Music Production, what’s gone wrong.

[fjs]

I’ve seen many forums and discussions on the likes of is vinyl better than cd, is cd better than streaming etc but I don’t think that’s the real question. Today it’s a cold winters day so I decided to play some of my old vinyl in the warmth of my listening room. I’m old so a lot of my vinyl is old some in mono and a lot in the early 60s. I’m not particularly a blues fan but I decided to play some of my old records by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bill Broonzy, Snooks Eaglin, Lightnin Hopkins and others and what is so striking is the quality of the sound, which is better than anything I hear in todays music, and the huge dynamic range, if Seeger is playing quite then it’s quite then he’ll hit a big chord on the banjo and you jump out of your seat. It’s just make everything sound real, exciting and very impressive. So, do our younger music engineers not understand how music should sound or are they driven by record companies who want to appeal to the broader audience of phone listeners. Whichever it is, it is killing musical enjoyment.

[ray4410]

33 minutes ago, fjs said:

I’ve seen many forums and discussions on the likes of is vinyl better than cd, is cd better than streaming etc but I don’t think that’s the real question. Today it’s a cold winters day so I decided to play some of my old vinyl in the warmth of my listening room. I’m old so a lot of my vinyl is old some in mono and a lot in the early 60s. I’m not particularly a blues fan but I decided to play some of my old records by the likes of Pete Seeger, Bill Broonzy, Snooks Eaglin, Lightnin Hopkins and others and what is so striking is the quality of the sound, which is better than anything I hear in todays music, and the huge dynamic range, if Seeger is playing quite then it’s quite then he’ll hit a big chord on the banjo and you jump out of your seat. It’s just make everything sound real, exciting and very impressive. So, do our younger music engineers not understand how music should sound or are they driven by record companies who want to appeal to the broader audience of phone listeners. Whichever it is, it is killing musical enjoyment.

very well said Frank i think some of it may well being that a lot of the early recordings were made using valve equipment not only in the recording studio but also in the manufacturing process,i have found even with streaming some things i listen to like Les Paul and Mary Ford ,Chet Atkins, Dinah Washington just sound so right so yes as far as recording technique of today goes i think they have the fingers on the hot buttons way too much.