[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

[Leif Ryge]

I enjoy listening to music without headphones at Noisebridge, but I'll
sometimes ask other people nearby if they mind it and if anyone does I'm
always willing to turn it off.

~leif

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:33:33AM -0700, John Ellis wrote:
> 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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