I too have suffered at the hands of twatty, inconsiderate housemates.
This is why I live on my own.

Buy some noise canceling headphones perhaps?
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Wed 20 May 2009, 22:32, archived)

I have some,
I use them at times. I don't want to use them whenever I'm in my room.

He's not a twat, I like him and we get on, he just listens to shit music at shit volumes and sings along shit.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 20 May 2009, 22:34, archived)

take up learning the violin.
it takes a long long time to get to the not-painful-to-listeners stage, and stating to him that you "really think you are getting good" might lead to some sort of compromise amazingly quickly.
hunt ebay or the local markets for as cheap a violin as possible.
tuning it's optional...
( evilstevie misses the Orange Place of late, Wed 20 May 2009, 23:26, archived)