So every morning, between 3 and 4am EST,

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I hear music coming from the house next to mine. I haven't been able to place exactly when it starts, because it's feint enough to miss if you're listening to anything else, but so long as it's silent, I can hear it fairly clearly. It loops continuously forever, until I I go to bed.

It's an acoustic guitar (or two) playing a jaunty little tune. The song has a beginning and an end, almost disjointed enough to sound like a DVD title screen looping. The first time I heard it, I simply assumed its owner had watched a movie and fallen asleep, and it reverted back to title after finished.

This is the third day in a row I've noticed it. It started about an hour ago, and it's still looping. I have no idea what's causing it. I speculate it may be some kind of alarm clock, but it runs and runs and runs forever with no one turning it off. It's also got more bass then trebble, contrary to a tinny alarm clock speaker.

I've attempted to record the audio to see if somebody here might be able to identitfy it, but it's too soft for the mic to pick up. So long as no traffic's going by, I can hear it quite clearly.

I don't know what to do at this point. It's driving me crazy. My neighbor's a recluse, I've only seen him a handful of times and I've lived here for about three or four years now.
 
Oh God!!!!

Have you checked to make sure it's not something in your apartment? I know you probably have, but that would be just like me to forget about some gadget of mine going off.
 
Ask the neighbor if it's his thing if so, kindly ask him to put an end to it.

If not, then I guess you're outta luck.
 
The DVD theory kinda makes sense. Perhaps your neighbor is watching a multi-disc TV series and falls asleep. Alot of times they have the same music for the title screen across discs/seasons.

But yeah, just go talk to your neighbor and mention it to him.

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....unless you're living next to a Vietnam vet who can still feel the child grasping his hand just before it was blown off. In that case, drug him, tie him up, have him put both hands in a box that has a mirror in the middle, have him squeeze his hands and release.
 

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Have you seen him since this happened? Most radio alarms will shut themselves off after either 30 minutes or 1 hour. If his is an hour and it cycles on and then off again it's still set for the next night.

If he's not there or down for the count then he wouldn't be shutting it off and it would keep this cycle up.
 
Dude, his (or maybe your) house is totally haunted by that guy who brings the guitar to the parties.

Man, I should have saved that for the October Contest - I just gave myself a little chill typing it.
 
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It's definitley not something coming out of my apartment, as I don't recognize the song at all. I've traced it over to the right wall but can go no further. I hardly ever see the guy, so It's not like I have the option to say something. His backyard is literally overgrowing with foliage, but it's ALWAYS been that way. He's about my age, maybe a little older (late 20s-early 30s.)

The problem with the DVD theory is there's no sound before it. I thought that on Day 2 he was maybe just falling asleep watching a TV series, but on Day 3 I went out of my way to ensure that wasn't the case, and there was no sound coming from next door before the music started.

I'm with Dave, it's probably an alarm clock and he's just not home, but the issue I run into there is it definitley ran for more that two hours (started right around 4, ran past 6am, and it's definitley more of a full bodied sound. If it's an alarm clock, it's gotta be built into a stereo.

I swear at this rate, I'm going to go crazy. I can still occasionally here the song every now and again, even though I'm sure it's not playing at the moment.
 

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Still in daylight savings :D

Fact Nazi awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

(Don't worry, that's a regular mistake amongst folks)
 
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Ok, so today, at exactly 3am, I heard some kind of logo/theme music crescendo this to a start, followed by a few bars of the guitar music, which cut off almost instantly to voices. He's got to be watching a DVD.

The most I can surmise is he comes home, watches just one episode of a TV show, falls asleep during it, and the thing rolls over to the menu screen and just plays until he wakes up. It's agitiating as piss though, as in less than an hour I'm going to be haunted by that music again until such time as I go to bed.

I'm tempted to plot some sort of revenge, like learning the song, waiting until my roommate gets up and leaves for work, cranking the amp up to 11, and giving him a taste of his own medicine.

PS: Shego, you're about spot on. I am starting to find that song sneaking into my head throughout the day. Hummed a bar or two in the shower before I caught myself and stopped.
 
Or maybe leave him a kindly worded note explaining that you can hear the music of it over and over again? Just a thought...
 
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Or maybe leave him a kindly worded note explaining that you can hear the music of it over and over again? Just a thought...
A great suggestion, but the word kindly completley phased out of my vocabulary exactly seven minutes ago, when the DVD kicked over back to the menu music. :faint:

More than likely I'll do nothing, but it's fun to dream.
 

Ross

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Why the hell is it so loud that you can hear it? If it's that loud, how could he fall asleep during it? It makes no sense for you to be able to hear it.
 
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My best guess is it's some kind of alarm on a cell phone. Songs on cell phones usually don't go all the way through, and they repeat much like a DVD menu does.

As to why it would be so loud you can hear it, I can't say.
 
I still don't get why you can't talk to him. Or when it's looping go over there and bang on his door. Or call the cops and file a noise complaint.
 
If you don't want to confront him then buy some ear plugs. Or you could abuct a small child and murder it. Bury it in your neighbor's back yard and call the police after the story hits the media and tell them you heard your neighbor in the back yard doing something and blaring music really loud the night before which made you think they were covering up screams.
 
Leaving a note or talking to the dude usually works. I got sucked into a loudest stereo fight with one of my neighbors. It wasn't fun. I've had much more success talking to the offending neighbor.
 
Move. It's the only option.

If you still hear it after moving, then I'm sorry to say it's coming from inside your head. Best grab a drill and get it out of there.
 
....unless you're living next to a Vietnam vet who can still feel the child grasping his hand just before it was blown off. In that case, drug him, tie him up, have him put both hands in a box that has a mirror in the middle, have him squeeze his hands and release.
Make sure he's on the condo board first, though.
 
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