Here’s an angle:

Where I live, getting a rehearsal space is very difficult, and expensive.

If you have a space, and you can rent it out as a combined rehearsal space / demo studio, with you as tech/assistant, you have a whole other angle than ”getting into the studio” for these bands.

Let’s say the space you have is pretty much there anyway. Let’s also say you are also in that space anyway.

Now imagine that you get a different band to come rehearse every weekly night. So 5 bands. Let’s say they pay monthly for this space what the upper tier of a kitted rehearsal space would cost on that basis (1 time/week).

That money alone might cover your base line cost for rent, heat, bills. And you wouldn’t necessarily need to be there.

However - since the space sits there unused all day and all weekends… let’s say you get some of these bands, or their solo/side projects (a potential goldmine!!) in there on weekends, or in the day.

And you take a modest fee.

Well, now you’re going somewhere.

What differentiates you here is time and access, not pro level gear. What these bands would get is the possibility to record demos during rehearsals (you can come in for that, it could be included in rent once a month per band). And they get the time to learn this space and this gear and work on their demos and sound this way.

The main problem for non-professional is often being nervous in a pro space with not enough time. This solves that problem. A business idea is by definition the solution to a problem.

If you have a lot of time on your hands, and a space, and know that bands need rehearsal space, maybe try that angle?

Better to be a higher end rehearsal space than a sub par commercial studio, is the idea. Then you can grow into that eventually.