[Noisebridge-discuss] Speakers and amplified sound at NB

[Andrew Byrne]

May I just add to this that the music being played was Apollo fucking
Brown, with the volume init(ALL_THE_WAY_DOWN), the music was two bars in
when you asked to turn it.off; I have empathy for people painfully
sensitive to stimuli and would have been quick to turn it down even further
if asked, or off without further comment at first mention of your
hyperalgesic condition.

I do appreciate the work you do around the space, and in that spirit will
use this moment of infamy to point out the need for us to mount the large,
now legless 48" monitor somewhere off the ground, cuz that's going to get
trashed otherwise. It can run HD through DVI, but I've only seen windows
get its particular resolution correct-- it's a v. early 1080. If it were
mounted up, of course, VGA should be sufficient.

Drama? It was a nice, sunny spring day when I get a "people are only able
to use the PA for projects." I immediately felt inclined to play Steve
Reich for a quarter hour as a "project"; let's all be happy I, too, hate
drama.

Best
-dru
On May 28, 2013 3:09 PM, "maestro" <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> yet again another cycle in the universe where the topic comes around
> and is solvable by FULLY soundproofing the 'treehouse' and making an
> openable shutter to the space/window facing church that is
> soundproofed on it's inner side (when closed)...
>
> anyone wanting to work on sound/audio projects can do it there AND...
>
> *screaming matches can be shut in there too.
>
> beings putting their choice in 'noise' on the bridge everyone uses is
> selfish and lame.
>
> hey mitch! how about another B-gone device to shut-off audio devices
> not using headphones outside organized parties and functions??? if
> anyone can do it YOU can...
>
>
>
> message ends
>
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> 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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