LOUD ALL THE TIME
December 23, 2009 12:56 AM Subscribe
WHERE IN L.A. CAN I BE LOUD ALL THE TIME? (FOR CHEAP)
i'm looking to find a studio apartment in l.a. county somewhere (the closer to koreatown the better) where i can play music as loud as i want, whenever i want without spending a whole lot of money for some concrete future loft bullshit. i am looking to spend like...500 per month for rent. what do yall think?
i'm looking to find a studio apartment in l.a. county somewhere (the closer to koreatown the better) where i can play music as loud as i want, whenever i want without spending a whole lot of money for some concrete future loft bullshit. i am looking to spend like...500 per month for rent. what do yall think?
Eponysterical. Might want to invest in some headphones, since most places will go nuts if you do this to them, unless you're in a really bad part of town, in which case, they'll do worse.
posted by disillusioned at 2:28 AM on December 23, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by disillusioned at 2:28 AM on December 23, 2009 [2 favorites]
If you dont plan on living there you can rent time in a rehearsal studio or an artist's work studio for about that price. If you are looking for a livable apartment at that price, you are just being silly (unless you get a place with roommates, which might be awkward in a studio)
posted by WeekendJen at 6:47 AM on December 23, 2009
posted by WeekendJen at 6:47 AM on December 23, 2009
You're definitely to be able to find a place under $500.
On another note, why do you want to be "loud"? I mean, music definitely sounds better when it's turned up to a certain degree, but if you really enjoy music, you should be careful with your hearing. Being exposed to too much noise will degrade your hearing, and besides that, when it's too loud, it's hard to hear the whole song. Thumping bass is great, but not when it's so loud that it's vibrating the entire place and muting the middles and treble notes.
Disillusioned is right, you should invest in some good headphones. You can listen to music "louder" without disturbing neighbors or roommates, and you generally get really good sound quality because you don't need to account for room acoustics or anything like that.
posted by explosion at 7:20 AM on December 23, 2009
On another note, why do you want to be "loud"? I mean, music definitely sounds better when it's turned up to a certain degree, but if you really enjoy music, you should be careful with your hearing. Being exposed to too much noise will degrade your hearing, and besides that, when it's too loud, it's hard to hear the whole song. Thumping bass is great, but not when it's so loud that it's vibrating the entire place and muting the middles and treble notes.
Disillusioned is right, you should invest in some good headphones. You can listen to music "louder" without disturbing neighbors or roommates, and you generally get really good sound quality because you don't need to account for room acoustics or anything like that.
posted by explosion at 7:20 AM on December 23, 2009
No where near Koreatown, that's for sure. It's an urban area, which means you would have neighbors. They would likely not appreciate your noise. If playing loud music is necessary to your happiness, you will need to find a place a long way from other people.
posted by SLC Mom at 8:59 AM on December 23, 2009
posted by SLC Mom at 8:59 AM on December 23, 2009
San Bernardino. Yucaipa. Riverside. Barstow. Hesperia. These are just a few of the places that are far enough away (couple hours or so) from the urban or suburban Los Angeles, where individual living spaces (houses) may be spaced far enough apart, and priced cheaply enough, that you'll find no neighbor intervention when playing loud music.
There is basically no way that it makes sense to play music loudly in an apartment. Apartments mean shared walls with neighbors, by definition. You may as well squat in an abandoned industrial building or something. There are lots of those, and they're everywhere.
posted by so_gracefully at 9:18 AM on December 23, 2009
There is basically no way that it makes sense to play music loudly in an apartment. Apartments mean shared walls with neighbors, by definition. You may as well squat in an abandoned industrial building or something. There are lots of those, and they're everywhere.
posted by so_gracefully at 9:18 AM on December 23, 2009
Have you thought about taking a noise isolation approach? You could probably construct a pretty decent sound attenuating room in existing space, portable even, for a few months, or more, of $500 a month rent.
posted by Mitheral at 9:43 AM on December 23, 2009
posted by Mitheral at 9:43 AM on December 23, 2009
Sorry to contradict, so_gracefully, but none of those places mentioned are anywhere near his $500 mark nor will they accommodate his loud music needs. San Bernardino is the cheapest, but not by a lot. Speaking as a resident of Riverside, which is connected to SB. And knowledgeable enough of Barstow to quash those dreams. Hesperia and Yucaipa I don't know so well, but it's not as "sparse" as you may think.
posted by Germs of Love at 7:49 PM on December 23, 2009
posted by Germs of Love at 7:49 PM on December 23, 2009
Best answer: Do you have to be able to live there? I knew a place in Santa Barbara that was a storage facility (or was it an apartment building?) converted into rehearsal spaces with sound-insulated walls that local bands would rent rooms for storage and practice for a pretty low rate. Maybe you could work out a deal with a local storage facility which is not close to people's homes.
posted by lostburner at 2:31 PM on January 25, 2010
posted by lostburner at 2:31 PM on January 25, 2010
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posted by mattsweaters at 1:14 AM on December 23, 2009