PorkPieGuy
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Please elaborate. ?
Vinyl sounds better than digital. I have a vintage stereo.
Please elaborate. ?
my biggest complaint about streaming is that I don't get to choose the "version" of the album I want to hear...like, I want to listen to the original release of album XXXXX, not the latest Digital Remaster with 10 extra songs/outakes etc...and I REALLY hate it when those new versions dick with the song order I am used to from the originals. As @C.M. Jones mentioned earlier, an album is the entire work of art...the songs are segments, and when those segments are out of order, it messes with my OCD.
2 albums that really stick out to me in this sense are Saga: Worlds Apart, and Caress Of Steel by Rush...my "original" exposure to these were on cassette in the early 80's. I realize that song order back then was determined by what fit on the side of the album/cassette, and now many of those albums are in the order that the artists originally intended. I get the significance of the latter, but it messes with my impression of the former
It was great way back when to say, "Check out the third song on side two." Sides shaped our relationships with albums, and the B-side discussion was always intriguing. Now it's more a matter of a' la carte song selection. You get a bunch of appetizers but rarely a meal.
Death - HumanAs @C.M. Jones mentioned earlier, an album is the entire work of art...the songs are segments, and when those segments are out of order, it messes with my OCD.
When albums (tapes and CDs too) were a thing, I knew everything about every single one I had. Members, song order, artwork, I would sit there for hours just learning everything about them. Now I cant even remember who sings what because it has no context other than I like or not, and where I first heard it.It was great way back when to say, "Check out the third song on side two." Sides shaped our relationships with albums, and the B-side discussion was always intriguing. Now it's more a matter of a' la carte song selection. You get a bunch of appetizers but rarely a meal.
Death - Human
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
These 3 in particular are very necessarily order specific for me. Like the same way Peter and the Wolf must be order specific.
When albums (tapes and CDs too) were a thing, I knew everything about every single one I had. Members, song order, artwork, I would sit there for hours just learning everything about them. Now I cant even remember who sings what because it has no context other than I like or not, and where I first heard it.
I didnt have spreadsheets. I would get a new album and go to my room. I had both my own turntable and cassette players, so I would put the album on and listen to it, usually many times over, sitting on the floor at the end of my bed in front of the speakers. I loved bring absorbed by the sound, almost like a sonic blanket.I went one nerdy step further, and had spreadsheets with who the recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer were; who the producers were; the record company; where all the recording events took place; who the artists/illustrators were; which equipment was used
...my routine when I got a new album was to put it on, and then fill out the spread sheet as I listened. When iTunes came around, and there was less and less "need" for information other than the front cover artwork. and who gave the money for the project, this routine went away. Many of the releases would not list this information as readily as before...
this whole process was allowing me to be able to recognize the common elements of each engineers touch; or each studios sound; or the commonality of the equipment. used. I wanted to really study every element of the sound and art being created
now it is more work than I want to do....but keeping the spreadsheets would be easier now...I might spend some free time transferring a lot of those old ones to digital...and somehow try to start new ones. I really miss that routine
I didnt have spreadsheets. I would get a new album and go to my room. I had both my own turntable and cassette players, so I would put the album on and listen to it, usually many times over, sitting on the floor at the end of my bed in front of the speakers. I loved bring absorbed by the sound, almost like a sonic blanket.
Music was very important in my house. Everyone had their own players and music. There was a radio in the kitchen that was always on. The tv was a very distant second. Make that third. Books were more important also.
I still do this. Not every night, but more so than not. I have earbuds on my nightstand. My wife likes having the tv on so I plug in, close my eyes, and drift off.Fell asleep to music every night;
nope, not really, i still get digital music put onto my ipod classic for on the go, and i still play vinyl, cassettes and CDs at home
Spotify - great for the consumer, horrendous for the artist. If I find a band I like, I always buy a CD direct if I can to support especially at the moment with the lack of touring revenue. I really like listening to BBC6 music here in the UK, well worth a listen online if you can.
Streaming services haven’t affected me in the least, because I have no interest in subscribing to them. I prefer to buy albums and dive deep into bands I like. These days I buy albums digitally, but other than that, it’s pretty much the same as it’s always been for me.