I'm certainly not saying we all have to go overboard. Sounds to me like everything you're doing is working fine.

I think the best advice is to just watch and see their reaction. If they get real nervous then use one of the numerous ideas we've all thrown out here (I never thought of the moving blankets...they should work rather nice for muffling sound...) and try a little at a time until everyone is happy...


As a classic rock man myself, I know quite a few tunes that are REQUIRED to be played loud (ex. Kashmir, Led Zeppelin). But For the sake of my kids, I'll break the rules a bit.
And I'm sure John Bonham will understand the drum predicament and not haunt us TOO bad when we do turn down the tunes a tad...

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• Snakes and drums??? - um, Tue Jul 18 22:42:55 2006
• RE: Snakes and drums??? - chrish, Wed Jul 19 00:13:40 2006
• RE: Snakes and drums??? - um, Wed Jul 19 00:51:21 2006
• RE: Snakes and drums??? - epidemic, Wed Jul 19 10:25:06 2006
• RE: Snakes and drums??? - althea, Wed Jul 19 22:48:15 2006
• RE: Snakes and drums???not unlike climat - mchambers, Sat Jul 22 06:26:50 2006
• Well... - Nicodemus, Mon Jul 24 11:04:49 2006
• A different perspective?..... - BobS, Mon Jul 24 13:24:12 2006
• PS......... - BobS, Mon Jul 24 13:28:33 2006
• Yup - Nicodemus, Tue Jul 25 10:37:06 2006
• RE: Yup - BobS, Tue Jul 25 16:20:13 2006
• RE: Yup - Nicodemus, Wed Jul 26 15:20:14 2006
• LOL.. nm - BobS, Wed Jul 26 21:18:17 2006