| Dear Jack,
I think dead practice rooms are a boil on trumpeters bottoms.
They are dead for one reason and one reason only: to create the minimum amount of disturbance to the player in the adjoining room! It's not for the player in the room, it's all about the player in the other room!
The dead quality makes you work harder but not in the good way. It makes it a true labor to sound good and it puts your aural priorities out of whack. A live room encourages you to relax and let the room do the work instead of you.
The only way to deal with a dead room is to ignore it and not give in to the temptation to play overly loudly.
ML |