[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

[John Ellis]

Hey Zach,

I have a rather limited taste in music, and also don't appreciate loud
music in the space. I also find it extremely distracting.

Outside organized events where its necessary(e.g 5MoF), music volume SHOULD
be kept to a minimum, and/or headphones used.

IMO It is unexcellent to impose ones musical tastes on everyone, especially
when its loud and disruptive.

-John

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Zach <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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