Noise at Myschievia

God bless you, Geo! ;0)

:)

I'm all about music, spoken word, ambient jungle sounds, even the train chugging by. What I can't get behind is droning static (aka noise) at any given time, at any location - near the Effigy, at Greeters, in Quiet Zone. I understand that there is, or can be, subliminal messages hidden in the noise, but for the love of all that is holy, add some perceptible value to your "art" and inspire something besides loathing.

While I go to pretty good lengths to accommodate the general consensus as to volume level, and I do try to tailor my music to my audience - it is part of being a decent DJ, to read the crowd - I understand the need to keep what you seek to create somewhat "pure"

Now my definition of pure art and yours may differ - alot. And figuring out where my right to punch ends and your face begins is the delicate and sometimes chaotic dance that makes all this so delightfully difficult, yet quite amusing at times.

And for all those "quiet, please!" types I can only say this: if you you like quiet, orderly, restful camping...what the hell are you doing at a burn?


I know that none of this is directed at me specifically...but I do have a horse in this race, and have had some experiences recently that go right to the heart of this debate. You see, I honestly try, on occasion, to play morning sunrise sets. They are some of the most magical of moments for me. The music I play is ethereal and certainly uplifting...but it is psytrance. And not everyone appreciates such music as much as I do. I made one such attempts at decom...and was not only ridiculed by a certain crowd and told that I am a selfish person, but also had my equipment threatened by someone else - who shall remain nameless.

I acquiesced to turning the system down some in the name of goodwill, but refused to change the music type I was playing. It was my sound system, and my music, and there were people on the dancefloor...so I saw no need to change my course, so to speak. And although the whole thing put a damper on an otherwise beautiful morning...I think I made the right call.

While I understand the need to figure out a way to all coexist in the somewhat close quarters, at least sonic-ly speaking. I just don't know that what equates to censorship is the right way to go about it. It just doesn't ring true to the concepts of BM.


The question remains: Where does the "general consensus" and "getting along" end and censorship begin?


I cannot say I know the answer.

how many sound systems are we expecting this year?

Noise, glorious noise....Give it to me all day and all night...at Myschievia. DJs, people laughing, men clanging on old appliances. ....SK....I hope you can drown out the men clanging on burned out kitchen aids at 5am! Battle of the racket, no holds barred.

Quiet Hours?

I'm a newbie and every single event that I have been to have never even advertised quiet hours...Hell even the Quiet Zone they warn you is just less noise than the other areas. Aren’t we supposed to sleep Sunday night and into Monday to regain what we lost in sleep? That's what I always do. Besides sleep deprivation makes us all so much more interesting :P

Flipside looks dumb for a lot of sound rules. I haven't read this thread yet. My question is when are we building the effigy and can we do it in Denton. I think we will deal with this when we get out there. Seriously, who cares how much noise we make I never notice. I surely didn't notice no fucking car alarm. Don't play the car alarm for more than 3 minutes. Whatever.

there are all kinds of noise at Myschievia (hey Geo! I learned how to spell it correctly... after 4 years !)
even my camp mates have endured my noise early in the morning :)
You know who you are in LnS

Grin

The beauty of noise ... I can hear it.
The beauty of smile... I can seem them
The beauty of noise....I can contribute
The beauty of smiles ...again I can contribute.

Even the screeching...test of acceptance of another's perspective of
"being here"
at
Myschievia

freedom is tolerance. :)

And the noise is like breath... if it stops it has died.

Sorry (noob here) but so far, of the 3 camping music festivals (1 wasn't a burn event) we went to, we expected absolutely no quiet time as we understood that it was a non-stop-party. We camped further off to be able to have some wind down time and had no troubles with the noise at all. We didn't expect anyone to lower the volume for us and brought ear plugs just in case we needed them - although we never have. And I have to say that hearing music constantly through the night and the next day is the way we live anyway so it's a beautiful continuation of our lives to someone else beat for the moment. Southern Junktion, which was my first festival, had early morning chill drums at about 8 am. The sound wafting through the trees, drifting on the breezes, slowly waking up the masses for their trek home on Sunday morning was one of the most spiritually moving moments for me! I would hate to have someone who chose their campsite in the noise zone yet wanted quiet time to deprive someone else of the same spiritual magic that we experienced. Choose your camp area wisely would be my advise... If you want some quiet private time... camp further off... if you want non-stop-action... camp close by the action... but don't camp in a noise zone and then grumble about it.

Just my two cents < and my word that you won't hear us bitching about noise! > In fact Geo, like I said we're noobs but we'd love you come by your camp and listen to your early am set... please let us know where we can find you!

Mistress Sybs (and my hero, Davizm!)

=hugs= see ya at Myschievia!

My 2 cents:

Figure into the budget-

ONE LARGE TUB OF EAR PLUGS

If someone complains to the rangers gift them a pair of earplugs, give em a sleeping pill, and tell em to go to sleep and shut up.