[blparent] Drums and how to muffle them.

[Veronica Smith]

That is what my brother used it for, he was in a band, but lived in a town
house, so had to be polite to the neighbors who were attached at one end.
It really worked well.


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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sean Paul
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 2:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Drums and how to muffle them.

Need to keep that in mind for my audio studio here in the hacienda.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Babcock" <michael.babcock09 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 16:32
Subject: Re: [blparent] Drums and how to muffle them.


> Egg cartons are great noise canceling aids, if you don't have money to 
> invest in alternatives. In addition, the nice thing about egg cartons, is 
> all you really have to do is take them to the wall, and make sure the 
> entire wall is covered. Then, sounds should not sleep from your location. 
> Hope this ups, oh yeah, and it will do some interesting things to the 
> acoustics in the room, that your four-year-old might find entertaining.
>
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>
> On May 13, 2013, at 2:24 PM, "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> When my brother used to play the drums in his apartment, he lined the 
>> walls
>> with egg crates and the ceiling with foam pads!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannan
>> Zinck
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:43 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] Drums and how to muffle them.
>>
>> spin off from my earlier topic about strangers crossing a line.
>>
>> My pastor who is also a long time friend and drummer has a drum pad, 
>> Myles
>> never touches it. Doesn't like it. However the muffled stick idea may 
>> help.
>> He uses brushes right now but, even that seems loud to our neighbor. He 
>> does
>> not usually drum crazy like most 4 year olds and for a hyper kid he is
>> pretty sensible on them. Anyway thanks Gabe I'll have to check into that
>> one. I half wonder if she even knows we have drums or if she thinks he's
>> throwing his dresser around in there or something crazy like that. LOL We
>> asked our side neighbors about them and they said they never even hear 
>> him.
>> My hubby is going to talk to the tenant that actually lives upstairs to 
>> see
>> if they bother her. More to get a sense if it's her or her pleasant 
>> daughter
>> that bangs on the floor like that. We figure if we do the mice thing and
>> discuss a time frame with her that we can agree mutually on maybe if her
>> sweet daughter gets a little crabby her mom can deal with it. If not the
>> poop on her I guess.
>>
>> --
>> Shannan Zinck
>> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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