People saying “fuck your neighbors” are probably experiencing that very thing tbf.

Damn that's wild. Dude sounds like a nut job. I had some tweaker cokehead neighbors under me that would play loud ass music literally 16-23 hours out of the day, pretty much every day. It was always EDM and mariachi music so it was just constant thumping and they always played the same s***. I live in LA and nobody gives af really so it's nothing u can really do about it.

One of em would also constantly do this loud ass throat clearing noise too, like several times a minute. And they would do this weird ass banging on the walls at the same time every night like they were hammering something. Just obnoxious as s***. Worst neighbors I've ever experienced. I really hated them mfs.

They finally left late last year and it's been so mf peaceful since. Idk how I didn't go crazy but I was definitely close af at times.

it’s a beg for forgiveness not ask for permission situation @op

also no universe where you’re gonna play djembe or tabla quietly. do you know how to play tabla already tho? if you don’t maybe just invest in lessons and shed there

the dude I was talking about started doing the hammer thing too near the end once the slumlord was on his ass

no clue wtf it was about but it was for like hours a day, only starting once I got home each day (arriving home at different times too, never happened on my camera when not home)

at this point I reccomend any renter to try to not be a d***, you never know how f***ing insane some of your neighbors are - and landlords will not give a f*** until lawyers are involved

My friend is a rapper and he blasts music 24/7, but his neighbor is my other friend who loves rap music and doesnt rly care

I also live in apartment and blast music regularly

If they rly complain ur only choice is to move in with me

Highly unlikely youll be able to sound PROOF unless you take down the building and build from scratch. You need properly insulated walls, filling up power outlet gaps, double or triple glazed glass etc. Its a lot of effort and a lot of money.

You can sound TREAT but it wont stop much sound from escaping.

Many instruments arent all that loud. If you get some edrums and still feel like the kick is too loud you can make a diy platform for it to separate the vibrations from your floor and hopefully your downstairs neighbours

You might be SOL with an actual drum kit but honestly if it's in the middle of the day and you're not playing for like 3 hours straight, I think it'd be fine for the other instruments. Just don't play in the morning or at night.

When I was still playing guitar I'd reserve a practice room at a local library here-- you might have something similar near you.

Real

Entry level sound proofing like rug and foam will do you fine for these, theyre not too bad.