Melbourne Beats

Hey guys,

I'm just wanting some insight into how those of you that DJ and mix at home have worked out living arrangements as far as sound and all of that?

Reason I'm asking is cause I Am going to have to be moving out of the house I'm currently in cause it's my nan's and she recently passed away, I was looking after her for a long time and it's a huge house so I could pretty much do what i want with no sound restrictions and she wouldn't notice...

Obviously I'm not expecting a share house to be like that but would like to at least be able to mix in my room and some level of volume lol.

Just after insights, stories, hiccups, ANYTHING!

Cheers, Louis

headphones are your friend.

that is all.

Depends on when you are mixing, at what volume, how often, and for how long really.

Can't really mix just with headphones... I work 9-5 so generally mix like 8-11 at night lol cause it's only time i'm home

I'm starting to think my only choice is going to be tiny room to live plus a studio somewhere, which kinda sucks but yeah.

Will keep lookin though!

you dont really have to mix at full volume tho do you?

one night a week would be ok... Keeping in mind your house buddies probably wont be home every night either. but 3 hours every night might be a bit much for your housies.

eat chips really loudly so they can't hear the music.

what Kitty said. Unless you have soundproofing you cant be playing loud music at all times, your flat mates will hate you and it will drive them /your neighbours to distraction.

what dan said... 1 to 2 nights a week is ok... they wont always be home, take advantage when they are out and mix at half or even 3rd level volume... also, mix tunes they kinda like when they are cooking dinner or something, u know, good music to cook to is always win

Cooking music = win.

I'm with everyone else, kinda try and plan it around when they are not in and def don't have it up too loud. Definately try and find people who won't mind the music you're mixing either.
Ask questions when you go to meet people advertising share houses find out what music their into, if they're massive commercial house or RnB fan's they're not gonna be overly impressed with you constantly mixing DnB and visa versa you don't wanna always be listening to their music either.

I Don't mix but I pack some pretty decent hi-fi equipment and defintealy know how to hit play and I was taught from a young age music is made to be listened to loud.
I also don't possess any cleaning abilities if there is not music at a level where conversation requires slightly raised voices.

I just found it easiest to plan things around them being out or straight out asking "do you mind if" blah blah blah

remarkably mature level of conversation around this. all very considerate. I deal with noise issues for work and the amount of people who don't think of their neighours in these terms is incredible - I get the impression that there are many people who don't really think twice about whether they are disturbing others. do people think more carefeully about this for housemates than for neighbours I wonder?

i respect my housemates. i dont play loud music if they are sleeping even if its 2pm.

but seeing as my neighbours have been building their house for 2 years and counting and we have had jerry springer type moments out front due to radios blaring at 7am on weekends, and ongoing problems with every dodgy tradie they employ, we kind of crank the tunes as a FUCK YOU to them when we feel like it.

my housie was rinsing dnb the other evening and i went out there and told them to turn it up, his friend thought i said turn it down but once all was understood we all vibrated the walls a bit more for them next door

FoundationStepper wrote:remarkably mature level of conversation around this. all very considerate. I deal with noise issues for work and the amount of people who don't think of their neighours in these terms is incredible - I get the impression that there are many people who don't really think twice about whether they are disturbing others. do people think more carefeully about this for housemates than for neighbours I wonder?

I told some kid playing RnB loudly on his phone on the train to turn it off at Oakleigh the other day. Felt good.

^^^ i HATE that.

what the fucking FUCK makes people think thats okay?

ghetto kitty wrote:^^^ i HATE that.

what the fucking FUCK makes people think thats okay?

its a teenage emo thing

youthful_implants wrote:

ghetto kitty wrote:^^^ i HATE that.

what the fucking FUCK makes people think thats okay?

its a teenage emo thing

jesus christ out my way it's fucking rife

i reckon 8 or 9 out of 10 train trips i'm annoyed shitless by some sub human dickbrain playing horrendous music on loudspeaker

what's even worse, these morons don't have a large enough attention span to listen to a song start to finish, so not only do you get music to kill yourself to, you also get 35sec snippets of each track or simply the same track rewound to the start every time the first chorus finishes

i know they're just kids but fuck me, have a little respect for people's personal space.......when i was their age there's no way i'd have cranked tunes on the train for fear of some large dude commandeering my boombox and throwing it out the window

lol sorry end hijack

get it on the trams sometimes, actually it happened this morning but i was daydreaming so much i thought the music was a part of the daydreaming til i snapped out of it and realised someone was playing music loudly.

one time this drunk couple replayed a song over and over and sang only to the chorus. When they got off the tram everyone groaned a sigh of relief

i love it when you get on ya soapbox aroes



so true.

aroes wrote:

youthful_implants wrote:

ghetto kitty wrote:^^^ i HATE that.

what the fucking FUCK makes people think thats okay?

its a teenage emo thing

jesus christ out my way it's fucking rife

i reckon 8 or 9 out of 10 train trips i'm annoyed shitless by some sub human dickbrain playing horrendous music on loudspeaker

what's even worse, these morons don't have a large enough attention span to listen to a song start to finish, so not only do you get music to kill yourself to, you also get 35sec snippets of each track or simply the same track rewound to the start every time the first chorus finishes

i know they're just kids but fuck me, have a little respect for people's personal space.......when i was their age there's no way i'd have cranked tunes on the train for fear of some large dude commandeering my boombox and throwing it out the window

lol sorry end hijack

move to Japan imo

deviant wrote: move to Japan imo

this is the plan

haha!

Guess I'm just going to have to accept the fact that the days of cranking music in my room so loud it rumbles my chest are numbered to 2 months lol.

Kinda feels like the end of living but what can ya do, I don't really function without rediculously loud music lol, I just kinda sit and stare...

tbh just try to keep it strictly leftfield/drumfunk coz imo at the first sign of jump up you'll be asked to leave

lpeake wrote:haha!

Guess I'm just going to have to accept the fact that the days of cranking music in my room so loud it rumbles my chest are numbered to 2 months lol.

Kinda feels like the end of living but what can ya do, I don't really function without rediculously loud music lol, I just kinda sit and stare...

probs a human rights issue

don't go around pissing in your housemate's rooms *nods*

Haha the train thing made me laugh in perth.
WE have warnings in our trains saying not smoking no eatin no feet on seats give up special seats to those that need it.

in perth they have also put on these signs about listening to music only with headphones and also that kids on a 50cent student fare must stand for adults.

The headphones one made me giggle when I seen it

fooishbar wrote:

lpeake wrote:haha!

Guess I'm just going to have to accept the fact that the days of cranking music in my room so loud it rumbles my chest are numbered to 2 months lol.

Kinda feels like the end of living but what can ya do, I don't really function without rediculously loud music lol, I just kinda sit and stare...

probs a human rights issue

lol