There's this family that live, check this out, TWO floors down from me and they have a teenage son. Now, his voice is done "breaking" or whatever so that's not an issue but this sure as hell is; For some godforsaken reason this kid has a keyboard and mic with an amp..... and he sings so off key the milk goes sour! I want to kill kill kill him, he'll try to sing in a falsetto and he butchers song after song and it's so loud I can even pick out the song he's trying to sing! Can you imagine somebody who sings at the top of his voice, belting out Robbie Williams' "Angels", especially the part where he goes all out and starts off with "and through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection" and so on... I hear this over and over and over cos he'll do the same part... he doesn't have rhythm either so he rushes it too, and from time to time gets a few notes in on the keyboard. It's ridiculuous really and would be funny if it wasn't so fucking bad!!! He couldn't hold a note if it held on to him I swear, you can always tell when he's singing cos even if there's no music to tell the song by he consistently uses tones that don't exist. He sounds like a wolf howling or some shit. I fucking wanna kill him!

Suggestions? So far I've thought of putting up a notice in the building naming the songs he's been singing and saying he sings false, without putting my name obviously. I don't wanna ruin this kid's fantasy but somebody needs to tell him he sings horribly. It's either that or file an official complaint with the landlord but I feel sorry for his parents.
Singing with a mic and amp shouldn't be allowed in apartment buildings I suppose it isn't really but it's not loud enough to complain about. If he sang fine I wouldn't sweat it but it grates on my ears so much

What to do?

Ear Terrorists. When is society gonna realize that falsetto is NOT for everybody.

And neither are Robbie Williams songs.
Have you spoken to the child's parents?

Teacher said:

2ndRevolution said:

and Teach this thread may be the one good one for the pleading

Mach said:

Yeah, it is PERFECT for that!

Teacher said:

2ndRevolution said:

about Robbie... no I haven't talked to them, I don't know how to put it to them and don't know how they'd take hearing that their kid stinks vocally.

mdiver said:

You don't have much of a music ear, do you?

Teacher said:

Teacher said:

Well, It depends on your wording really. I mean, don't knock the door down and be all like "Look, your stinkin' kid's voice stinkin' SUCKS man...." or anything like that Just tell them that he's being a scooch too noisy.
Or something

mdiver said:

Seriously. ONE, just ONE, time of listening to this and you'd know what I'm on about unless you have no music ear whatsoever. Even then I think you might notice. That's how shit it is.

Teacher said:

buy him headphones. wrap them up and drop them off anonymously, with a note that if he *doesn't* use them, all will not be well.

Teacher said:

It usually isn't allowed, look at the lease.

XxAxX said:

How will that help with the singing?

gemini13 said:

See italicised part, it's not loud enough to complain about. It's just BAD enough to complain about.

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Teacher said:

I grew up with a brother like that in the next room, i learned that he did things that pissed me off and i got up his nose too.I am willing to bet that there are probably things you do that piss them off .....its human nature we all do.
I sorta learned that it so wasnt worth the stress to worry about it so i tried to relax and let it wash over me.

Each to their own though.Good luck with a solution.

Teacher said:

but if it's two floors down from you there are lots of people who are having to hear it too. it would be a reasonable request that he stop using the equipment. one can still sing without a mic and amp and i'm guessing you wouldn't hear it two floors up.

emm said:

Yeah, I talked to my next door neighbour and we agreed he sings horribly but that's the thing - can you really ask somebody to pipe down just on the basis of his singing terribly off key?

ZombieKitten said:

Yep, earplugs it will be.

How about you just go knock on the kid's door and ask him to keep it down a bit? Then, if that doesn't work, go to the landlord.

Teacher said:

well, that will still be audible. but if his voice and keyboard are channeled through the headphones, chances are he will sing more softly, due to the fact that he can raise and lower the headphones' volume by turning a switch, and not by bellowing singing more loudly.

lol,dayum tryin to do falsetto?... do i gotta give this cat lessons?

IAintTheOne said:

Only if you want the milk for your tea to go sour.

find yourself a new place


I think he should practice
'hate wobbie williams, though.

stop being a hard case the poor lad .



nows the time to get even tape him singing then post it on youtube then give him the link and watch the comments come in hay presto one depressed teenager and the singing should stop as well











only joking try to find a common ground with the lad if not tell him you will send him to the vienna boys choir!!!

Teacher said:

these ones are great I use them to sleep