We had similiar problems with neighbors behind us (our lanai backs up to their lanai and the houses are close). It wasn't music, but it was their television and their parties. We nicely mentioned a few times that we could hear everything, etc., and let them know it was a problem, but they just didn't get the message. I finally wrote them a nice letter, but really spelled it out - their noisy television blasting that kept us from being able to use our lanai; the cat on their lanai braying in the night; their loud parties right outside our bedroom window that kept us up to 1:00 in the morning. They were mad about the letter, but the noise level did go down. You'd think most people would be a little more intelligent and courteous so a neighbor wouldn't have to go that route, but some people are apparently oblivious. One great thing they did was to get cordless headphones to use to listen to the television they had on their lanai. That really helped a lot. Maybe you could make the suggestion to your neighbors. In my letter I tried to not make it a series of complaints, but instead tried to make it a "we have a situation here, the houses are too close, let's work together as neighbors to make it better" approach. Luckily for me our noisy neighbors are moving. Good luck. P.S. I did call the Villages and they did offer to mediate a meeting if things didn't get better, but the thing to do was to try working directly with the noisy neighbors. It would probably help if you have other neighbors who are bothered by the noise, get in with you on your discussions. Our noisy neighbors tried to say we were the problem people, but our next door neighbor told them otherwise. I think that's what got the situation moving in a better direction.