Charlotte Music Factory : Our Own Deep Ellum
Noah Lazes wants to build an entertainment district uptown on the edge of Fourth Ward (and some of Third Ward) that will be our version of Dallas’ Deep Ellum (those 2 articles were posted on the same day. hmmm…).
“There is no question in my mind that there is demand for this,” says Lazes. “To my knowledge, there’s not a campus like this in the country — a place where you can take a lesson, get your instrument repaired, rehearse, play a 300-seat gig, a 2,000 seat gig, potentially a 5,000 seat gig, record a live album, a studio, shoot a music video over at Silver Hammer Studios, rent equipment, and eat a meal besides. Together as a group, I think they’ll really benefit from being side by side. What we’re going to do is not going to take away from what already exists. We’re going to do our best to expand the demographic, and hopefully give people a place that as of right now don’t have a place to go.
[note: the currently, the Creative Loafing article is here but next week the link will change as it is moved to the archives. I'll try to remember to update this post.]