On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:02:54PM +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: > On 10/19/2011 09:09 PM, S. Massy wrote: > >It's also interesting to note that, with the plethora of devices, > >plugins and general techniques available today, mmusic production seems > >to be sonically convergent. IOW, back when people had less freedom in > >terms of choice, they fought harder to create a production sound > >specific to them, while today, that self-same freedom seems to be used > >to mimic one another as much as possible. (This is speaking broadly, of > >course.) > > > >Cheers, > >S.M. > > Maybe that's because times are changing. Artists and bands do not > have the budgets anymore that say Fleetwood Mac had when they > recorded Rumors, when their producer rented a complete opera Hall to > record just one song. They had the budget to do that, nowadays my > bet is that even Coldplay or Lady Gaga are tied to much smaller > budgets simply because the demand is less. No artist will ever top > Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park again, pop and rockstars are being > superseded by soccerplayers and DJ's. > No wonder a lot of music production is sonically convergent, the > record industry is getting pretty desparate if you ask me and as > long as the shrinking audience still likes more of the same they'll > get it stuffed through their throats. If you mean that production sound is convergent due to lack of means, I can't agree with you, since the very point of modern technology is that wonders can be achieved in a home studio the likes of which might have cost a hundred times as much barely twenty years ago. If, on the other hand, you mean that music has become mostly just another comodity and the industry is s**t scared to alienate the "consumers", then I am in full agreement with you. "One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough" -- Porcupine Tree: "The Sound Of Muzak" Cheers, S.M. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
