Someone used to play saxophone at 2 and 3 am in these flats in my sister's block, when she lived on the Isle of Dogs {now fashionably called 'Docklands'}. I often thought of moving their corpse to the country.......
I take the rooster was not heard strutting his vocals again !I lived at an apartment in the city with a small green space in between four building groups. After being awakened by a rooster several times i finally located the owner and informed him that if they didn't eat that bird , i was going to.
That has tended to be my preferred method. I still play lots of live instruments but I have very good neighbours. For the guitar, I built an isobox some years ago and that's great for keeping down the noise of guitars. When there's any drumming to be done, I try to inform the neighbours and be sure to be done by 7pm.On the other hand i recorded live electric guitar with a combo tube amp and occasional acoustic drum bits in a rather shi shi apartment complex with no trouble by simply getting the cooperation of the neighbors. Not to put too fine a point but obviously I kept it to daylight hours
I take the rooster was not heard strutting his vocals again !
But did the owner eat it ?
That has tended to be my preferred method. I still play lots of live instruments but I have very good neighbours. For the guitar, I built an isobox some years ago and that's great for keeping down the noise of guitars. When there's any drumming to be done, I try to inform the neighbours and be sure to be done by 7pm.
What I'd really like is one of these. There's a few interesting videos and articles knocking around about them. If I had a spare room and a few thousand £££s, I'd get one installed. Forthwith.
Someone used to play saxophone at 2 and 3 am in these flats in my sister's block, when she lived on the Isle of Dogs {now fashionably called 'Docklands'}. I often thought of moving their corpse to the country.......
I always thought the Thames was a great disposal facility?
One problem is that those that live in the very quiet countryside tend to want to KEEP it very quiet!
Dave.
Trouble is, bodies get washed up occasionally and as my sister's flat was right on the banks of the Thames, the pressure from the police enquiries may have led to a confession......I always thought the Thames was a great disposal facility?
I keep seeing these tiny distances of 100 and 50 meters as if people think that's far away. That's barely the suburbs around here. In the country means kilometer or more away from the neighbors and in this state, that means many trees and hills between. No real need for soundproofing. It also means driving for 25-30 minutes for the slightest bit of groceries and necessities. So there's a trade off, for sure. After living in this apartment building for 2 months, I'd be willing to take that tradeoff.
Where I live in Tasmania, the average farm size is 445Ha (1,100 acres), so you could expect your nearest neighbours to be a couple of kilometres away.
On the other hand, the average farm size of Australia as a whole is over 4,000 Ha, i.e. 10,000 Acres. But Supplejack Downs, a station of 3,800 square kilometres (about 1,500 square miles), is pretty remote: 760 kilometres south of Darwin and about 127 kilometres south west of Lajamanu in the Northern Territory.
Do you guys also have the large variety of deadly snakes, like mainland AU?
That sounds real nice...always been intrigued by AU and NZ, and Tasmania definitely looks like a cool place to live. Do you guys also have the large variety of deadly snakes, like mainland AU?
One problem is that those that live in the very quiet countryside tend to want to KEEP it very quiet!
The amp Co I worked for did a test, 100W valves, 4x12 at full chat and the business 50mtrs away, behind two double glazed windows said "but we can STILL hear the guitar". Even when I pointed out that the fans in the printers and PCs in their comms room were putting out the same level in dBA as the distant amp they were not happy. Just the fact that the COULD hear the 'Devils Music' was enough. Clearly they were always going to be PsITA so the company kept looking!
Dave.