<p>Something like this should shut him up.</p>
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<p>"Harley is good. Drum set is awesome. And so is a large dog who begins to bark as soon as the “music” starts. Record his “music” and play it back as soon as he finishes. Point the speaker so the sound waves hit his deck. OTOH, he is probably not just tone deaf - simply deaf, so he might not even hear the recirding (or Harley). I really feel your pain! Bad violinists can sound like a cat who is being skinned alive.</p>
<p>Have some great advice here! I was going to suggest a recording of a loud, baying, barking dog, maybe a beagle being pointed towards him?</p>
<p>I really feel your pain. What an awful way to ruin your evening. Now I was expecting soccerguy’s video to be something really awful, but as a former drum and bugle corp member, I LOVE Santa Clara Vanguard, so don’t put that on, it will encourage him.</p>
<p>Now, we need to pick a few tunes for you to play… For some reason, Polka polka from Home Alone comes to mind. :)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, polka polka just might get the point across!!</p>
<p>Gosh, yes, if I could have SCV playing this year’s show in the backyard I’d be one happy camper! Les Miserables was my favorite this year–saw the show, bought the shirt, would have placed them higher than fourth!</p>
<p>Maybe you should take up bagpipes. Well-played bagpipes are a thing of beauty. Poorly-played bagpipes…not so much, and it will give him a dose of “animal in distress” right back.</p>
<p>So the neighbor is screeching out a noise on his violin, you are playing polka polka, your next neighbor gets mad at you and takes up the Harley thing, and so on. Pretty soon your whole street is gonna sound like a madhouse.</p>
<p>Actually, have you considered friendly humiliation? Cracking jokes with a smile in front of him? I know that could be hard to do, as a polite person…but a little bit of teasing might do the trick, that is, if he has any shame. There is a way to do it without being outright hostile, but I’ll bet your other neighbors would go for it also.</p>
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<p>Some effective selections from my HS classmates’ experiences dealing with noisy dormmates:</p>
<p>Vanilla Ice’s “To The Extreme” Album known for the “Ice Ice Baby” song. (Blasting this for 3 straight mornings(7 am & later) against an annoying cheesy metal fan who was blasting his crap till 3-4 am was enough to convince him to give up and cease all further noise after quiet hours)</p>
<p>Anything by the BeeGees.</p>
<p>Yoko Ono (YMMV here).</p>
<p>If he’s the type to be so stuffy to snob on anything other than classical:</p>
<p>Anything other than classical…especially if loud with a fast high tempo beat will work well in this situation.</p>
<p>This reminds me of Lemony Snicket, The Series of Unfortunate Events: There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.</p>
<p>Get a nordic dog - one that howls instead of barks. I had a Samoyed that ‘sang’ along with sirens - which are a lot like bad violin playing.</p>
<p>Great idea, dietz!</p>
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<p>My noisy neighbor was absolutely indifferent to the sensibilities of myself and other neighbors, and downright belligerent about it.</p>
<p>Well, after I discovered music videos on You Tube, when she started up with her godawful racket, I simply found the most thunderous-beat rock video I could discover on You Tube and began to sing along, really badly and quite loudly. Ever heard ‘Clocks’ by Coldplay, or REM’s ‘Losing My Religion’ at full throttle sung by a middle-aged curmudgeon? Suffice to say her antics lessened, a bit.</p>
<p>If you are going the dog route, make sure you get one that howls… barking might not do the trick.</p>
<p>Just today I watched a new Youtube video that really deals with the same issue. Cracks me up! On Youtube, search for: foot locker harden soul feet</p>
<p>“Ever heard ‘Clocks’ by Coldplay, or REM’s ‘Losing My Religion’ at full throttle sung by a middle-aged curmudgeon?” </p>
<p>Ohh, here is a classic one: William Hung singing She Bangs. </p>
<p>This tactic worked to shut up the guys in the lab next door who used to listen to some crazy Geman techno. One of our lab mates bought a CD from a bargain bin and played it loudly to counteract the loud noises coming from across the hall.</p>
<p>You could also take up the bag pipes. I have a SIL who plays these (she is quite good now - but not in the beginning). These will also clear all the wildlife within a 5 mile radius :)</p>
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<p>I did that by butchering rock songs on my electric guitars. :D</p>
<p>She Bangs sung by William Hung. Perfect.</p>
<p>we can all stop giving suggestions because nothing can top this one. Good call BunsenBurner.</p>
<p>Oh, I don’t know. I vote for the bagpipe!</p>
<p>Any “recording” by the great, infamous soprano Florence Jenkins:</p>
<p>heres a prime example… <a href=“Florence Foster Jenkins- Der Holle Rache - YouTube”>Florence Foster Jenkins- Der Holle Rache - YouTube;
<p>Give it a couple days…works like a charm</p>