[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

[Zach]

Hey folks,
  I wont be able to make it to the meeting on Tues, and I had a talk with someone at NB this week (again) about playing music on the giant amplified speakers in the main space at NB.  This was discussed at a meeting in the past, and this person suggested it be brought up again.

In the past meeting on this people shared their thoughts and said:
1) it is a long standing NB practice to tell people to use headphones/laptop speakers to play personal music for entertainment
2) everyone has their own taste in music which is not always shared in common
3) the space is a worker space, not a music venue.

I really am burnt out on NB drama of sorts, and have only started coming to NB again recently.  Its frustrating to have to beat this dead horse nearly every time Im at NB.  After that meeting things did improve a lot and many people were very kind and responsive.  It still does come up though.

Not that I think its entirely relevant, but this does affect my medical condition.  I was diagnosed with hyperaesthesia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperesthesia) among other things.  I can show my medical records to people if it would help.  Honestly, I think this is just a matter of respect.  I use the space to work on projects, fix things, and educate.  I dont see why playing music on those large speakers to fill the entire space with sound is necessary.  It can be very disruptive and for me it is actually painful.  For the most part, I ask people if I can turn the music down when I'm there and most everyone is accomodating.  I usually then tell people when I'm leaving so they can turn the volume back up if they like.  But there are people that are very confrontational about this like the incident this week, so if someone could mention this at a meeting again, even briefly, it could help.  Feel free to read/show this email at the meeting.


Thank you for reading what I have to share,
Zach
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