What time should I turn off when practicing?

Play until the police come

 

my limit is 10-11p on weekdays. weekends are fair game!

i live on a quiet, residential road in a relatively busy town (jamaica plain).
but my roommates and neighbours are awesome, plus my town is filled with musicians and artists...

 

I don't understand why you are asking here if the police already told you.

Anyhow, where I live the sound ordinance says that you need to quiet from 11 pm until 7am. Although if you are making too much noise during the day, you can get shut down at any time.

I have noisy neighbours who like to party every Monday night. I give them until 11 or 11:30pm to shut up. I'm very patient, but I've called the cops on them 4 times already.


But I think that universally, you shouldn't bother the neighbours after 10 pm.

 

At a party I had a while back, the police showed up around 2:30 am. When he walked up to the garage we busted out "driven to tears" (a Police tune if some don't know)...made for a good laugh, he just told us to close the door

 

We share a practice space with a band in an odd sort of storage room behind their apartment. (It sounds weird, but its a 20x20 room with heat/ac, no windows, good sound proofing, and two doors with lots of locks) Anyways, we're in a residential area so we have made our personal cut off time 10pm. We haven't had any complaints in almost 2 years. As long as you're reasonable, most people don't seem to mind.

 

It really depends on your neighbors and how loud you're practicing. If they can't hear you, practice until the cows come home.

 

I say general courtesy is 10PM regardless if the law allows for later.

 

Do you amps have DI? Run them to a mixer and out to some headphones and really go deaf.

 

We live out in nowhere, but by 10 we're usually done anyway. Personally I think after 11 everything should be quiet in residential areas.......