#playing music in public

[the-scottish-costume-guy]

I’ve seen multiple people genuinely asking whats wrong with playing their music on a speaker/their phone in public rather than through headphones. While it baffles me that you can’t reason it out I’m taking it in good faith that you genuinely don’t know - so here’s a list of reasons you shouldn’t:

- It sounds bad. It doesnt matter if people like the song, you might be close enough to your phone speaker for it to sound largely as intended, but everyone else is getting a distorted mess. 

- Unwanted noise is extra stimulation in the already overpowering public space. Yes this is particularly bad for neurodivergent people but I actually want to acknowledge that this effects Everyone. Everyone has a stimulation threshold and unwanted music easily pushes people closer to it.

- Its distracting/disruptive. People want to focus on their own conversations, listen to their own music through their earbuds, or just be alone with their thoughts. Your music is intruding. 

- Differing taste. This one is less significant but people around you just dont always like the same music you do. In extreme cases they might actively hate a song you’re playing. 

- People have the right to as close to silence as they can get. If they’re in a shop playing obnoxious music they can leave, they can change the radio in their car, they can skip the song on their playlist. They have no control over what you are putting on and in bus situations they can’t get away from you. 

- Any other number of reasons; Maybe your music is offensive, maybe its uncensored and there are children about, maybe someone just got horrible news and your perky feelgood song feels like salt in the wound, maybe someone’s sick or hungover or in pain and your music feels like a drill to the skull. 

You might think your music is good, it might make you smile after a hard day. Nobody is saying dont listen at all, just put in earphones. To everyone around you its the equivilent of a drunk guy singing loudly and off key at the back of the bus. Maybe it makes some people smile to think he’s having a good time, maybe some people are scared his lack of boundaries will mean he could act out, maybe some people wish he would just shut up. 

EDIT: I've turned off reblogs because we have a mix of people taking things in bad faith or others picking fights. This post isn't that deep lads.

#playing music in public #music #public places #public space #idk

[sjbubbletea]

The thing is. The thing is. I have 20 minutes until my flight. And I’m sitting here with my ukulele. And I’m also feeling the icky nerves of anxiety. And I know that playing this ukulele would help me calm down. But. But.

The question is: Will I actually play my ukulele in the crowded gate while I’m waiting for my flight?

#… the answer is probably no #ukulele #anxiety #I swear this always happens at an airport for me #anyone else get weird airport anxiety? #playing music in public #chaotic… existence

[puppyeared]

the shyest creature on earth dreams of art streaming

#i know it sounds like im giving every reason why i SHOULDNT do it but i really wanna learn how to someday #i dont really have the space or privacy for it rn though since i live at home with 3 other ppl plus i have school to focus on ugh #ive been able to stream my art in discord calls but i havent done it in so long and the atmosphere is a little different #not bad different though. its fun to draw ppls conversations out and make shitposts. and i like any kind of attention heh #i also use procreate so its hard to stream frm my ipad but im looking into a lighting adapter to HDMI cable to project on my monitor #part of my urge to start a twitch might also be because i wanna learn how to make and rig a little avatar and use cute frames #and id love to play some ambience music while i draw and just. idk. listen to ppl talk..? but im lacking in audience engagement #since i suck at responding and public speaking and prefer to do things quietly. i just like being observed like im on national geographic #yapping #doodles #sona #puppysona #my art #myart

[canisalbus]

I was just thinking about the Dog Bois dancing!!! I figured Machete would be a little awkward and embarrassed, but Vasco would be a patient and enthusiastic teacher

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#on the list of romantic couples activities that make me kind of sad if I actually stop to think about it for longer than three seconds #obviously dancing can't happen in public #the technology to record music doesn't exist yet so everything has to be played live in person #would they risk hiring a musician or a few if they did it behind closed doors at home #or is practicing dancing in silence the only option #an-autistic-with-personhood #answered #I reckon Vasco would be adept at least a handful of court dances I think that's a standard upper crust pastime #Machete would feel foolish about even trying but be quietly thankful about being included

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Kanaya: Hearing "Out Of Touch" On Any Day But Thursday Feels Wrong

#homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #kanaya maryam #mod terezi #source: me #it always freaks me out when i'm in public and it just plays on the radio unprompted #it's like “what's going on” without he-man #it's unnatural #that music is naked

[silverskye13]

For the first time throughout RnS, I have slightly shifted my opinion from "Tanguish needs to be protected at all costs" to "actually someone needs to talk some sense into this headless chicken of a self preserving punk" and I mean this with so much positivity. I live Tanguish as character a lot because he at a glance is harmless and kind, and while he is pretty sweet, he's also pretty self serving at his core. A survivalist who will use whatever tactics he can to make his life as comfortable as seems feasible. He's just a little guy whom I love, but also needs a bit of insight into other perspectives and I'm so excited for the next chapter.

He's just a little guy! He's just a little guy and he needs people! Needs-- like he needs-- like it's a problem he needs people.

But you're absolutely right! He is trying his best, that's evident. Everyone can sympathize with the idea of loneliness, and of not wanting other people to hurt themselves, and of needing companionship. The issue is when his need for companionship overrides both his ability to be comfortable alone, and everyone else's ability to live their own life. He's really good at figuring out how people work, why they do the stuff they do, and right now he's using it to feed his codependency problems.

But! He's learning.

#answering asks #anonymous #thank you anon #the plot point of 'how do i teach Tanguish codependency is bad and he cant just replace Tango with HK' #has fueled 90% of my rewriting last chapter #as well as how do i justify Helsknight not flying off the handle and punching his poor little face #the answer turned into: put them both in public and Let Them Fight [kaiju music plays] #and then Martyn appeared and i was like. hey wait. i can use you very well i think... #and now i think i know how the next chapters are going #its a hard balance ive been trying to strike keeping everyone in character while still driving the plot forward #we wobbled on the tightrope a bit but were fine now i think #[knocks on wood crossess all my fingers etc etc etc] #rns asks

[musubiki]

lime hearing theres gonna be an awesome meteor shower visible from the capitols outskirts and hatching a whole plan to take mochi on a stargazing date. hes over there pulling all the stops, bringing pillows and blankets and a pop-up mattress, (somewhat) forcefully getting taffy to lend him his truck, bringing snacks and picnic dinner, the whole time thinking "Hehe, the perfect date idea. She's gonna eat this shit up and fall in love with me no problem."

but then of course like a hundred other people had the same genius idea as him so the location has tons of people. including the other guild members. (he didnt tell them where he was taking mochi so they couldnt follow him. by coincidence they also went to the same place. maybe not coincidence, limes idea for a spot isnt exactly a hidden location)

#poor lime...maybe next time #he was like (this date is gonna be so nice i swear to god) #had a whole mind image of setting up a cozy bed in the back of taffys truck and cuddling with her under the stars #watching the meteor shower all romantic #plans foiled by the general public #some dude barbequeing. another playing music on a loud stereo #he wants to kill everyone there #marshal and clarinette show up like (hey guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!) #poor lime #and a disappointed mochi because she wanted to actually go on a real date with him #he went through the whole (hey so... [leans against wall] i heard theres gonna be a meteor shower on saterday...) #(i thought maybe we could go grab dinner and watch it together or something...[trying not to fall apart]) #dont worry she still (subtly) sits close to and leans on him while theyre watching #snuggle under a blanket... #they get a little bit of romance time #quickly diffused by taffy asking who has the box of crackers #anyway. random ideas i have

[seagull-scribbles]

ʟᴇᴛ'ꜱ ɢᴏ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ,

ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴏɴᴇꜱ

#tmnt 2007 #casey jones #raphael hamato #rasey #thank you to everyone who voted the lyrics for the caption #I love doing little things like that it makes posting feel more like a community #also using this to try out an art signature for the first time…it’s took just over 3 years but #the turts day posts are doing very well and someone mentioned making a video so it seemed time to sign stuff #I watched 2007 last week and I bought the dvd from my friend #I really love this movie and it’s concepts and idk if it’s because they’re 20+ and I’m in my teweties #or because the Rasey content in this movie is the best canon rasey rep we have BUT I had to draw them #April definitely knows what’s up with these two but she’s not going to tell anyone #and I love what they have lmao #this was a play with lighting exorcise and I found some great music to listen to while I did it and i I #I just wish I had the energy and time to draw more of these guys fully rendered #this is meant to be when they first meet up for the night #you can decide who’s saying what and weather ralhs lifting the mask up or about to pull it down #oh oh also shout out to Helen who is a lovely catholic lady who saw me do this in public and was very supportive and understanding #also listen I know this is like the other 2007 one I did back in March but idc #there just isn’t enough of these guys I want them to f*ck on roof tops and fire escapes #and ride motorcycles obnoxiously out in public and beat people up in the most sadistic way possible #I want them to drink on Aprils couch together #I want them to offload their mental health issues to eachother in supportive healthy ways #I want them to do it in unhealthy ways where Casey shouts at ralh for making him think he was bedridden for 2 years #I want the #to talk about boring adult things and rediscover silly things they did as teens #idk i hate how aprils main role in the film is trying tk change whk casey is thats not a healthy relationship dont romanticise it

[solardrake]

a few nights ago i went to have drinks with an acquaintance and we went to this really loud bar. My bf went to go scout out the bathrooms and while we talked a bit on the drive over this was my first time meeting her and i'm a shy little freak

She had pinned me as a gamer (ouch) and asks me what games i've been playing recently. I say baldurs gate which is a very normal and well-adjusted answer. She nods in agreement and responds thats she's been playing some fighting game, and that I should try it because, and i am slightly paraphrasing here, "there's girls in it".

This reasoning shocked me. Even IF i heard the name of the game over the bar music it wouldn't have mattered because all of my neural processes were fixed on this completely left field reasoning and trying to understand what she meant by that???

But she (and HER boyfriend who is also here) is now looking at me, expecting a response. Buckling under social pressure I blurt out

"Sorry, I'm not into women"

See, what I MEANT TO SAY was "Oh sorry, Im not really a fan of anime girls or fighting games" (because I assumed it was like skullgirls or something) but in the stress of the moment my brain boiled down all of the nuance of my reply into something so damning that i could feel the flames of hell start to lick at my ankles.

"How can you NOT be into women?!" they cry out in unison. panicked, I backtrack: "I-I mean I DO like women but it's not like that.. I RESPECT women!" I have not even clarified that i'm talking about ANIME women, and that i really feel no which way about them. but at this point i've fallen into a social chasm so deep that my reasoning does little to cushion my night's descent into complete catastrophe. "I would let a woman hit me with her car"

Then, newly found acquaintance puts the final nail in my coffin with a final, interrogative fall of the conversational hammer: "Are you a SIMP?"

I felt like my life was ending. The blaring saxophone playing over the bar speakers faded into high-pitched ringing. I could feel my soul being tugged into oblivion as my name gets scrawled on an ill-fated list in the black book of Alleged Simps, a public record psionically beamed into every queer person in the tri-state area so that they may forever know of my shame

It was all good btw. I was invited to her house and was delighted to know that her bedroom was painted to look like an inside of a mouth, she had a lamp you can jack off to turn on, and that her ceilings were adorned with a modest 4 ornate boob lights (which does not beat the record of most boob lights in a house i've seen, being my own with a triumphant 13)

#i will delete this if it gets too spicy but i just felt the need to publically document this insane interaction i had #also why do bars think that the best volume to play their music at is all of it #mutuals i wanna hear your thoughts: am i now branded as a simp forever? is there an appeal process #terminal talks

[cathalbravecog]

i'm the antonymph of the internet

#how many tributes to this song will i make in my life #MANY ! it literally changed my life and means a lot to me. i love antonymph and vylet pony's music is worth checking out - please do. #unsupervised internet access as a queer neurodivergent kid anthem !! #i chose to do misty since we all know i like drawing her in experimental pieces and putting her in outfits. she also has art in a gir hoodi #from the clash team in treasure trove!! :D #this is also experimental/stylistic as well!! had fun!! nice to just draw something in one day and not worry. leaves me tired but... #haven't done a nice piece like so in one day in a while!!! i'm very proud :] it's a fun one #anyways... both a little tribute to the song and misty as a character #ihave so many thoughts about misty even if i dont talk publicly on them. shes a very interesting character to me and i care about her so #much. i compared her to fluttershy in the past - and realized that if i liked ttcc as a kid she would've been my favorite. #fluttershy on her own meant a lot to me as a child. including mlp itself as it's one of the core things that got me into drawing art online #a lot of my analysis on misty and headcanons at least on the more emotional scale do come from a bit of projecting but...it makes it more #fun to me when i can put myself into the shoes of a character like her who i already relate to. rrghh too bad im scared to talk about her #too much in nuanced detail in public since some people are... not so nice about her. though i know the tumblr audience is nice and unders #standing!! #anyways from me just having fun being me #i let misty have a little bit of fun... something i think she would possibly enjoy? i do see her as someone who gets nostalgic #and is stuck in more childish things and matters. she wants to play ip dip with you...its very sweet to me. letting myself and her be #confident through a song that means so much to me is kind of powerful to me. i had a lot of fun making this drawing. #anyways. love this song. love ttcc. love mity /p. be swag and be self indulgent and have fun. you can do anything u want forevah #toontown #toontown corporate clash #antonymph #guz art #rainmaker

[mukuberry]

birds r so loud rn i can't sleep

#chernikocore #who let them sing so damn loudly #actually its not that theyre loud. theyrr so quiet i cam hardly hear them. bjt i can hear them #my ears keep picking em up and trying to make sense of them and its using all my brain power. brain power that should be used for sleeping #u guys loooove to complain aboht ppl playing tehur music in public. but the second birds do it u shut up. ur bias is obvious and sickens me

[cronchcake]

shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people

I was tagged by @froizetta - thanks! this was really fun (until it wasn't). I would also like to point out I did not cheat. ehem um. ok.

Backtrack - Emei

Could Have Been Me - The Struts

I Want To Be With You - chloe moriondo

Unsweetened Lenonade - Amélie Farren

That Girl - Emei

Autotheist - Baby Bugs

suffering - Amélie Farren

More Than Anything, from Hazbin Hotel (I'm really shooting myself in the foot here but COME ON they got me with the Jeremy Jordan belts. I was doomed from the start)

Poison, from Hazbin Hotel (I have no excuse for this one)

It Will Come Back - Hosier

This is painting a very specific picture of me and I do not like it, but I will be swiftly moving on to tagging more people to distract myself and everyone else.

@crowreys-wormstache @sonicscrewdriver-hippogriff @intricatecakes @space-lancer @oh-archivist and of course, anyone else who's interested, here ya go, take a stab at this, if u feel like it. XOXO ily byyyyyeee

#ugh aughough I am taking psychic damage as I post this #I SWEAR I have good music on there I just- #lovesick in public by zoe ko is my current anthem ok go listen to that one that one's BETTER- #*i am dragged away kicking and screaming by security* #but yeah just. listen. hazbin is. a show. but I am a musical theatre nerd and if I hear a broadway star belt out their entire heart I WILL #play that on loop #the rest is history #also I have lots of fun themed playlists btw I prommy i prommy okokok bye

[youjustwaitsunshine]

public transport would be so good if it weren't for the parts of the public unable to behave considerately on public transport

#and by that i mean people drinking on public transport people eating literally any food that smells of food on public transport #people vaping on public transport people playing music on public transport people watching tiktoks on public transport #people harrassing people on public transport #bachelors and bachelorettes parties on public transport #people putting their backpack on the last empty seat on public transport #also ticket controllers fuck them public transport should be free

[hocopoko]

(🎵)

#original #raindrop man #The music notes don't actually play anything I was just drawing them at random #I was in public and wanted to look busy

[askinnyblackman]

when will neoliberalism end. i'm tired

#i want to eat fruit and play musical instruments and not be depressed #but all i got is this job that i actually like #i've been there full time for 5 years now and still the amount i owe in student loan debt is 3x all of the money i have #i did get them consolidated with a lower monthly payment and lower interest rate and i've got the public service part going bc i work #for a nonprofit. but jesus christ this sucks

[theiravshade]

#clearly this is my way to cope with frustration #the guy next to me at the airport is playing training videos at 2x speed that I can hear through my headphones playing music #people play games and watch movies on planes #a friend's kids listen to ipads at restaurants with no headphones #make it make sense #polls #headphones in public #what would you do