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In Reply to: Yes. posted by Al Sekela on March 16, 2005 at 08:37:16:
Well, this is a big issue that you raise, and it goes way beyond tweaking.I think you're right, music is no different than anything else in that it is dominated by mediocrity. But it is also no different than anything else in that you can find quality if you look for it.
I just picked up Mark Knopfler's "Shangri-La" DVD-A. It included videos of the musicians working in a California recording studio, everyone playing at the same time, on great high-quality vintage equipment. The album sounds wonderful.
There will always be great musicians and talented engineers who are dedicated to producing great sounding, high quality music. Show me an Ashlee Simpson or a Britney Spears and I'll show you a Shawn Colvin or an Aimee Mann. And you don't always have to hunt for it; the new batch of RCA Living Stereo SACD's was front and center in the classical room at my local Tower Records last week.
I think the best thing we can do as consumers is vote with our dollars and support quality wherever we find it, keeping niches of excellence alive in this Wal-Mart world.
Now if you *really* want to talk about the general public settling for mediocrity, we could get into politics. But we'd have to take that discussion "outside." ;-)
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- I hear you. But the truth is out there. - glennw 09:24:30 03/16/05 (1)
- Re: I hear you. But the truth is out there. - Az Barber 12:10:07 03/16/05 (0)
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