Can you turn your volume down!!!!

[soundmaster mobile disco]

Dont you just hate hotels with bedrooms above the function room.Last nights gig was a wedding in a local hotel that i have only played in once before,its a fairly new hotel to my area.At around 10pm the duty manager came and asked me to turn my volume down as the residnt occuping the bedroom above was complaing about the noise.This happened 3 times after that.

I did not think that i was playing that loud myself.normally i will get asked to turn my volume up not down.

Some grumpy old couple.

So does anyone else come accross this situation,and how would you deal with it?

[DJ Paulie]

there's a few like that near me, one is a very nice castle that had new rooms built recently, but no thought into the noise travelling upstairs of course. I tend to turn the bass back a bit and that helps.

Mind you did a gig recently on a sunday in a hotel with a nightclub next door. As I was packing up the bottles were shaking due to the noise, this was at 1am and I was at the other end of the hotel upstairs !

[DeckstarDeluxe]

Hotel shouldn't put guests in the room the function room, common sense really.

[DJ Paulie]

Mind you some hotels I've gigged at put the guests from the event in the room above !

[yourdj]

Mind you some hotels I've gigged at put the guests from the event in the room above !

Pretty obvious IMO. why would you put an old couple in a room near a function. put them in the most distance away. :confused:

I do think hotel owners and manager need an IQ test every once in a while.

[djdave01]

i was asked, several times, to make sure i kept the volume down last night by the management before id even started. 'We are surrounded by houses and keep getting complaints' i was told.

as requested, i kept the volume to a low'ish level early in the evening and kept the bass down too. After the buffet i turned it up to full volume, and had the bass thumping, no one complained. Even got thanked by the management for not playing too loud!!

Cant help but wonder what level other DJ's or bands must be playing at to get complaints in that venue.

[Kernow]

Dont you just hate hotels with bedrooms above the function room.Last nights gig was a wedding in a local hotel that i have only played in once before,its a fairly new hotel to my area.At around 10pm the duty manager came and asked me to turn my volume down as the residnt occuping the bedroom above was complaing about the noise.This happened 3 times after that.

I did not think that i was playing that loud myself.normally i will get asked to turn my volume up not down.

Some grumpy old couple.

So does anyone else come accross this situation,and how would you deal with it?
Simple, reduce the volume as requested. :)
Being asked politely to 'turn down' is a better option than being ordered to turn off


Hotel shouldn't put guests in the room the function room, common sense really.

Pretty obvious IMO. why would you put an old couple in a room near a function. put them in the most distance away. :confused:

I do think hotel owners and manager need an IQ test every once in a while.
These attitudes show a lack of consideration, bordering on arrogance.

Hotels have the perogative to put guests wherever they wish. It is, after all, their long-term business, and they have the final veto. Consulting the B&G etc carries little weight against this. Individual guests will be paying many times more per capita than those attending the function. It is important to recognise that we are there by invitation only and relax our self-importance to respect the needs of all parties involved.


i was asked, several times, to make sure i kept the volume down last night by the management before id even started. 'We are surrounded by houses and keep getting complaints' i was told.

as requested, i kept the volume to a low'ish level early in the evening and kept the bass down too. After the buffet i turned it up to full volume, and had the bass thumping, no one complained. Even got thanked by the management for not playing too loud!!

Cant help but wonder what level other DJ's or bands must be playing at to get complaints in that venue.

An all too common scenario. ;)

[deltic]

i was asked, several times, to make sure i kept the volume down last night by the management before id even started. 'We are surrounded by houses and keep getting complaints' i was told.

as requested, i kept the volume to a low'ish level early in the evening and kept the bass down too. After the buffet i turned it up to full volume, and had the bass thumping, no one complained. Even got thanked by the management for not playing too loud!!

Cant help but wonder what level other DJ's or bands must be playing at to get complaints in that venue.

made worse in the warm weather when doors and windows are open

[funkymook]

Dont you just hate hotels with bedrooms above the function room.Last nights gig was a wedding in a local hotel that i have only played in once before,its a fairly new hotel to my area.At around 10pm the duty manager came and asked me to turn my volume down as the residnt occuping the bedroom above was complaing about the noise.This happened 3 times after that.

I did not think that i was playing that loud myself.normally i will get asked to turn my volume up not down.

Some grumpy old couple.

So does anyone else come accross this situation,and how would you deal with it?

I agree it's annoying as a DJ (bit like sound limiters), you just have to turn down if asked - but you can hardly blame them for complaining, I know I would in that situation.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Pretty obvious IMO. why would you put an old couple in a room near a function. put them in the most distance away. :confused:

I do think hotel owners and manager need an IQ test every once in a while.

Nothing to do with that Toby - they are greedy and try and get as much revenue as possible regardless of the consequences.

[Steve Cheese]

I had that a few years ago. Was asked by venue manager to turn volume down to 'background levels' at 11pm due to rooms above. I was booked to play till midnight.
There was a full floor at the time so you can imagine what happened.
Groom came up to me to complain, he told me to ignore the venue manager and whack it back up again. He had booked the room till midnight.
I remained professional and walked with the Groom to see the manager to discuss properly.
Bottom line was the venue, at the time they took the booking, nor at any time since, had not told the B&G about the music having to be low after 11pm. Groom blew up big time and started shouting at the manager, which was not good as he was then in danger of being thrown out.
I managed to come to happy medium, turned the subs off, moved and angled the tops closer onto the dance floor.
B&G were not happy with the venue and they were going to be following it up with a complaint. But they thanked me for my actions and input, keeping people dancing etc.

[DeckstarDeluxe]

I've blacklisted a venue recently because of this and as Darren says its nothing but greed. You think how much they are charging the couple and their guests that are staying. I bet they never tell people booking in that night that there is going to be a Wedding on nor tell the couple that consideration has to be given to other guests before midnight.

[CRAZY K]

I had that a few years ago. Was asked by venue manager to turn volume down to 'background levels' at 11pm due to rooms above. I was booked to play till midnight.
There was a full floor at the time so you can imagine what happened.
Groom came up to me to complain, he told me to ignore the venue manager and whack it back up again. He had booked the room till midnight.
I remained professional and walked with the Groom to see the manager to discuss properly.
Bottom line was the venue, at the time they took the booking, nor at any time since, had not told the B&G about the music having to be low after 11pm. Groom blew up big time and started shouting at the manager, which was not good as he was then in danger of being thrown out.
I managed to come to happy medium, turned the subs off, moved and angled the tops closer onto the dance floor.
B&G were not happy with the venue and they were going to be following it up with a complaint. But they thanked me for my actions and input, keeping people dancing etc.

i imagine we have all had this problem of blatantly dishonest Hotels.

Hotels are in it for the money and customers come a very long way behind profits.

Having travelled to Hotels all over the World I can tell you--they will do whatever they can to make more money if they can think they can get away with it:eek:

Customers over the Ballroom with a noisy Disco ---all Discos are noisy---thats their job for goodness sake:mad:

They work on the basis that only a certain number of customers will complain--the British are pathetic--they do not complain enough:daft:

Imho a whole load of Hotels are taking money under false pretences and should be reported to Trading Standards--especially those with sound limiters at stupidly low levels and in fact the example quoted by the OP.

They are shortchanging and fraudelently misleading customers to believe they will get a reasonable deal--BOTH the people in the room above the Disco AND the Wedding client who cant have their music loud ( if they want it)

BOTH should make a complaint and ask for refunds or refuse to pay in full.

If that happened the Hotels would have to sharpen up and be honest.

Dont worry RIP OFF BRITAIN is in a very healthy state
as long as people put up with this:Censored:

[WWDJ]

I had the same scenario about 4 weeks ago at a 21st. I had questioned whether to take my sub but it was a difficult load in so i decided not to bother. Good job really as they asked me to turn down the 2x Active 15s that I was using. Dropped the bass back a bit and dropped the levels and all was fine.

I can't really see myself using my sub again to be honest, as most of my venues either have hotel guests or houses close by. I have done one gig so far this year where i didn't take it and could have done with it ....

[Shakermaker Promotions]

At my main residency there are rooms above the main function room. There aren't usually any problems as they are allocated to guests attending the functions that are staying overnight.

[CRAZY K]

I had the same scenario about 4 weeks ago at a 21st. I had questioned whether to take my sub but it was a difficult load in so i decided not to bother. Good job really as they asked me to turn down the 2x Active 15s that I was using. Dropped the bass back a bit and dropped the levels and all was fine.

I can't really see myself using my sub again to be honest, as most of my venues either have hotel guests or houses close by. I have done one gig so far this year where i didn't take it and could have done with it ....

Trouble is--taking the bass end off--I dont mean the sub--more or less defeats the Disco sound--which as a perception to me would always involve a prominent bass line--or thumping bass as we used to say in the 70s--it just so happens unfortunately that the bass notes travel further in
buildings/ marquees etc.

It also detracts from the overall effect of a balanced rounded sound containing all frequencies.

I dont envy you having to explain to the clients that the sound HAS to be turned down --you dont get music for 21 year olds ever played quietly do you--not in that market but listening to snippets assume its usually expected to be loud and bassy;)

[Creature]

Welcome to the real world !

I have seen this issue grow over the last 3 years on the rally circuits.

Live music finish at 11pm - disco play quietly till about 1am.

This year its been even worse

with enviro officers enforcing a 56 decebel limit on all music after 11pm and from next year a 56 decebel limit on music during the day !

It can be worked around to keep everyone happy to an extent but is a real pain in the butt.

At 11pm I have slowly been turning the volume down song by song till levels are met and on the whole have managed to keep the dance floor full.

Also have found similar in built venues - and have adopted the same stragedy with good success

This is the start of the final push to outlaw live/loud music and force in the silent disco. as non of our organisations can work together we stand no chance of stopping the new laws coming into effect