HotelChatter - Tag: Music Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:00:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Music%20Hotels London: How's This For A Hotel Perk? The Savoy's Guests Can Record Music At Abbey Road http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/17/102828/242 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/beatles_abbey_road.jpg" class="top"><p>OK, so this news won't be really that exciting if you're a) a former Beatle, or b) indifferent to rock 'n roll. Since that rules out pretty much <i>no one</i>, come get excited with us about an announcement from London's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Savoy+London/local/1782"><b>The Savoy</b></a> that their in-house design team will be heading the renovation process at Abbey Road Studios. <p>As a result of the new partnership, guests at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fairmont%20Hotels"><b>Fairmont Hotels</b></a> (which owns The Savoy) will be able to <b>go in and record their own music</b>. Awesome! Also, waaay more sensible (and cost-efficient) than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/13/24527/2990/hotels/Kanye_Moves_into_New_York_s_Mercer_Hotel"><b>Kanye West</b>'s method</a> of renting out an entire floor at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mercer+/local/163"><b>The Mercer</b></a> to work on his Jay-Z collaboration album, <i>Watch The Throne</i>. For ASchechter 2012-01-17T10:31:16-05:00 Brooklyn: Look What Aloft Brooklyn Caught On Surveillance Tape http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/22/2117/54646

When idle hotel guests are left to their own devices...

Aloft hotels in New York have partnered up with indie music blog Pitchfork to create a a "video surveillance" live music series, featuring different bands performing in the rooms. While this is conceptually very reminiscent of Yotel's 100 Under 2 Festival, there is one big difference: you can't actually attend the performances in the hotel.

Instead, everything takes place on the screen. In fuzzy, distorted images—so you feel like you're spying on a private rehearsal, which is actually the opposite of a performance. Kinda cool! ]]> ASchechter 2011-08-30T12:39:02-05:00 New York: The Chelsea Hotel Finds New Life...As A Guitar http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/11/211557/790

The story isn't quite finished yet at the Chelsea Hotel (are you really surprised?), despite the fact that its new owner has temporarily shuttered the whole place.

A Racked story explains that pieces of the hotel's woodwork (as in, beams, lumber and scraps) are actually being used by Carmine Street Guitars owner Rick Kelly to, yep, build new guitars. Apparently, Kelly sees the relics as "bones of Old New York City." Funny, we'd be willing to bet they'd find actual bones in there, if they were willing to dig deep enough. ]]> ASchechter 2011-08-15T09:10:59-05:00 Clarksdale: Who'd You Rather: Ike Turner Or John Lee Hooker? The Choice Is Yours In Clarksdale http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/4/94451/13950 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/riversidehotelrat.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy.</i><p> <p>If you only have time to stay in one Delta town, it&#146;s probably going to be Clarksdale &#150; there&#146;s more to see and do there than the other places. And if the lux <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lofts+At+The+Five+And+Dime/local/4900"><b>Lofts at the Five and Dime</b></a> are out of your budget&#146;s league, as they were for us, then you should do what we did and go for <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4903'><strong>The Riverside Hotel</strong></a>. <p>The Riverside oozes blues history - so much so that it even has its own juliab 2011-08-04T10:31:55-05:00 Indianola: No Blues And No Biscuits, But That's A Good Thing http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/3/82813/83901 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/bbhouse600.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy.</i><p> <p><strong>Indianola</strong> is a place that many people seem to skip when they&#146;re in the Delta. We made this mistake our first time, too, with a drive-through visit to the (incredible) BB King Museum. This time, we decided to stay overnight &#150; and were recommended the <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4901'><strong>Blue Biscuit Bungalows</strong></a>. <p>The Blue Biscuit itself is a blues bar open at weekends opposite the BB King Museum in downtown Indianola. As a bar, it&#146;s pretty and charming; but as a place to juliab 2011-08-03T09:50:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/