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Loud music can be heard in Chiswick High Road

Does anyone know where it's coming from?Thanks!

Fay Kazemi ● 623d13 Comments

these triggers are meant to solve a noise problem. ? Yes if you use them with head phones mesh heads on electronic drum  are good but don't give me the same feel as a Remo head on an acoustic drum
https://youtu.be/OMislE83CMU

Bernard Allen ● 621d

This thread seems to have digressed, but whilst we are here, drums with mesh heads are the way forward with almost any aspect of drumming. The trick with the Bass drum is to reverse beaters and add Triggera kriggs.

Mark Frost ● 621d

Drummers are a pain in the arse ...Drums are an incredibly physical instrument to play and the people that play them tend to be hooligans.Putting pads or covers on an acoustic kit is not an option as the feel is completely different. My parents made me put sheets over my kit when I practised but all that did was to make me hit them harder, the result being that when I removed the sheets I was a very heavy hitting and naturally loud drummer. As it turns out this stood me in good stead but it's not to be advised. There are mesh heads available now that are actually very good and go some way to replicating the feel and response of a real drum head but at about 25% of the volume.Electronic kits (or eKits) are great but they don't have the same 'feel' as an acoustic kit and the cheaper ones can actually damage your wrists. It's also wrong to assume that eKits are silent as they really aren't. Although they remove the acoustic aspect of the drums you are still left with the fact that a wooden stick hitting a piece of plastic is very loud. In particular the kick drum (bass drum) is almost impossible to render silent due to the fact that the way the footpedal works means you are essentially stamping on the ground. You really don't want to live underneath a drummer with an eKit ...Ideally any drums but in particular eDrums should be on a concrete floor or at the very least on the ground floor with no rooms below them. I have seen people construct small wooden stages for eDrums with tennis balls underneath to disconnect the drums from the floor and although it's better than nothing it's always going to be loud.

Chris Blackwell ● 621d

Yes your right. For an acoustic drum kit you can buy pads to cover the heads.In my opinion they are fine if you can already play, but to learn the basic rudiments they don’t give the correct stick response  as a real drum head.Electronics drums can be used with head phones but I found I had to alter my technique to be able play as I do on an acoustic kit. Other drummers may disagree with that. But we are all individuals, none of use play the same.

Bernard Allen ● 622d

There must be ‘silent’ electronic drum kit pads with headphones for practising on.

Peter Evans ● 622d

Give the person a chance' they got to have some time to learn and perfect their skills.I had a for piece band practising in my front room for 3 months until we found a new rehearsal room at a reasonable price.

Bernard Allen ● 622d

practising the drums

Anne England ● 622d

I live in Goldhawk Road, close to Chiswick High Road and have been hearing loud percussion some evenings after going to bed. It sounds a bit as though someone is practicing the drums, because sometimes it stops for a few moments and sometimes it is continuous.  I don't know whether this has anything to do with the comment about loud music on Chiswick High Road, but I too would like to know where it is from, as it is a real nuisance.

Erika Fox ● 623d

Saturday 26th August 202316:00-23:00Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, W10 3DH

Bernard Allen ● 623d

There are no events at Gunnersbury Park this weekend. The next lot are in September.

Susan Kelly ● 623d

Just a guess, but there are music events at both Gunnersbury Park and Chiswick House during the summer, particularly on weekend evenings, so that's a reasonable possibility.

Richard Sutcliffe ● 623d

Notting Hill Carnival doesn't start until tomorrow...

Fay Kazemi ● 623d

Notting Hill Carnival?

Mark Evans ● 623d