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To provide a better example, I used to play drums. As much as I'd like to continue practicing, I can't in an apartment complex even if I were to buy an electric
by atom-morgan 10y ago
To provide a better example, I used to play drums. As much as I'd like to continue practicing, I can't in an apartment complex even if I were to buy an electric kit. The tapping on the pedal would be too much for the people who live below me. This problem, combined with the insane amount of people moving to Atlanta, has me thinking about moving.
- Symbiote 10y agoI suspect it's not common in the US, but my apartment is directly above a shop. I can stamp on the floor as much as I like in the evenings and on Sundays, since the shop is empty. You could try raising the drum kit off the floor: http://www.alesisdrummer.com/index.php?topic=4068.0 http://www.alesisdrummer.com/index.php?topic=4068.0
- atom-morgan 10y agoI didn't even know this was an option. Thank you for sharing.
- Johnny555 10y agoOf course, that can be a problem in suburban life too, I remember complaints from our neighbors (well, one particular neighbor) about my brother's drum playing in our house. I have a friend in SF that just pitched in with his buddies to rent a jam space where they can play as loud as they want without neighbors complaining. Though you might be surprised at how little sound will travel through a well constructed building (i.e. not wood framed) if you take a little care. I lived in a concrete & steel apartment building for a while, and the upstairs neighbors came down to ask if I could hear them running on their new treadmill, I could not. They had it perched on some thick 6" foam isolating pads and I literally could not hear them running on it at all.