January 2008
4 posts
The Death of High Fidelity : Rolling Stone →
I remember a teacher in my recording program putting on “Don’t Look Back” from Boston and showing us how the meters didn’t move much from full volume, even when the song sounded quieter. Producer/singer/songwriter Tom Sholtz was an MIT engineer who worshiped at the altar of Lost Dynamics. Today everybody compresses the life out of their tracks and they all sound the same....
The RIAA eats babies
OK, not really, but this interview with the people who sue their own customers to affect behavior is really enlightening, even as the RIAA loses power as EMI considers pulling out of the cartel. Here is a sample quote from your friends in the recording industry: “College students have reached a stage in life when their music habits are crystallized, and their appreciation for intellectual...
NPR: What is this Song? →
Check out this video of a man with truly more time on his hands than you…
Auld Lang Syne
It’s been a while. I’ve missed you. You lost weight. One of my new years resolutions is too write here more. And write more here. Went to a memorial for Jacques Milhomme from Rose’s last night. Jacques was run over on his bike last week in Hollywood, FL. If you were at Rose’s on the Beach in the 90’s, Jacques was almost always working the door and the stage. Booked me...
