I had the latest sleep this morning, or this afternoon I guess, as I slept till noon today after playing for hours and hours last night.
The cops stopped us from playing on the boardwalk, for about the 15th time now, and told us they could take our equipment away if we keep playing.
Which to me is really sad because where are musicians supposed to practice if we can’t practice in our homes or on the streets? The neighbors complain no matter where we practice so where do we go to play? This whole town is quiet now, just air conditioners running in the background is the only music you can hear nowadays. So now what, the town will have no more music on the streets? I guess we will practice in the basement of the HVAC company, but there won’t be any people to watch us, just a bunch of heating and cooling equipment. I guess we will figure out the solution to this puzzle somehow, even if we have to go to the police station and ask them what we should do. Maybe they’ll tell us to play for the local contractor in this outside park area for music, but that is only one spot and what about playing for local businesses outside like we’ve been doing. I am just flustered about this whole dilemma of music on the streets, which should be allowed until a certain time in the evening. What would the world be with just natural climate controlled silence in the streets, with only the sound of wind?