rollingstone.com — Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has changed the way albums are produced, mixed and mastered — almost always for the worse. Producers and engineers call this "the loudness war," and it has changed the way almost every new pop and rock album sounds...
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plato1123Dec 29, 2007
I'm sure 50 people already said it, I really like highly compressed music. OK ok you should leave *some* headroom, but somehow "natural" music just doesn't sound as good to my retarded little ears/brain
Closed AccountDec 31, 2007
Actually the decline of music came after 1994.
aak15Jan 2, 2008
i read it when it was in the issue before it got dugg. i still dont see your point
electrifriedJan 7, 2008
I reckon aye....its just that everytime something like this is brought up all the oldies come on and start bitching about the 'good ol' days' when the beatles were gods....then again a lot of music today IS overproduced too, and especially with the ablity to tune voices on computers it means anyone can be an artist no matter how mediocre your talent is...which is the reason why jessica/ashlee simpson can make a record.
electrifriedJan 7, 2008
1.69(AU) for a song on iTunes which is 128kbps is a joke. No wonder people download
mentorwarriorMar 4, 2009
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