pm-MIDNIGHT

    Wednes­days: 8pm-MID­NIGHT

    Thurs­days: 6:30pm-MIDNIGHT

    Fri­days: 6:30pm-MIDNIGHT

    Sat­ur­days: CLOSED

    Sun­days: NOON-8pm


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