What are our rights playing the drums?

Towser

Your son should practise the drum part of the first 4 minutes of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" or any of the drum part of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells".

I guarantee you will have no complaints from the neighbours.

Nice choices thank-you we will have to get started tommorrow now!

goodwithsaving

I'm exceptionally glad I am not your neighbour. Try and keep digging for the answer you want to hear but I'm 100% out of this post. Your neighbours do not deserve the brutal noise of drums purely because you have an autistic son. I am sorry, your life can't be easy but J-Christ, do not use it as an excuse to bring misery to others.

marksoton

Towser wrote: »

I'd also like to hear from people who teach disabled people the drums.

Then post on the appropriate board. Maybe they'll give you the answer you wish to hear. Rather than reality.

Towser

He is going to have proper lessons isn't he and not just bash away to get rid of his pent up energy/ frustrations?

Of course. He is already carefully considering his playing and not just bashing from his days when we had the electronic version. Messy Church could see that and let him play 5 minutes at a time when he really was not supposed to.

I'm not sure which will be worse for the neighbours, the son practising on drums, or the son having a meltdown when his Mum won't let him practise the drums when he wants

Exactly, trying to channel his energy more constructively towards the positive.

We want to go down the route of a drumset too

Fantastic I think it is really important therapy.

PasturesNew

OK ... let's call it .... you're a "musical family" - obviously not any good WHATSOEVER ... else you'd have been able to buy a detached house from your musical income ....

Do the kid a favour, stop fooling yourself and your family - you're not musical, you all just like making a din.

You weren't any good; he's unlikely to ever be any good ... genes innit.

Take up yoga. It's quieter

ManuelG

Towser wrote: »

The joy of drums is just too delightful to see.

...if not to hear...

Can he do Cozy Powell's Planets drum solo?

Towser

He had a problem with me as I wouldn't be bullied by him and his wife re parking. He'd blocked us in a few times and refused to move ( this on a public highway) in the end we had to call the police to have a word with him.

Exactly our neighbors have flexed their muscles with us too in several ways as well as the parking! Because I am a good neighbor from our previous experience have not retaliated in any way and everytime they are a nuisance - nothing is a problem!

This is why I want to know my rights because I am a responsible neighbor and may need to "punish" them occasionally

Towser

Can he do Cozy Powell's Planets drum solo?

Not yet but we will be figuring it out.

Towser

OK ... let's call it .... you're a "musical family" - obviously not any good WHATSOEVER ... else you'd have been able to buy a detached house from your musical income ....

Do the kid a favour, stop fooling yourself and your family - you're not musical, you all just like making a din.

You weren't any good; he's unlikely to ever be any good ... genes innit.

That is right never professional only ever amateur. Only ever for the joy of playing.

detached houses start at around £500K where we are.

retiredandskint

We live in a detached house and our neighbour's son has had a drum kit for the past couple of years. We do hear him BUT he only plays for max half hour a day and usually as soon as he comes home from school. The latest being around 5ish.

Yes sometimes it can be annoying but I know if either myself or DH was unwell we could ask him to stop and he would no fuss or bother.

There has to be give and take but assuming that drum playing between 7 am and 11 pm is not it. I