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In Reply to: RE: "Far fewer people really care about music than most audiophiles assume." posted by E-Stat on February 22, 2015 at 17:11:51:
(Note the "album" of 78 rpms.)
I chat with industry folks all the time, and perhaps it is just that the only industry person I chat with regularly I think of as "young" is Stephen Mejias.
I think lots of industry people are stuck in the past--their college years or early career years--when listening to music was a shared experience and the variety of music was much wider than today, and so music was more important to more people than it is today. And I am not focusing on classical. Just look at the list of artists who released albums the same month Joni Mitchell released Court and Spark:
Elvis Presley, Graham Nash, Hot Tuna, Grace Slick, Rod Stewart / Faces, Bobby Womack, Bob Dylan, Blue Magic, Linda Ronstadt, Foghat, Gram Parsons, Carly Simon, Brian Eno, Harmonia, The Love Unlimited Orchestra, Leo Sayer, Gordon Lightfoot, Barbra Streisand... .
Whereas with a total lack of modesty I declare that when most people listen to the absurdly popular One Republic (671,000,000 YT hits??????? For ONE video?) or Mumford and Sons or Arcade Fire, neither the content nor the sound-world are likely to lead to a desire to hear deeper into the soundstage. Daft Punk, obviously some people think so.
So we have an industry (fine audio) run by baffled befuddled guys like me, who are fully qualified to join AARP, who still believe deep down that if we just run the right ads in The New Yorker and Architectural Digest, suddenly component audio will again become a near-indispensible part of the vision as to what constitutes the good life or the life well lived, just like great books (or even The Great Books) and fine art.
Society and technology has changed, and the industry has to embrace the suck.
Just because a guy owns a Rolex does not mean that you can sell him an expensive stereo, because Sonos really is good enough to meet his needs.
ATB,
John
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Follow Ups
- That being the case, I think you are in the minority - John Marks 06:30:44 02/23/15 (8)
- Oh, please - Bromo33333 17:24:43 02/23/15 (0)
- RE: That being the case, I think you are in the minority - regmac 07:36:42 02/23/15 (5)
- Totally different experiences--a stereo recording is a distinct art form - John Marks 07:44:29 02/23/15 (4)
- RE: Totally different experiences--a stereo recording is a distinct art form - regmac 08:11:34 02/23/15 (3)
- Home, not likely. Dedicated facility? Perhaps. (Eric Whitacre YT--FANTASTIC!) - John Marks 09:20:13 02/23/15 (2)
- It's as much about mood as it is about accuracy - Bromo33333 14:24:53 02/24/15 (0)
- RE: Home, not likely. Dedicated facility? Perhaps. (Eric Whitacre YT--FANTASTIC!) - regmac 13:04:48 02/23/15 (0)
- Thanks - E-Stat 06:53:44 02/23/15 (0)
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