Thanks, guys!
Yep, those walls are about 18" thick with foam, carpet, carpet padding, wood, rugs, anything, really... The real bitch is nailing in the NEXT layer or hanging pictures, it practically takes railroad spikes to get through all those layers...
And we haven't tried playing in the winter yet. Hopefully we can just screw in higher-wattage light bulbs, and let the amps do their thing.
I don't know if you can tell, but there's a new little extension for the drums. It used to be that everyone had to squeeze in this 14'x16' room, and it SUCKED. Everybody smokes, the air filter I bought from Lowe's doesn't seem to work very well, and it got pretty hot during summer in the process. Now there's a little more space, although we had to run everything (including the guitar) through the PA so Brian (my brother and drummer) could hear the song!
And I'm rambling all over the place. If nothing else, maybe these pics will make everyone else feel a lot better about THEIR digs when they see how shitty OURS are.
Thanks, Misterqcue! We can't be at the beach, so we turned the barn into our own little Margaritaville. That's why I called the picture The Beach, although none of us do...