I live in an apartment and fear I might be too noisy practicing my music. The only noise I ever hear from my neighbors is the sound of their washing machine, or the folks upstairs have a young daughter who likes to run around and I can hear her footsteps. I feel like maybe since they have a child surely I would be able to hear the kid throwing a tantrum at some point but maybe they just have a calm kid? I want to practice louder more impactful songs but is that enough to deduce that the sound doesn't travel through the walls? Anyone else who lives in an apartment please weigh in on this I just get so anxious thinking I might be bothering them.
#Practicing in an apartment
trail temple
ripe nest
You could use sound panels
inland dirge
I live in an apartment and fear I might be too noisy practicing my music. The on...
What instrument do you play? Or do you mostly sing?
As long as you practice respectfully outside of quiet hours, you should be fine. Also it is totally fine to ask your neighbors!
As far as the sound panels - those are mostly for controlling the reverberations inside of your room to make things sound better for recording and mixing. They don't actually stop sound from leaving the room in a signifcant way.
trail temple
What instrument do you play? Or do you mostly sing?
As long as you practice r...
Just some string instrumenta (guitar, uke, bass) and a keyboard piano, but i do mostly just sing. I guess a big part of my problem IS quiet hours. I work every day of the week and i usually get home around 6-7pm, and after making dinner and tending to my animals that leaves me a rather small window to get some practice in
inland dirge
Just some string instrumenta (guitar, uke, bass) and a keyboard piano, but i do ...
Yeah I understand. I personally practice guitar long after quiet hours sometimes - but I either do electric guitar into the interface or classical guitar with fingers (I would avoid loud strumming after 10:30pm).
And I have an open dialogue with my neighbors so that we will let each other know if anything is too loud.
trail temple
update for anybody curious: I left a note for my neighbors with my phone number so they could contact me if I happen to get too loud and they've reported that they literally cannot hear a thing. I'm very pleasantly surprised to know our walls are thick enough for sound not to travel through
late sorrel