20 Oct
2011
20 Oct
'11
midnight
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:02:54PM +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
On 10/19/2011 09:09 PM, S. Massy wrote:
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.
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superseded by soccerplayers and DJ's.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.