PROBLEMS WITH THE NEIGHBOURS...

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you so much for watching! Hope you found the tips useful. I would love to read about your stories with neighbours so make sure you leave them down in the comments! Remember to subscribe and also share the video with friends 💯And if you haven't already, check out the other #SweetStruggle videos and my live performance clips! Much love to y'all ❤️🎹🙌🏼

[@ernstkubitza1137]

Congrats to your neighbor, she is a wonderful person ! 🎼❤️

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Totally agree! 😊❤️

[@michaelwasylczuk1201]

When I play from. The 4th floor of my house with the French doors open the neighbors stop and listen then applaud. It's wonderful❤

[@martindickinson2260]

I wish I had you as my neighbour , my mother had a pianist upstairs who played all day, she had an armchair placed under the piano , and enjoyed the music all her life to the very end ,

[@megachick40]

I love every type of music, and I could listen all day! I would be the neighbor shouting requests through the walls. 😁

[@EvgenyGenchev]

E.V. Lee that’s amazing! Every musician would love to have you as a neighbour 😊🙌🏼❤️

[@jaimymetts]

I love hearing piano music, I would of course not mind at all. ❤️

[@aurigacygnus]

I used to hear my neighbour down the street whistle back what I just played through the window during my breaks. I was so surprised as they were not THAT close - they were a street, empty landblock away. But it made me practice more to know someone was enjoying the music.

[@animemusic8]

I wish a pianist like you is my neighbor during the strict lockdown because of the pandemic. This will surely help us through it.

[@anaghashyam9845]

Same thing I experienced in India. I’ve lived in a few Indian cities and I’ve practiced singing and piano everywhere I lived and never had an issue with neighbours. They were extremely encouraging to classical musicians but when I moved to Munich and it was very different. A bit of practice and I had plenty of knocks and complaints and had to switch to a studio room with a piano to practice 😃

[@auroraviero7864]

Me too I would be proud to have a pianist like you as neighbour.

[@nanagonzalez1387]

I am a passionate amateur pianist with a Bechstein Grand. This happened to me, when my piano moved in. I was trying to be calm and find a compromise with that neighbour (he was yelling and screaming like crazy 😜), but it was impossible. He even was talking to the landlord behind my back, I was so sad, because now my dream of a grand piano came true - and I couldn’t play?! So I decided to rearrange my flat- I changed rooms, so he wouldn’t be as near as before. It worked, now I can play 2hrs/d , sometimes another hour in the evening, and me and my piano live happy since then.... ❤️

[@christophegeorget9855]

I guess it's all about taste and education then..Let's move to Budapest!

[@JCyrusDGBB]

You can be my neighbor anytime. :) In my country, any sort or form of music is NOT considered as noise. Except for the huge karaoke machines.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Sounds amazing! Where are you from? What if it’s karaoke only occasionally with the shower head? 😂

[@JCyrusDGBB]

Evgeny Genchev I’m from the Philippines... Land of singers. Singing in the showers is not a thing here. Instead we occasionaly sing using a loud karaoke machine in most house parties. Musicians here gains a level of respect that people will not mind if they hear you practicing.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Sounds like a place I should definitely visit! 😊💯 How is the concert scene?

[@JCyrusDGBB]

@@EvgenyGenchev You definitely should... I can take you around.. Filipinos are open to diverse music including classical. You will not have a hard time introducing yourself and your music here. :)

[@EvgenyGenchev]

@@JCyrusDGBB sounds good! Need to look into it. Perhaps I could find some concert organisers there. I will be going towards that side of the world at the end of the year so maybe we can figure something out. Would you know of anyone?

[@sarazsadanyi4113]

When I was flatting, with my sweet upright, I used to make sure I was only playing during the day. Then in the evenings I'd have both the left and middle pedals down - really did the trick! But we had a caretaker who would come in once or twice a week (they had a lot of work to do on the house next door). He would be humming along with the tune and yelling only good things through the window at me!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

That's awesome! It's great when people appreciate it 😊

[@metteholm4833]

In the city - in old, wobbly apartments it is a challenge to house a heavy, loud instrument. Where I live, neighbours can hear each others conversation. :-( .... but hurrah for the Chamber Club, where I am a member with acces to a Steinberg grand :-) .....1½ -2½ hour a day. It will have to do.... Anyway, Chopin forbade his pupils to practice more than 2-2½ hours a day.

[@wedemeyerr]

Женя, a very positive story!!!!! 😘

[@TheEddieLandsberg]

I dealt with cops in Tokyo and have had windows banged on by crazy neighbors in the afternoon. It is traumatic. If the wall creeks when I play, I freak out. I proactively greet neighbors and work work out agreements... and take breaks even though I don’t want to.... for example, I go full volume 40’minutes, break 30, muted practice 40, repeat. Music stops after sundown, no early morning practice. Hurts, but keeps the peace. I also make sure the neighbors have my phone number so they call me instead of the cops or the rental company.

[@BehindtheseEyes]

Piano music flowing through all neighborhood homes never a problem ...my sister(excellent pianist,also) practicing the Saxophone ,there was a problem.😉

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

I have had this problem since the age of 12. I had to throw out my piano last May. I have received three or four written complaints, the most recent of which was today for just listening to a recording on my monitors. I am in quite some pain at not being able to practice as I've spent years in lessons and lots of money.

[@Zefudge]

As someone who has had many different digital pianos over the years, I can say that they are getting better and better to the point that we can hardly make the difference between a real and digital piano. I would highly recommend buying a good one if the neighbours are a problem. Also, go more a modelisation of the sound and not a sample of the sound, the sound will be much more realistic.

[@strike1137]

XD As a non professional pianist i recall at time where my neighbours harbour malicious intent when i was learning 'La Campanella' at the trills portion

[@judinaprohaszka7354]

My neighbors are very patient. I started learn cello about 2 years ago. I live in a flat where have 60 flat. I try practice a lot, and my playing is not joying yet. 🙂 But my neighbors nothing say to me. I'm from Hungary! 😀

[@billligon4005]

I practice at 9am for 1 1/2 hours and I had the neighbors came down while I was practicing and said they were trying to record a video and asked me to stop. This I did, and went shopping. I made a mental note, if it happened again, I would say NO!

[@jannemcswan3413]

Dear Evgeny My dog is unwell today and other things are making me sad. Your story cracked me up. Thank you

[@gaudetjaja]

Neighbours complaining were part of the reason why I quit playing the trumpet. Now I play the (digital) piano so I don't have any issues. I couldn't have an acoustic one here though.

[@TijuanaBorderJumper]

I practice piccolo and I dare my neighbors to tell me I'm distributing them 😉💕 Keep playing brother🔥

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Haha I see a theme here 😜 I love Bach too 💯 piccolo can be particularly loud, but if you are still able to practice it- well done with the neighbours! 🙌🏼🔥

[@TijuanaBorderJumper]

@@EvgenyGenchev I actually live in a house with a dedicated sound proof music room. And friendly neighbors luckily😀

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Tijuana Border Jumper you should have started with that 😉🎶

[@TijuanaBorderJumper]

@@EvgenyGenchev I just wanted to seem like a tough woodwind player😂😅

[@salvatoreianniello4731]

Hi there! I just got familiar with your channel! Very interesting! I am Italian based in India and an adult student player. I wish I would have started when I was just born... btw, I am lucky because I never got any problem so far although I have a vertical piano with the silent system... so at times I use it when I need to repeat over and over again the same passage... so neighbours won’t know I am so bad and my struggles... but they can enjoy my play through a piece 😄

[@jeffreyhickman6759]

I've been lucky with neighbors. Once, I was practicing later than usual, even for me. The neighbor pounded on the wall. I stopped, closed the bedroom door, and continued. Same reaction, so I stopped for the night. I saw him a day or two later. When I asked about it, he said that my playing normally helped him get to sleep, but not that night. No more complaints. For the last twelve years, I've been in my own house, so no problems. The nearest neighbor said he could hear my piano, occasionally. His wife, who was listening to our conversation, said that she hadn't realized that I HAD a piano.

[@jeffreyhickman6759]

I love your insights, and your playing.

[@mirusvet]

Kawai KDP 110 for me :) One week in loving it, headphones all the way, for now :)

[@egoemi3212]

Love you

[@susanafernandes530]

Hello... I live in a building that has 20 duplex apartments and the sound inside an apartment unfortunately passed to other apartments... It's a very common problem with several buildings. But it's mine and I choose because of my big backyard to my children... but my kids, first the boy and then the girl (6 and half years of difference) decided to study music/cello... I decided to communicate to my close neighbours when my son started and all accepted well... in fact, when they realized that my daughter was with a cello (almost bigger than her, just 6 years old) at her back, they show very please... now my young neighbour, has the same age of my daughter and are both in the same class, and he also plays oboe and they play in the same orchestra! No, I don't live in Budapest, but on Porto, Portugal! How about that??? 🎻🎶🎻🎼🎵🎹🎶👧👨❤💙👂👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶

[@MrStrav81]

I think she say your beautiful face and was like "oh, nevermind."

[@goforgold7082]

When you are the owner of a Bechstein and also talented like you are, it will be a real sad situation if you cant play it whenever you want. My suggestion is to find another place where it wont be a problem

[@classicalmusiclover4029]

I have the same problem with my neighbors right now.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

I am sorry to hear about that. How does your neighbour react?

[@classicalmusiclover4029]

Evgeny Genchev Knocked on the door and told me to stop. But we have talked about a time where I shouldn’t play. It is from 12:00 to 15:00. And also not before 10 and after 19:00.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

And even though you complied with that, the neighbour still wanted you to stop? 😕

[@classicalmusiclover4029]

Evgeny Genchev Sometimes they ask, yes. But I can practice with headphones during the times I am not allowed.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

@@classicalmusiclover4029 do you have a digital piano? A hybrid?

[@dionelladelosangeles9950]

Excuse Evgeny🙏🏻 I couldn't see your videos before. I was without internet! How cool this video! It is true and it happens a lot to all musicians and even singers when they are rehearsing or practicing at home! It's like a problem for us 😕. But what can we to do? 😅 In this video you look like an actor Really!!! You are very good at all this you do!🎹🎶🎬✨

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Happy you enjoyed the video! With singing you cannot do much except for not going at full voice 🤷🏻‍♂️ at least you don’t practice for 5-10 hours 😜 haha you are sweet to say that. Actually I have done some acting as well 🙈

[@dionelladelosangeles9950]

@@EvgenyGenchev I agree! You have reason I can't so long time hehe🙈 Thanks You are very sweet too❤️ 🎶🤗

[@isaacodyss4270]

Another option is soundproofing the room. Although this is an art form in and of itself.... A lot of fun for those tech minded musicians. Btw do you have a full recording of the piece at the beginning ?

[@EvgenyGenchev]

I agree. Soundproofing can help a great deal but in most building structures it wouldn’t have a full effect. I do have a live recording with orchestra but I would share it perhaps later on

[@davidmichael3160]

You might consider working out a mutually agreeable time between you and the neighbors for you to practice without disturbing them or being disturbed.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

That’s right! Communication is key. Otherwise music practice will be out the window. What other tricks have you got up your sleeve?

[@davidmichael3160]

@@EvgenyGenchev devastate them with charm ...

[@EvgenyGenchev]

@David Michael ahh of course. But people don’t seem to be too charmed when I keep drilling Prokofiev 5th Concerto somehow 🤔🎶🎹

[@davidmichael3160]

Evgeny Genchev 😅 Ah, yes, well there is that.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

David Michael haha exactly 😜 but otherwise agree with you 😊

[@mariamayorga8274]

🤗😍🤲🤗

[@grahams7132]

I'd pay you to live next to me! 😊

[@busingyefavour9477]

more chopin etudes

[@sedakemerci1924]

🎶🧿🙏🤗

[@EvgenyGenchev]

😊🙏🏼 Thanks for watching

[@jannemcswan3413]

Ha!Ha!

[@ivanfrangugic8355]

silent for me

[@EvgenyGenchev]

I have had a silent keyboard. It is definitely very useful. Depends what you are looking for

[@Rajsadaye]

First! 😋

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Should give you a reward at some point for this! 😜💯 Did you enjoy the video? Any stories with neighbours to share? 😉

[@Rajsadaye]

@@EvgenyGenchev I practice with my headphones on. 😂😂

[@EvgenyGenchev]

@@Rajsadaye The neighbours must love the silence 😜