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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:02:54PM +0200, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:

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> 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 superseded by soccerplayers and DJ's.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.

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