{"id":9,"date":"2010-01-25T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/wp\/?p=9"},"modified":"2010-03-22T03:41:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T03:41:29","slug":"what%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-todays-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s wrong with today’s music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OK, this might not be the rant you were expecting.  Although most of the current music you hear on the radio these days is pretty bad, if we are honest, it has almost always<\/u> been that way.  I have a pretty good sampling of tunes from the early 50s to 2009 (some of my current favorites are Gossip and The XX) and it\u2019s fair to say most top 40 music isn\u2019t very good no matter what the year.  Nostalgia and memories of what you were doing when some songs were popular goes a long way to \u201cimprove\u201d the music, but if you suddenly suffered from amnesia and I played those same songs for you, much of the time you would be reaching for the skip button.<\/p>\n

So if I am not going to beat the \u201cback in my day music was good\u201d drum what am I griping about?  The recording<\/em> of today’s music.  This isn\u2019t a vinyl vs. CD, tube vs. solid state or even MP3 vs. FLAC \u2013 all fun arguments but not today.<\/p>\n

Over the years the record producers and engineers have been making recordings LOUDER.  Kids have been making themselves deaf with their music since the dawn of Rock n Roll.  That has not changed.  That is not<\/strong> what I am talking about.  Most of us like our favorite songs loud but turning up your stereo to 11 and recording a song at 11 are two very different things.  The current Taylor Swift album is recorded WAY louder than Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath ever was.<\/p>\n

Hi-Fi is practically dead.  It was cut off at the knees by having all your music in your pocket and ready to leap into your ears at a touch of a button.  The damage done by the changes in recording strategies are far more subtle but are sealing the fate of the one mighty Hi-Fi.  Forget about Wayne Newton vs. Little Wayne, if the recording trend of louder and louder continues, pop songs will have the sonic quality of a drag race and the subtlety of a dump truck.<\/p>\n

Check out the short YouTube video and hear\/see Matt\u2019s explanation.  You may have to turn it up.<\/p>\n

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