What are our rights playing the drums?

Pixie5740

Towser wrote: »

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

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

Then part of your quest to find the optimum place to live should include where you can afford to buy a detached house if you're the kind of person who sees fit to punish his neighbours.

MacMickster

Davesnave wrote: »

Looking at previous threads, OP seems to be an adult and is female most of the time, but this can change:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=69363270&postcount=7

Given that things like the OP's sex can alter to suit the post, it's possible that other 'inaccuracies' might also creep in.;)

Whatever, I'm out.

Yes. I've just read some previous threads started by the OP. I refuse to believe that any genuine mother would refer to their child as "it", so troll it is.

Towser wrote: »

We live in the country and child needs to go to school on bus. Therefore if it misses the bus we are buying a mobile phone for Christmas for emergencies.

Pixie5740

sailerboy wrote: »

Hi,
I'm a professional drummer.

A few years ago when I was 'semi-professional' (just getting started) I lived in a flat and used o practice. I kept it to daytime so as not to disturb the neighbours, but they kept complaining.

Eventually one of the more aggressive neighbours decided to take things further and took me to court for 'nuisance'. I told the judge this was my livelyhood and I needed to practice but the neighbour was really rude about my drumming, and the judge believed him.

Anyway I ignored the judge (have a living to earn) and the neighbour just went back to court! The judge said I was contemptuous (?) and I was given 3 days in prison.

After I came out I thought "That's it. No more!" And I found somewhere else to live.

Quite right that you were detained at Her Majesty's pleasure. There are many ways to earn a living that don't include making a racket, especially when you live in a flat. Just playing during day time hours doesn't help those that have just come off night shift. Judges are supposed to be impartial so it wasn't just your neighbours who thought you were in the wrong.

Towser

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.

You can still hear it so having a detached house is not the answer.

So I think the conclusion is to practice straight after school.

Gigervamp

When I was a teenager, I went out with a lad who was in a band and his brother was the drummer. We used to spend Sunday mornings practicing in a rehearsal studio.

My parents wouldn't allow me to have a drum kit because of the neighbours, so I played the drums in the school music room, or boyfriend's brothers drums at practice.

If you're such a musical family, why not hire a studio for practice sessions?

Towser

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.

I find it really difficult to find things that entertain him. This is just one thing that he can do by himself and is very therapeutic.

Tigsteroonie what sorts of things entertain your autistic child so that you are not constantly on the go?

Tigsteroonie

Gigervamp wrote: »

If you're such a musical family, why not hire a studio for practice sessions?

Because some autistic children cannot perform to a schedule, so the hire may be wasted if the child is already stressed/upset about something else. (Our son has missed 3 of 6 recent RDA sessions for this reason.)

That said, other autistic children thrive on routine so a regular hire might be the solution. It depends on the OP's child.

Our son is only 6 and is still very toddler-like, so he is entertained with musical toys, balls, balloons etc. We have a cradle swing in the garden that he can use when dry (ha ha ha ha just now). He goes trampolining, to soft play, and riding.

Goodness alone knows what our neighbours would have thought yesterday - one of his Christmas presents was a digeridoo, which Daddy then had to play so that our son could feel the vibrations!!

Towser

why not hire a studio for practice sessions?

because he is spontaneous and does not understand time. Studios cost money and I have had to give up my Career to care for him because where we live no-one will look after him, not even for £12.71 an hour.

He also received a watch for Christmas as he has been showing an interest in the time. The next thing I will have to train him to keep to the quiet times for the neighbours' sake.

duchy

Towser wrote: »

I find it really difficult to find things that entertain him. This is just one thing that he can do by himself and is very therapeutic.

Tigsteroonie what sorts of things entertain your autistic child so that you are not constantly on the go?

Not sure why you think your neighbours should suffer because of your lack of imagination/poor parenting.
IF your child genuinely has an autism diagnosis you will already be in touch with professionals who could advise you - so yes I too am calling troll on this one.

Some people really are very peculiar -

Tigsteroonie

Towser wrote: »

because he is spontaneous and does not understand time. Studios cost money and I have had to give up my Career to care for him because where we live no-one will look after him, not even for £12.71 an hour.

He also received a watch for Christmas as he has been showing an interest in the time. The next thing I will have to train him to keep to the quiet times for the neighbours' sake.

One of the best - and cheapest - things I've seen recently is a clock face that had been coloured to indicate play time, school time, etc. If your son is interested in time, then you could do similarly to indicate that e.g. 4-5pm is drum time.