Members lotspoop Posted November 29, 2007 Members Share Posted November 29, 2007 I might be moving to New York City within a year and I was wondering how musicians in NYC practice their instrument or with a band. I'm a drummer and I also like to play keyboards. I imagine most places to live that are affordable are apartments. Is NYC such a noisy place that it's to be expected and neighbors might not care too much? Or will I never be able to find a place that tolerates the noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted November 29, 2007 Members Share Posted November 29, 2007 Electronic drumsets and keyboards have earphone jacks. Next question..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dahkter Posted November 29, 2007 Members Share Posted November 29, 2007 I'd say you have three options as a drummer:practice spacebar/nightclubfriend with big soundproof loft apartment In all instances you need tolerant neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cyclox Posted November 29, 2007 Members Share Posted November 29, 2007 I might be moving to New York City within a year and I was wondering how musicians in NYC practice their instrument or with a band. I'm a drummer and I also like to play keyboards. I imagine most places to live that are affordable are apartments. Is NYC such a noisy place that it's to be expected and neighbors might not care too much? Or will I never be able to find a place that tolerates the noise? I play keys in a band and when we need to practice with our drummer, we'll sometimes rent a practice space. We've used these places, as they are easily accessible by subway (we're scattered between Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn): http://www.smashny.com/home.html http://www.ultrasoundrehearsal.com/home.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted November 29, 2007 Members Share Posted November 29, 2007 Get a rehearsal space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tradivoro1 Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Another thing to consider is an electric drumkit for practice... That way you can bang hard, and only your headphones tell you what the sound is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowendnyc Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 I live in New York, and over the last eight years, trying to play music and get recording done has required a mandatory embrace of headphones, and Line 6 Pods to record guitar and bass. My band, Atoms to Suns, has had practice space rented by the month and by the hour. I love Smash, where we currently practice, because of their busted up Marshalls with speaker cabs that frequently only have one speaker working. Meanwhile, you may find all the knobs ripped off the heads. Have fun dialing in your sound! There are no good options in NYC. I've come the conclusion that while NYC is great for finding musicians, it sucks for bands. The cost, the compromises, the competition - sometimes I wish I was trying to launch this thing out of a more hospitable city. I'm becoming a bitter man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lotspoop Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Thanks for the info and those links. I greatly appreciate it. I live in Athens, GA right now which is a very band friendly town. I'm fortunate enough to have had two places to play my drums (loudly) for the whole almost 6 years I've lived here. I live in a duplex right now and my neighbors are pretty cool about it but I have taken efforts to sound proof a little. I can see NYC will be quite a change. But it's what I expected. So I take it stand-alone housing simply does not exist close to the city? Or if it does, it's not in the just-out-of-college-and-broke price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 It's way too expensive and rarely exists, if you're talking about NYC. Some people have lofts over by sort of where the bridge meets Brooklyn (I can't remember what the area is called, but someone will know what I'm talking about), and with some of the lofts, you can make a racket. It's probably prohibitively expensive, though, but bears checking into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lotspoop Posted November 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Yeah I guess you could say I'm looking for a practice-space I could live in. Not a living space I could practice in. I guess a big loft like that is what I'm looking for. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G Geezer Posted November 30, 2007 Members Share Posted November 30, 2007 Just beware of this situationhttp://www.bozzetto.com/neuro.htm Link courtesy of Bunny Knutson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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