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Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by infinityio »

swayvil wrote: post #105
Coolerbythelake wrote: post #99

Being a musician and audio engineer right now for 30 years, I see all this and I simply shake my head. I've long given up the hopes of monetary success for my music. One thing that remains is the energy exchange between an artist and the audience in a live setting. If you love music and you are not an emotional robot you know what I am talking about. Software can't replicate that and the artistry in the performer kno…

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If modern music is mastered digitally (and assuming I want to listen to modern music), what advantages do analog technologies bring?

Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Coolerbythelake wrote: post #99

Being a musician and audio engineer right now for 30 years, I see all this and I simply shake my head. I've long given up the hopes of monetary success for my music. One thing that remains is the energy exchange between an artist and the audience in a live setting. If you love music and you are not an emotional robot you know what I am talking about. Software can't replicate that and the artistry in the performer kno…

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Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by oneoff786 »

Coolerbythelake wrote: post #99

Being a musician and audio engineer right now for 30 years, I see all this and I simply shake my head. I've long given up the hopes of monetary success for my music. One thing that remains is the energy exchange between an artist and the audience in a live setting. If you love music and you are not an emotional robot you know what I am talking about. Software can't replicate that and the artistry in the performer kno…

Pop music’s doing great. Just not the mainstream stuff, as usual.

Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by cultartawayyyi »

croon wrote: post #109
swayvil wrote: post #105

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I'm not sure what this means. There is an incredible amount of music created digitally and transmitted digitally that is anything but cold and thin, whatever that means. If my ear can't tell the difference, there is no emotional or practical difference as a listener. (I've been playing acoustic guitar for 30 years and enjoy almost all genres of music if relevant)

Probably someone who really likes tube amps.

Many audiophiles scoff at "digital" music, i.e. audio that is amplified with silicon transistors.

Modern transistors are very fast, so noise that gets through the filters typically sounded like sharp pops and hisses. With older (and slower to respond) analog technologies, unwanted noise gets smoothed into more pleasing hums and modulations.

These days, there are excellent affordable digital options like the O2 amp. But it would be a boring world if we were all the same.

Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by BVCommander »

swayvil wrote: post #105
Coolerbythelake wrote: post #99

Being a musician and audio engineer right now for 30 years, I see all this and I simply shake my head. I've long given up the hopes of monetary success for my music. One thing that remains is the energy exchange between an artist and the audience in a live setting. If you love music and you are not an emotional robot you know what I am talking about. Software can't replicate that and the artistry in the performer kno…

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>Digital is cold and thin compared to analog.

Claude Shannon emphatically disagrees. When sampling at twice the highest audible frequency they are mathematically equivalent.

Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by BVCommander »

infinityio wrote: post #111
swayvil wrote: post #105

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If modern music is mastered digitally (and assuming I want to listen to modern music), what advantages do analog technologies bring?

If you're not passing your scratched to shit vinyl through a $20,000 tube amp and a Denon AKDL1 link cable you're not hearing the sound as the artist intended it.

Re: Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

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Post by lidavidm »

pavo-etc wrote: post #79
vlunkr wrote: post #74

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Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I don't believe this will happen, and unless I'm mistaken, there's absolutely 0 evidence for it. People are usually attached to the artist when it comes to music. You buy a Bowie album because it has his name on it. You learn about them, look forward to their future work, maybe go see them live, etc. Will computers replace EDM and elevator music? I don't know, maybe, who cares?

Counterpoint: Hatsune Miku

Even when it comes to vocaloids like Miku, there's still attachment to the producer behind the song and not just Miku herself (and several producers have gone on from their vocaloid careers to launch "real" music careers).
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