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Hey, just a general question,
If you're a musical person (play guitar, or an orchestra intrument) and you're living with a roomate (who very probably doesn't want to hear you practising your instrument regularly in the room), where would you go?
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Some residences have music practice rooms with piano, etc, sometimes soundproof where you can play to your heart's content. If your roommate doesn't like it, you can probably practice there, or maybe in the lobby/common room or something?
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Ah... but then that takes away the spontaneity of just grabbing your (musical) instrument as soon as a great song starts
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One thing to remember is your roomate won't always be in the room when you are - far from it. And if you want a regular time to practice, you can probably work something out, and I don't imagine practice would bother your roomate all the time even if they are in there (but be considerate). What is going to be more of a concern is noise that carries into other people's rooms. That may limit the time you can practice in your room to certain hours of the day depending on how noisy your instrument is, the exact policies of your residence, and how irritating your practice is for your neighbours.
 
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... very noisy: trumpet. Although I do have mutes.
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If all else fails, take it outside and play on the streets  Don't forget a tin can.
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How often do you plan on practicing?
I'm sure if it's only on certain occasions your room-mate will not mind.
And +1 about the streets & tin can ;) Way to pay off that tuition!
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If your school has a music program, they should have practice facilities available. If they're all in a section of the music building, chances are pretty good that non-music majors aren't "supposed" to be there, but if you can find your way in, as long as you're polite and respect the building I have a hard time imagining anyone actually reporting a non-music kid being in the practice rooms.
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Bassoony wrote:If your school has a music program, they should have practice facilities available. If they're all in a section of the music building, chances are pretty good that non-music majors aren't "supposed" to be there, but if you can find your way in, as long as you're polite and respect the building I have a hard time imagining anyone actually reporting a non-music kid being in the practice rooms. Most schools are really crazy about this. You have to have a special card to get into the practice rooms and you get in biiig trouble if you use one and aren't in music. Your best bet would be to go outside and play. You'll become notorious on campus too! I have a friend who plays the bagpipes and she would play in the woods and everyone talked about the mysterious bagpipe player. lol it was great.
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Egad, I had no idea there were schools that actively protected their practice space.
Lots of residences have "study rooms" in a basement or a wing that's not used for bedroom space... they're not exactly soundproof, so I wouldn't play trumpet at 1am in one of them if they're near to areas where people are sleeping, but during the day and early evening you probably would be ok there. Ask your don/R.A./whatever when you move in.
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aibrean wrote:Bassoony wrote:If your school has a music program, they should have practice facilities available. If they're all in a section of the music building, chances are pretty good that non-music majors aren't "supposed" to be there, but if you can find your way in, as long as you're polite and respect the building I have a hard time imagining anyone actually reporting a non-music kid being in the practice rooms. Most schools are really crazy about this. You have to have a special card to get into the practice rooms and you get in biiig trouble if you use one and aren't in music. Your best bet would be to go outside and play. You'll become notorious on campus too! I have a friend who plays the bagpipes and she would play in the woods and everyone talked about the mysterious bagpipe player. lol it was great. for unis that have keys/cards to get into practice rooms, buddy up with a music major and borrow =D ok, so it's not the best advice, but that's what i've been doing.
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tmhlee wrote:If all else fails, take it outside and play on the streets Don't forget a tin can. nice one  But you can't take a piano outside and play it
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aibrean wrote:Bassoony wrote:If your school has a music program, they should have practice facilities available. If they're all in a section of the music building, chances are pretty good that non-music majors aren't "supposed" to be there, but if you can find your way in, as long as you're polite and respect the building I have a hard time imagining anyone actually reporting a non-music kid being in the practice rooms. Most schools are really crazy about this. You have to have a special card to get into the practice rooms and you get in biiig trouble if you use one and aren't in music. Your best bet would be to go outside and play. You'll become notorious on campus too! I have a friend who plays the bagpipes and she would play in the woods and everyone talked about the mysterious bagpipe player. lol it was great. haha, gotta love mysterious bagpipe players!
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joyful45 wrote:nice one But you can't take a piano outside and play it No problemo! All universities have at least one piano room =)
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if your school has a student centre or student area, they usually allow students to sign out rooms to do w/e they want to do (clubs, meetings, jam sessions etc.)
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All the schools I've been to recently have a general room (or few) with a piano in them that you can rent for an hour or two. There should also be practice rooms, but know that Music students (lucky people.) will get precedince.
I won't go anywhere without a piano I can play.
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Some of the residence buildings at Acadia had (badly maintained, out of tune) pianos in the buildings. I don't imagine that's particularly uncommon, particularly in buildings that have been around for a while. And if you pursued it you could probably get funds to have it tuned (particularly if you're willing to contribute a bit of the cost).
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