Too Loud .. Man

For some time now Mi Sol has been entertained during Sunday afternoons by a group of local musicians " jamming" as the term goes, often inviting singers and other musicians to join in.
Recently they have tried to persuade me swell their numbers by playing one of my keyboards.
Before agreeing to this I decided it would be prudent to go and listen to the kind of music they were playing. This I did this past Sunday afternoon, the music was good, and very much enjoyed by those attending. However it was quite loud, and seemed to me to be getting louder by the minute.

Just as I was wondering about the wisdom of making so much noise during siesta time on a Sunday afternoon, the local Police arrived, and promptly put an end to the proceedings. It would seem someone on Parque Naciones had complained, and the Police had no choice but to take action.
This is the second time in a few short weeks I have witnessed the musical entertainment being stopped on the Bar terrace by the Police. This is a perennial problem, it happens every year, no doubt some of you will recall that in the not too distant past, music of any kind, either day or night was banned completely from the terrace. Any musical entertainment had to take place inside the bar, an unpleasant experience in the heat of the summer months without air-conditioning

It would seem lessons are not being learnt here, on an Urbanisation such as Parque Naciones, which is predominantly Spanish owned, even the swimming pool is closed every afternoon, to allow those who wish to have a siesta to do so in peace, so it would seem reasonably obvious they are not going to tolerate loud music during this time. A balance needs to be struck between the holiday makers and residents who wish to be entertained, and the needs of the local population living in the surrounding areas adjacent to Mi Sol.

Interestingly, the previous evening, the regular entertainer was performing and I noted that although I could hear him and his music quite clearly, it was still possible to hold a conversation with people around me without us having to shout at each other. That would seem to be a reasonable criteria to judge whether the music was too loud or not. At the end of the day, they are entertaining a handful of people on Mi Sol terrace, not a crowd of 100,000 at wembly stadium.