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RE: Why contemporary music sounds terrible



yes this is true the vinyl albums sound much better!
cheers
Luis
--- Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> Too bad that the remastered Zep CDs are too loud way
> too bright...
> 
> 
> >Absolutely Brian!those Zeppelin record production
> >still amaze me,and they are made to be turned
> up!those
> >drum sounds still sound fresh and the sounds page
> got
> >out of those small amps and guitars are the most
> >interesting ive heard in rock n roll history.What
> ive
> >always found brilliant about such a band was the
> >passion behind it,there are mistakes all over the
> >place like the solo on "baby i am gonna leave you"
> the
> >instrumental "black mountain side" or the bleeding
> >echo at the end of "you shook me" or the cut off
> lost
> >part by their engineer which i believe page fired
> on
> >the spot which they had to solve by pasting another
> >part at the begining of "celebration day"...
> >but is the honesty power and passion,no frills or
> >thrills they played back in those days that make
> them
> >so special to this day,almost as if it was the last
> >time they were going to live...
> >Luis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- greg williams <gregorwilliams@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >>  Brian,
> >>
> >>  I am also a fan of Page and his production in
> >>  general in terms of dynamics,
> >>  but have you heard "How the West was Won"? It
> was
> >>  hugely disappointing for
> >>  me in this regard; it is squashed beyond belief,
> and
> >>  so is the sound on the
> >>  Zeppelin DVD, which was released around the same
> >>  time. I don't know if it
> >>  was Page himself who suddenly caved in or his
> >>  mastering engineer, but I
> >>  really wish I could hear those recordings with
> some
> >>  dynamics still intact.
> >>
> >>  ~Greg
> >>
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: Brian Kupferschmid
> >>  [mailto:apparitionapparition@yahoo.com]
> >>  Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:48 AM
> >>  To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >>  Subject: Re: Why contemporary music sounds
> terrible
> >>
> >>  I wholly agree with this, I believe a lot of
> today's
> >>  music is crap, not just because the talent is
> >>  lacking,
> >>  but the dynamics as a whole is lacking.  Aside
> from
> >>  super compressed material, the bands themselves
> only
> >>  see to know two sounds, clean and dirty. 
> Where's
> >>  the
> >>  middle ground?  I can listen to a blues song and
> >>  still
> >>  hear the dynamics, I can hear the accentuations
> on
> >>  the
> >>  notes being played to create emotion.  A lot of
> >>  today's pop and rock music lacks that.  Mind
> you,
> >>  Metal in all it's forms, isn't supposed to be
> >>  dynamic
> >>  in the musical sense, but why would you squeeze
> the
> >>  life out of any song to make it in your face? 
> My
> >>  favorite stuff to listen to would be anything
> Jimmy
> >>  Page produced(Led Zeppelin for sure).  He
> composed
> >>  his
> >>  songs and used the studio to enhance his
> material
> >>  with
> >>  what he refers to "light and shade".  The
> >>  combination
> >>  of close and room micing, soft versus loud and
> >>  layering acoustics with clean electrics and so
> on.
> >>  If
> >>  you think about it, even some of the heaviest
> >>  sounding
> >>  stuff he did, wasn't all that distorted.
> >>  Ultimately,
> >>  his use of dynamics traslated over into the
> >>  mastering
> >>  part as well, what makes the big parts sound big
> is
> >>  the small parts, thus making the song truly
> >>  engulfing.
> >>   Another band to use dynamics to it's fullest is
> >>  Tool,
> >>  because of the ebb and flow, you can listen to
> an 8
> >>  minute tune and not get bored, because the
> shifts in
> >>  phrasing and dynamics keeps you there, and
> what's
> >>  more, everytime you listen to it, a new part
> pops up
> >>  you didn't realise was there before.  Anyway,
> I've
> >>  spoken what I think, so I have to agree, part of
> >  > what
> >>  is annoying about today's music is the lack of
> >>  dynamics, it wears you out.
> >>  --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>  > This is an interesting article posted on the
> jazz
> >>  > guitar discussion group.
> >>  > Jeff Kaiser and I had some interesting
> discussions
> >>  > about the abuses or
> >>  > misgivings of compression and the quest for
> hotter
> >>  > levels in newer CDs when
> >>  > I was mastering the discs for the Boise
> >>  Experimental
> >>  > Music Festival....all
> >>  > the different ways you can increase levels
> (for
> >>  CDs
> >>  > to sound comparable to
> >  > > other professional CDs in your player),  yet
> >>  > maintain natural dynamics, etc.
> >>  > Now, it has occured to me that often times
> when I
> >>  > hear a CD, especially
> >>  > pop/rock CDs, and I think to myself, wow that
> is a
> >>  > really hot and "in your
> >>  > face" level", the mix also doesn't have much
> of a
> >>  > dynamic range...some guy
> >>  > is screaming his lyrics, or you can tell that
> is
> >>  is
> >>  > practically blowing his
> >>  > brains out to get that tone out of his
> horn...but
> >>  it
> >>  > is no louder than the
> >>  > section where he is wispering poetry over an
> >>  ambient
> >>  > section.  It's like
> >>  > compress, compress, compress, limit, limit,
> >>  > limit....turn that wave form
> >>  > into a solid bar, and then raise it to
> 0db...in
> >>  your
> >>  > face, 100% of the time.
> >>  > Below is the first time I've seen this
> referred to
> >>  > as exhausting, but it
> >>  > makes sense. Even if you turn your stereo
> down,
> >>  > there might be something to
> >>  > be said of giving the human pyche a break with
> >>  > natural dynamics and more
> >>  > space.
> >>  >
> >>
>
>Tension....release....tension...release....louder....softer,
> >>  > etc,
> >>  > etc.
> >>  >
> >>  > This article/topic, could I suppose turn into
> the
> >>  > discussion of the
> >>  > pschological results/benefits of adding more
> space
> >>  > to one's compositions
> >>  > (not making the composition "better" or
> "worse,"
> >>  > mind you).  Can adding more
> 
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