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[@BrandonScottDrums]

Felt like this deserved its own upload... UPDATE: The neighbors are STILL noisy... Any Ideas? Maybe a contraption that taps the ceiling every 3 seconds...

[@dartht4719]

Just keep on drumming!

[@randysterbentz5599]

Make the contraption constantly tap YYZ

[@RonnyDangerStunt]

Practice Rudiments every day on your Snare 😂

[@83aquastar]

Put a Bluetooth speaker outside their door and play colicky baby crying sounds on a loop. Fight fire with fire. Don’t suffer alone. Or, tell your landlord.

[@manuelarzamendia9184]

cover a trash metal band recording only with the camera, with the speakers behind you playing the music

[@ZackGrooves]

So the war begins…. I’ll come through too and set up my drums we can shed until the sun comes up. Then kiss wait-

[@balyn8897]

Pause.

[@kailiw.8462]

Zack no

[@masterbeat04]

Would pay to see that... the drumming's fine too

[@GenericGamer]

Zack you have kissed everyobe

[@xaviergoesbathroom]

Hol up man.

[@poropuri]

if you want to REALLY annoy someone, you need to play badly, like as if you were just starting to play drums, cause you know, no matter how loud drums are, if you play them well, it's just loud music, people can get used to it, but if it's bad, that's a whole different story... or you can just nonstop blast beat, no fills, no nothing, just blast the fuck out of the drums.

[@countbleck35]

or do nothing but bad fills.

[@detts5082]

Blast Beat would really annoy his neighbours.

[@dejvkodet5390]

my method of asserting noise dominance consists of playing snare rolls filled with weird stops and unpredictable phrasing for like half an hour

[@franciscojosesuarezmedina1045]

practice rudiments, chops, fills, blastbeats etc in the most chaotic and unpredectible way... allways in the legal hours and decibels acording to your country legislation 😉

[@VeressDani]

if i had a neighbour that would do nonstop blasts, i would have already released my third solo black metal album.

[@basscubs]

I took my neighbor a bottle of tequila, we drank it together, then and only then did I say, “can you keep it down after like 10, bro”. Worked like a charm. 😊

[@user-th6rh8zp3t]

nah u sound like the worst ngl

[@guitarmichael]

Make this man a Foreign Affairs Diplomat.

[@queenpurple8433]

@@user-th6rh8zp3t you sound worse

[@jangobango2847]

@@user-th6rh8zp3t an extremely polite neighbor who knows how to communicate effectively?

[@ling2553]

Nice Bass

[@therealandrewlund]

Honestly sounds like a nice situation if you're a drummer. What's the alternative? Quiet, respectful neighbors--then you can never practice without guilt.

[@Onyxaxe]

This is kinda where I'm at. If only I didn't need sleep.

[@bebettoninja]

This situation sucks… but if you really want it to work, buy some kick triggers and mess with the sensibility, it will go off during fills like krrrrrrrrrr it’s chaotic and can get someone crazy.

[@DragonboltBlastter]

Enjoy your 200th like!

[@aaronstrepka3884]

And the leave the house for houers

[@vantiljunior2748]

Hi Bebetto, your work is 🔥🔥 please come to Brazi...oh, wait... Kkkkk vc é fera demais mano 👏👏👏

[@jjaakkeeyybbooyylmao]

Oooo! Or tape it to the ceiling under where their washing machine is 😂

[@nobodylifts]

I saw a video from a sound engineer a few years ago. He used a parabolic mic to capture the sound from his upstairs neighbor and play it back a couple seconds later.

[@franciscojosesuarezmedina1045]

just sublime 🤣

[@misanthropeimmortel]

Simply the best solution ever !

[@marcrchz]

XDD

[@aaronswearingen3708]

I, quite literally, laughed out loud.

[@DJ-pp4mt]

Omg thts fucking genious

[@jaykay6340]

As a guitar player I've done this. If I'm told to "deal with it" that sentiment goes both ways. Your home theater/sound bar may be able to crank Justin Bieber at a fair volume, but my 4x12 cabinet was made to play concerts in arenas. Try me. You will lose. I'm the guy who turns it to 11 leans the guitar on the cab to create a feedback loop and goes to work. Or I'll practice bleed by Meshuggah all. Day. Long.

[@NotDingse]

Lmao, that’s torture with the feedback loop. Atleast put some earplugs by their front door xD

[@misanthropeimmortel]

Any Meshuggah tune is torture to be honest. (Thus you can even vary, haha !)

[@bogartwilley]

*Removes his Hat* - Thank you For you Service lol. I died when I read the part about Justin Bieber and your cabinet ^-^

[@andresilvasophisma]

Just take a Mesa 4x12 a put a nasty fuzz in front of your amp. Deal with it.

[@zrodge34]

Bro...you win 🙌🏻👊🏻

[@PatrickHall]

Yo, As a musician, I PREFER noisy neighbors. They can’t complain about my noise, and I never have to feel guilty about recording metal vocals late at night because I know they’ll be up the next day blasting edm on a Wednesday night

[@j7...]

Exactly. Just be more tolerant, louder, or buy your own ranch, island or country or whatsoever

[@remedydrums2]

Please make this a series!

[@typicalfurry2747]

I second this

[@remedydrums2]

@@typicalfurry2747 The neighbors are probably posting in a subreddit called r/noisydownstairs, which is most likely fart fetish.

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@remedydrums2 lmao

[@puffin20]

I want more as well! PLEASE!

[@toddbrindle9505]

Oh yeah dude, please do this😂

[@lucasgrape8576]

Above my apartment lives a cellist who one day decided to learn the horn now. I bought a saxophone as response. I think we are both happy

[@darkspirit6797]

Remind's me of a situarion with my band drummer. She live in a tiny flat, and have an electronic drum kit - its not so loud as a real one for sure, but her neighbours stil complain about "Loud noises you making downstairs". So our band rent her a real drum kit, then we just take our amps and guitars to make some homeshow event. After comparison with real loudnes, her neighbours have never complaind about electronic kit ever again)))

[@alexntemperley]

Fighting with neighbours is horrible. You get louder, they'll get louder and at the end of the day everyone loses. Would it be possible to create some more sound panels and affix them to the ceiling? If you do go the route of making more of your own noise... make sure you practice odd time. They won't be able to follow the patterns as easily and may add to the annoyance.

[@Ninjametal]

Having a place to play drums as loud as one wants isn't a loss by any means. I'd give the neighbors a note reading: "Thank you for setting precedent for tenants to be as loud as they wish. It will really help my drumming improve!"

[@puffin20]

Neightbout from the top floor joins the chat. Neightbout from the top floor is Lemmy. Can you get any louder than that?

[@Ninjametal]

@@puffin20 Lemmy's dead, and the deceased are a quiet bunch. Don't think he'd be doing laundry. ...but yes, I can be louder than even alive Lemmy ;)

[@puffin20]

@@Ninjametal Thanks, cpt. Obvious... I never knew. But Lemmy is still alive, he lives through his songs and our memories. One of the most humble human beings I've ever met. Still, if he was there, it would be loud. Also about claiming that you can be louder than alive Lemmy - Have you ever seen them live? I doubt it, cause 7 times I saw Motorhead, 7 times I came out of the show and couldn't hear for at least 2 days.

[@Ninjametal]

@@puffin20 Sometimes I'm not obvious enough... I love Lemmy and his Rickenbacker Marshall tube amp tone, it's legendary as a rig. Kudos to you for seeing Motorhead, that's f'n cool. I didn't claim I could be louder than Motorhead or their PA per specific venue you saw the band at. To clarify, my guitar rig gets louder than his bass rig. Apparent loudness is dependant on frequencies, and the amp and speaker power to project them. Lemmy's bass frequencies out of even 4 cranked marshall stacks can't compete with my rig consisting of: Marshall DSL40, Marshall JCM900, (2 x 12, 50 watt) 68 Fender Bandmaster, (4 x 10, conservative 85 watts) Acoustic 260, (300 watts 2 x 12) and a digital modeling rig that is amped by 2 x krk vxt8 studio monotors that gets loud enough by itself. Those big amps of mine can run all at once, with my digital rig...it would adequately play a stadium. A bass rig less than 5000 watts couldn't match the perceived loudness of my guitar, because guitar gets loud easier. I swear on my hearing damage this is true. Thanks for your convo

[@niza4ever]

Hey Brandon, this deserves its own series!! I want to know what happens next!! Even my wife who doesn’t care about drums wants to now more! Maybe start by sending them a note to start the war!

[@termsofuniverse7251]

I have this problem at my current apartment as well, it really sucks. When you ask some people to keep the noise level down, their stubborn attitude tells them to "get louder". The worst part is, I'm the middle apartment so I dont want to be noisy for my bottom stairs neighbors.

[@ZappsPotatoChips]

The guy I shared a wall with in the barracks was blasting music late on a weekday. I politely asked him to turn it down and he told me to “get headphones or get over it”. The next day I put my monitors against the wall and played 1812 Overture on max to wake him up. He was livid

[@kaimultivideo4956]

Inconsiderate neighbors are the worst. You have to commit to making loud nonstop noise every second of the day. I got tired of asking them to turn their tv down, so I have a 10 hr metal playlist that I play constantly on a loop and I’ve placed my speakers and sub directly where their living room wall is. I blast that sht ALL DAY AND NIGHT. I can sleep right through my loud music, and it drowns them out. I dont even notice it anymore, but I know they do. 😇

[@sdmdrums9275]

When you started going up the stairs with the drums I began to squirm with excitement.

[@Temzy]

We need a part 2 to this video lmaooo

[@puffin20]

Them: -Deal with it! This guy: -Oh yeah? Watch me! *Dealt with it... Like a pro* Sad that this video is too short, I would love to see you playing the songs of your people to them.

[@polynicient]

When I lived in NYC and the upstairs neighbors removed their carpets (not legal) I could hear every footstep and they wore high heels a lot. So in addition to using that as permission to play my drums as loud as I wanted, I also set up a golf ball on a fishing line that went through an eye bolt on the ceiling so that whenever I heard them walking around in heels all I had to do was pull on the line and the golf ball smacked against the ceiling. They never ended up putting the carpet back but they tried to step lightly - which was still plenty audible. But at least they knew it was now a two way street as far as respecting your neighbors.

[@SFabianB]

That moment was hella awesome when you took the drum up. Sometimes I feel like, just putting my guitar amp on blast and playing the heaviest and darkest riffs that I can come up with when my neighbours are being noisy (which is pretty much on a daily basis). But then I also realise that my actions would also affect the innocent neighbours around me. If my living situation was the same as yours though.. bruv. I would've definitely do the same thing (of course I would talk to em first. but if they would prefer to be degenerate about it... oh boy, they would get a unwanted free live show so fast )

[@arvincharles]

I had a noisy downstairs neighbor that played LOUD Bachata for hours. I ended up putting my amp facedown on my floor and started blasting the most pretentious prog metal I know through it...The longer, the better. Hahaha.

[@andresilvasophisma]

Meshuggah works wonders too.

[@daveyboring]

Living the same thing! Since I can't play my drumkit at my place, I put some Slayer records on really loudly each time my upstair neighbors either drop stuff or drag their chairs without lifting them from the floor >(they do that ALL THE TIME)

[@83aquastar]

You don’t always listen to Slayer. But, when you do, so do your neighbors 😈

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Hella!

[@dejvkodet5390]

FUCKIMNG SLAYERRR

[@RudieObias]

I live in NYC and yes, it’s loud. But after 11pm-midnight, if a neighbor is being consistently loud, the it’s just rude. If there no street traffic or bars open in your neighborhood, there no excuse to be loud.

[@DUKART]

Been through the same situation, after a week playing Green Day songs in the living room and not in the studio, they stopped 🤣

[@danield2398]

I don't know but why this channel so underrated?

[@DemetriusConley]

Hahahahaha! This is so good man, I feel the same way about you. It sucks living in a apartment especially if you're a drummer. I'm already going through that struggle.

[@jonathanangle762]

Old boy dealt wit it! Such good storytelling through your editing and animation! You do it all, man!

[@mh1110]

absolutely hilarious the way you walk up those stairs with the set.

[@pedrorodriguez319]

had same problem with a neighbor, once he realized i can get louder than him....he lowered his music and did the same RTom Black Hole and Quiet Tone cymbals

[@makrele2487]

This is great. Maybe you did learning new stuff at 3am or, if to drive it on top, even at 7am after they come home completely pissed from a party. Then they can deal with it.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

When I lived in Boston when my neighbors were loud, I used to go downstairs and shut off the breaker to their apartment so they have no power

[@delgrandephotos]

I use to live with my parents and there was a bunch of kids that use to make a lot of noise during the afternoon while i was trying to nap and it use to annoy me a lot. im sure they didnt care but for me to feel better and less angry every time they started playing and being annoying i blasted my amp at 10 thru the window, the whole street could hear it and I felt so relifed.

[@rassault]

what a great concept for a series i love it

[@lacgugolator]

Dude. We want to see part 2! 🤣 We have heavy footed neighbours too above us. But I befriended them. I bbq’d and gave them some and helped them with some moving material. And I would tell the I’ll be paying my guitar and practice and maybe do karaoke with family. It worked. We compromise we now good

[@ItsChrisKB]

I hope there's a whole series on this. Please.

[@holicmaster]

this gives off the I'd like to speak with the manager but I am the manager vibes. Happy playing.

[@djlesinski7978]

Honestly the best part was throwing the stick at the ceiling. "I just don't give a f- anymore" lmao

[@slycordinator]

We had these one loud neighbors when I was a kid. When my folks complained, they told the landlord that they're up late like that because they work into the late evening every day and can't help it. They also retorted that I was loud in the afternoon every day practicing my trumpet. My folks were like "You said that you're working all day every day and never get home before the evening. So, how could his trumpet playing bother you?"

[@matt_freund]

Man just woke up from a nap and this put a smiley upon my face. Subbed

[@zhongxina8426]

Ok but most of the time, the drummer is the loud neighbor. 😂

[@jhaymarkpineda8081]

doing laundry at 3 am is freaking weird lol

[@johnbmx4christ]

@@jhaymarkpineda8081 not in our house. Allot of us work at night. 3 am is dinner. Our family is all over the place so we have what I call a 24 hour house. Someone's always awake.

[@adamalexanderray]

@@jhaymarkpineda8081 a lot of appliances can run at programmed times and it’s more affordable to use in the night as energy companies make it cheaper then.

[@-LTUIiiin]

Yeah but brandon was still considerate enough to keep it down

[@24_anderson]

Im ngl that intro scared me a lil bit 🤣

[@Gummibri]

I subscribed because of this. Please make this a series of you drumming at odd hours.

[@cholestroll8937]

Keep us updated. Also sacrifice a night or two, invite a friend with an electric guitar and you know what to do

[@thomvanderende4152]

You absolute king!! Keep on drumming my man

[@Adezioh]

I love how you looked sooo satisfied when starting to hit the drums 😂😂😂 Best answer to their shit, LET'S START WAR

[@datutturugang666]

my trick since i have memory.. blasting thrash drumming for about two hours.. double bass extreme thrash metal for days

[@1quarter8]

just discovered your channel and i already love it because of your intro.

[@sandymuhammadramdhan9133]

When my neighbor said that Me: wtf 😒 Brandon: a content! 😍

[@raymond.s]

Haha. I love that you started playing shout music.

[@philipmurel6825]

This is a great "Get what you give" moment

[@83aquastar]

“Deal with it?” Challenge accepted 😈

[@point5flash275]

Get a downward firing subwoofer, mount it to the ceiling, and play an obnoxious hardstyle kick on loop early every morning.

[@Stefanoski88]

It's hard to be a drummer in many ways especially if you are live in building. I move from house to apartment and that's why i needed to buy plus electronic kit

[@Utube2Itube]

1:14 is bloody hilarious when you read back their letter in a sarcastic way 😂. Please keep us up to date with new videos 🙏🏻

[@wayne5022]

Good on you Brandon..........your neighbors will hopefully come to realize that consideration is a two-way street.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

Man I ought to bring my live setup for ya sometime. Dual 100w amps blasting 110 dB would win that war for sure hahaha

[@chriswood2708]

Attempts to solve problem by becoming the problem. Genius.

[@eddieavakian]

Can’t wait for part II….!!!

[@Imtyre]

not the praise break lol love it !!!!!

[@ljt3084]

Bedroom in the basement, drum room upstairs. Job done. 👍

[@eliasappenzeller785]

Bruh, this was the most cathartic thing for me to watch

[@andrepeoples7415]

Ooohhhhh make them DEAL with it!!! Or better yet I mean I can always fly out and say hello lol

[@MrAflac_1]

I have this exact same problem but with my brother and the worst nightmare anyone can have is sharing the same room

[@bazsheasby6529]

Mate i have a drumkit and in a similar situation right now just gave me a right laugh Awesome mannnn..

[@dankeauch5896]

Brilliant video, Brandon; excellent humor 😂 My recommendation: Start learning to play the violin and practice intensely. That'll bring your neighbors to their knees in less than two weeks. And get some earplugs for your wife... Greetings from Germany!

[@drycoconut5898]

Damn! Why didn't I think of that......I gave up playing my kit for 2yrs.

[@robertotorres4965]

i have so much respect for you for that

[@MS_SUX]

awesome vid, nice production

[@jamesmcclarty-miller]

Bro dealt with it . GGWP

[@joetroutt7425]

That bad thing is that they will probably throw a party every time you start playing bc you know... drums.

[@captainhauser1764]

You just made my day! I live in a house of horrors, noise-wise. The Adams family downstairs, poltergeist with a pet -werewolf upstairs and the Omen (aka little Hitler) next door. I am gonna stop using headphones now, for practicing guitar. We will see, who wins the volume-contest - my neighburs from hell - or the man with the 100watt Marshall amplifiers...!

[@jcwdesigns82]

Yeah…this is the exact amount of petty needed in this situation. Mad props, my friend. 🔥

[@luca__3044]

"And so my child, war has begun, years of terror on both sides, an ungodly amount of loudness covered the city. Elephants, Industrial Machines, and other loud things, it was a battle ground of madness." "who are you? Also i am not a child, i am 57, would you please let me out of your basement."

[@JD-xo2wz]

I love you. Sincerely, another Apartment Drummer.

[@epicstudio7185]

Keep us updated man

[@manuele.itriagom.728]

I have an EDrum set and my neighbor still complains that he can here the kick drum when I'm playing with headphones. I play around 11am to 2pm (play only for 30 minutes) where everyone should be at work or class. This guy is like 25 years old and still complains... Don't know what to do haha

[@Hercules_Mavromatis]

The only logical solution to loud neighbors is " Be the loudest neighbor"

[@rubenpuglisi5334]

That’s one of the most epic video that I ever saw

[@thenatureofsound2414]

Dr. Strange: We are in the Endgame now!

[@anonymouse527]

Make or buy a large speaker box and press it against the ceiling. Insulate / double box it so you get minimum sound bleed into the room.

[@judsonl8990]

We definitely need updates on this!

[@dakinebrah6246]

I do play alongs with my p.a. system while playing drums in the garage....playing metal lol. Neighbors don't complain, they actually open their windows 🤣

[@robertidonotsharemyfullnam496]

i wish i was this petty ^^ Please update on next late night session of practicing the rosanna shuffle for 3 1/2 hours :)

[@markevans2814]

OMG! That was effing brilliant!!!!!

[@Fungusamungusj]

Add a cow bell , I’m sure that will do it 😂😂🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@PocetRocet]

The shout was perfect for this video

[@skyborax5159]

I thought this was going to be an ironic vid about neighbors being too loud while you’re trying to drum

[@johnnyterra1309]

Bruh i love you so much for this video

[@iDigsGiantRobots]

I love you for this. Brandon Scott, hero of the people. Play for an hour as soon as you wake up every single morning. Make it as early as possible. 5AM if you can. Especially on the weekends. Collage kids hate early mornings. 😇

[@puffin20]

I doubt he would. That would give them the upper hand and they'd call the police for public disturbance. Don't know how it is in US but in Greece there are quite hours where noise and public disturbance isn't allowed. You can get a huge fine for doing so.

[@iDigsGiantRobots]

@@puffin20 in the UK as long as its before 11pm or after 7AM you can be as loud as you like.. well almost. Anything below rock concert levels pretty much!

[@leonardobucci6801]

Te aplaudo hermano!

[@MrTresayhey]

Idea: Get some triggers, set them up on your ceiling so that everytime they drop something you have a noise or sound that emits via 10,000 watt Amp hooked up to speakers that are fastened to your ceiling.............you're welcome

[@andreasy7370]

Best drum video i've ever seen

[@ARGBlackCloud]

Lmao "Deal with it" , I would bring my kit which is rediculously loud and then they'd have to "deal with it" !!! Nothing goes through walls like a 24" bass drum or 18" floor !! Lmao

[@SNIX1030]

Yeah exactly , that's how drummers deal with their noisy neighbours (they don't drummers power)

[@zhaojingting3693]

in china they specifically sell some type of speaker or something similar that you can stick on the ceiling and program it to go off at random time and it pretty much doesn't make any noise on your side but is INCREDIBLY loud for them... i forgot the name, but that could be an amazing way to DEAL WITH IT

[@jas_bataille]

Yep... I've been having a place all for myself for a few months, and I had to re-frame NOT to do certain things like laundry at 3 am. I'm sleeping on the couch - it's a very comfy bed-couch lol - in my living room. I used to not be able to stand the sound of a watch (kid you not) in college, when I was practicing 6 hours a minute ( y e s ) or at least it felt like it. It reminded me of a metronome. Now... I swear I can sleep and do laundry at the same damn time. It's what a couple years sleeping in very odd places with very odd people will do to you I guess. Also : to minimize vibration, make a drum riser with half tennis balls (not joke) and some basic plywood. Half a tennis ball can support the weight of an average human adult. Swear to God. It cost like 30 bucks and you have a riser. I will definitely makes a big difference :)

[@queso5566]

Hahahaha! I really like this sweet revenge! Deal with it! 😂

[@zeegi.shuavy]

Damn so hilarious 🤣🤣. Great video contents you’re making.