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Sherwood 
00's for sure. The rapidly falling barrier to entry to producing and recording music is making possible fantastic albums by gifted performers that could never had a career otherwise. It's also lowering the cost of truly excellent production and mastering, as more people buy good gear and teach themselves the craft.
Strange, I would say exactly the opposite. The rapidly falling barrier to recording and producing music is opening the gates to so many who haven't a clue about the art of recording, production or mastering. The high cost of equipment in the past made sure only the most talented and those who knew what they were doing were even allowed to touch the equipment. Now any kid in a bedroom who doesn't even know what 0VU means can call themselves a recording engineer, producer or heaven forbid a mastering engineer. The result, more truly appalling rubbish then ever before. There's the odd great piece of work but definitely in the minority.
Best decades for me is a tough one, 1730-40s, 1770s, 1870s, 1920s, 1980s (60s and 70s have to be up there too though). The last decade though, arguably the worst; Smaller budgets, far lower production values, less musical innovation and less talent (with a few exceptions).
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Edited by gregorio - 9/30/11 at 9:29am
