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Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds



One of the rencent CDs that really caught my attention is Finks record 
"Biscuits for Breakfast"i caught his show in Switzerland and he sounds 
just like the record.Backstage i talked to him and he told me that the 
record was made basically live with very few overdubs and very minimal 
compression in the mastering,then again they are a trio and the space in 
their music obviously helps,Calexico is another band i enjoy listening to 
they are 7 musicians but their music breathes and has a lot of space ,love 
that in music!

www.myspace.com/luisangulocom


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, richard sales <richard@glasswing.com> wrote:

> From: richard sales <richard@glasswing.com>
> Subject: Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 4:15 PM
> If you want a good read on this topic - and learn more than
> you might want to know about compressors, EQ etc, read Bob
> Katz' book Mastering Audio.  It's great reading and
> he lays into the topic with full, irrefutable force.
> 
> It's a really great book and I learned a lot reading
> it.
> 
> Quite often CDs are compressed for listening in cars.  Then
> it goes out over the radio and is compressed again.  I
> can't listen to much music on radio anymore - sometimes
> it just sounds SO AWFUL - even crackly and thin.
> 
> But I think that's why the record we did last year got
> so much airplay - because it wasn't compressed to death.
>  Then when it played on the radio (and got compressed) it
> got all these great comments about the fidelity etc.
> 
> That was mastered by Gavin Lurssen.  And he's really
> great!
> 
> R
> 
> richard sales
> www.glasswing.com
> www.richardsales.com
> www.hayleysales.com
> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Matthew F. McCabe wrote:
> 
> > On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Per Boysen wrote:
> >> 
> >> Most people listen to music in noisy cars or in
> public areas where the
> >> music just disappears into the background noise if
> not compressed that
> >> way. People need to stop listening to music and
> start listening to
> >> music!
> > 
> > I don't know.  I've found that when listening
> to FM radio, turning up the volume in an attempt to hear
> individual instruments has the opposite effect - things get
> muddy or "out of focus" if you will.  Turning it
> down, seems to help, plus it reduces ear fatigue.  However,
> the best solution is turning off the radio off altogether!
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > ---
> > www.kingnever.com --> the music
> > www.finleysound.com --> the studio
> > 
> 
> richard sales
> www.glasswing.com
> www.richardsales.com
> www.hayleysales.com