{"id":31897,"date":"2012-05-12T10:21:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T17:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=31897"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:21:54","slug":"neighbours-hate-sax-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/neighbours-hate-sax-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Do When You Have Neighbours Who Hate Your Sax Playing?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A thread I read on SOTW this morning, got me thinking about my living situation. I have made a conscious decision not to move back into Vancouver. This decision is primarily due to the fact that I play a very loud instrument.<\/p>\n

As likely many people know, Vancouver has some of the most expensive real estate on the planet. Twenty years ago I nearly bought a house there. It’s too bad I didn’t, because today the most I could afford is a condo\u2014and not even a very big one.<\/p>\n

I live in a suburb of Vancouver. This allows me to have a house, in which I can make as much noise as I want from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. After 11:00 at night, it’s possible that the neighbours could phone the police about my playing, but it’s highly unlikely.<\/p>\n

My studio is situated in the centre of the house, and the only room of the house that is partially underground. The chances of being heard outside are pretty close to nil\u2014unless I have the windows open. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

In the thread Help! My neighbours hate me… <\/a>, the OP, ThelmaTheSelmer, described an incident that left her rather shaken:<\/p>\n

I was playing alto for a while and now I’ve got my beautiful new tenor and tonight I was practicing and I literally heard this: “Shut the f*** up you p****k” repeated continuously and quite agressively. When I played my alto, my neighbour Jon banged on the wall so I saw him and sorted things out and assured him I wouldn’t play before 11am or after 10pm. Tonight, I don’t think the guy shouting out was Jon. Whoever it was though, they obviously hate my guts and I don’t want to **** them off any more as they sounded, very very angry, it was quite frightening…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To try and quiet her playing down, the OP tried a saxophone mute. That didn’t really work. Nor did playing in different areas of the house, or playing softly.<\/p>\n

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A variety of SOTW members chimed in with all the usual suggestions (e-mutes, playing in the closet, soundproofing a room, etc.). One member also provided photos of custom practice chamber<\/a> that she had built, which was very unique.<\/p>\n

After 79 replies to the original post, I’m not sure that ThelmaTheSelmer is any wiser. Really, what is the answer?<\/p>\n

A friend of mine lived in a townhouse in White Rock. In her basement was a totally<\/strong> soundproof room. She told me that the previous owner had been a drummer. Yup, that’s one way to do it. I can’t imagine what that would have cost though.<\/p>\n

If money is not barrier, your choices are pretty limitless. However, most musicians I know, don’t have a great deal of excess money to soak into a room. And if you’re renting, that likely doesn’t make much sense anyway.<\/p>\n

In any event, I thought this was something worth writing about. Since the majority of the world’s people don’t live in single family homes, just how do those of you who live with neighbours close by, deal with your instrument’s noise level? Have you taken to practicing somewhere else? Did you invest in an e-mute? Did you build a soundproof room? Or did you come up with some other creative idea?<\/p>\n

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