Portland music studio company brings sought-after rehearsal spaces to Salem

Around 2010, Matador Hamilton and his metal band at the time, Feel Connected, asked around at several Salem storage units looking for a place to rehearse, but were turned down at each one. 

Hamilton, a Salem native, has been playing bass and guitar in bands since he was 14 years old. Now in the band Giantess, he also played in three other bands that practiced between garages, backyards, a warehouse, his apartment and later, a…