[TPIN] Apartment

[Keith Thompson]

Louie,

I used to practice in a soundproof room that I built in my basement.   
Then my basement flooded (late '05) and I had to gut everything,  
destroying my practice space (and costing me several hundred dollars  
worth of music, equipment, etc.).  I haven't yet rebuilt--big job and  
never enough time it seems.

I now do a great deal of my practicing at a church that is kind  
enough to let me practice there when nothing else is going on.  They  
charge me nothing.  It is not a church I attend as a member--just a  
very kind group of people with a building that sits mostly empty  
during the week.  I would suggest looking for a similar situation.

Good luck -keith

Keith Thompson
St.Paul, MN
Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra
Sheldon Theatre Brass Band
Xbrass


On Feb 11, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Louie Eckhardt wrote:

Opinions and ideas wanted!!

I'm graduating in May, and probably moving to Pittsburgh, where I  
hope to start a teaching studio, gig, and study trumpet privately still.

My girlfriend and I have an apartment picked out (we're taking over  
the lease of one of her friends).  It is in the upstairs apartment of  
a house in the Shadyside neighborhood.

I need to figure out how I am going to practice.  If at all possible,  
I would like to avoid having to "rent" a place to do it.  I don't  
really want to buy one of those pre-fab practice rooms either.  What  
I was thinking of is purchasing some soundproofing material, and  
SPing a corner of one of the rooms to play into that.  What do you  
all think?  Do you have any ideas? THANKS!!

Louie