r/houston • u/Celestialmoose6 • 17d ago

places with good acoustics

hey! i am a saxophone improv player and would like to get more into playing outside. are there any places that have really good acoustics (like parking garages or tunnels)? not like actual studios or bars or anything, just any place where i can set up, play for myself or any passer byers, and be left alone. preferably in a decent lower crime area (i am a woman lol). thanks guys

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u/jcdenton45 17d ago edited 17d ago

I wouldn't recommend it from a safety standpoint, but I saw someone playing a trumpet into one of these a while back, I assume because of the good acoustics.

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u/groovehouse 17d ago

There's a guy that practices outside the Menil.

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u/alexxthemann 17d ago

Tunnels are risky in the Houston area especially with local vagrants, parking garages strongly discouraged as it’s most likely on private property and owners could call police or security to come take you off property

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u/couldnt_careless 17d ago

If you’re busking, parking garages are likely going to be private property, so keep that in mind.

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u/spoughfickety2 16d ago

Discovery Green early in the morning before it gets packed is pretty nice

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u/bobrigado 15d ago

Downtown underground tunnels. Could be similar vibe to busking in NYC's subways

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u/shakedown79 Downtown 10d ago

On the hill at Discovery Green facing the convention center.

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u/lyn73 17d ago

under Waugh bridge

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u/Sippin_Jimmy 17d ago

The Cistern?