I live directly across the street from a recording studio / rehearsal studio. They've got 1 massive room on the 3rd floor that is often booked out all night. Sometimes we get impromptu concerts when it is hot .They throw open the windows and the sound floods out. To be honest, we rarely hear anything as they are pretty strict about the volumes & keeping the windows shut, but during the summer the rule books just goes out the window along with ear splitting dB! A lot of the bands are good and I can sit typing away listening to the strains of some pretty cool local artists. Others should have been told to shove their instruments in the bin ages ago! Most nights it's quiet, but twice a week two particularly piss poor bands turn up. They must book regular sessions and I am sick to death of hearing 1 band playing "Brown Sugar" over and over, whereas the other band has the worlds worst singer! He grunts utter bollocks into the mic for 45mins and then his voice gives up and he just sounds hurt. Two or three weeks ago I had had enough. I heard the crap singer limbering up and decided to give him a taste of his own. In the attic I had an old 100w Peavey amp from my wannabe rockstar days, and I grabbed a cheap microphone from my daughters room. I waited until they were in full swing and I plugged in the amp, turned it right up and started literally howling into the microphone. At first nothing happened, but then the various band members gave up until the singer could be hear to say "what the fuck?" I switched it all off and went back inside. Ever since that evening this particular band have been curtious enough NOT to open the windows. Any ideas for how to make the other bands stop singing fucking "Brown Sugar"?
Here you could just call the cops on those guys, after a warning they will probably not open the window again. Tho I like these kind of noise makers in my neighbourhood or as neighbours, this gives me the right to pump up my volume as well, and if they complain they can expect one back So happy I don't live under this yoga meditating girl anymore, she was a real pain (she didnt own any tv's or radio's and would be meditating most of the day, and she would come down to complain at my door that I was talking too loud )
Ah, yes it works both ways! Similar to your story, I lived in shared accommodation as a student. I lived in a small room (enough to smack a cats face off the walls if you decided to swing it) and a pile of electrical equipment. At the time I was producing material for a radio programme, putting together material on a Yamaha keyboard (via MIDI) and generally trying to be uber quiet despite having a recording project. In the end I used a pair of headphones and the neighbouring student in the next room still complained. It wasn't the music, it was the noise of the Yamaha keys on the keyboard clicking... so in effect, start typing the fastest you can on a standard PC keyboard and THAT was what the fool was complaining about! h: Yoga? Argh! Hark back to the 1970's when my mother used to take over the living room every other night to do her Yoga... Ummmmmm!
PMSL @ Parris... Ahh the joys of living in a quiet residential steet where the loudest noise that happens is when i start the V8 on the Ford and the blowing exhaust makes it sound like a Project Dragster!
Yesterday my wife & youngest kid visited an open day on Glasgow Green (the UK's first park) and we heard a tribute Tom Jones.... My god was that awful! Today apparently there is a band called "Fake That". I suspect they'll be equally wonderful. We did get to see a pretty amazing parachute display and some motorcycle stunt team on the coolest old Norton bikes. But bloody hell a tribute Tom Jones! OH:
you gotta love tribute bands with witty names OH: great story tho, fight fire with fire! :lol: theres a rehersal studio on the top floor of the building where i have my office, sometimes when i work late i can hear them, some bands are really terrible.. my fave is the "pre-puberty-pantera-growler".. ive just stood frozen with laughter outside sometimes
Well, I remember to a Depeche Mode party some years ago, there the greatest (at the time, since they aren´t together anymore as a band) Depeche Mode tribute should play. But as I said, there were troubles, so only the guitarist, and his wife was there. And damn that was a great chat, I had with the wife, and the husband. Black Celebration, was the name of that tribute band. And they were very good I think I still have their version of PJ on my external harddrive. But well, the worst tribute band I have heard is a Danish one called "Enjoy The Silence", and the lead singers voice isn´t great. The best coverband I have heard with my own two ears were right after the concert in 2001 in Copenhagen. And they called themself Depeche Mode Jam, and they delivered a very fucking smashing great performance. And I wish they got together again, since they could really play Depeche Mode in a good way
For years Depeche Mode were one of my favourite bands. I considered starting up a tribute band to them and got as far as the name "Standby Mode". ;-)
