Quote Originally Posted by TechBear
The article mentioned that he had been chased away from CMU's famous music practice rooms by violinists and opera-singers-in-training because he kept drowning them out and they can't hear their own music. And he's not allowed to practice out on the green because the teachers can't get themselves heard. So... he practices in a basement.
That's weak. Most schools with a [decent] music department I've ever visited have had phenomenal rooms for the students to practice in on their own time. The rooms are sound-proof, and also have mic/speakers to emulate various room situations (ie: ampitheatre, church, field, etc). I've been in the main room one time, and 2-3 rooms were occupied by trombonists and trumpets (both are typically arrogant in their playstyle, and very obnoxiously loud) and it took me a few minutes to realize the rooms were unavailable.