Musicians have a choice with regards to how to distribute their music and a choice with regards to how to put food on the table.  In this day and age, almost anyone can record their own track and put it on the internet, but making a living that way is another thing entirely.  Signing with a...

88.9% for me. This is mostly a memory test, but having good interval recognition surely doesn't hurt. I don't think perfect pitch really has any bearing here, although I'd guess that people with perfect pitch probably have good music memory as well.

I'd rather listen to Madonna's music any day. But her vocal abilities are not remotely close to being in the same league as Celine Dion. This is like asking who is the better guitarist, Van Halen or Cobain?

Quote: Originally Posted by Spyro Right. They seem to roll the same 3-4 bands every 3-4 years. Might be Springsteen's turn next year again. Not true at all.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wham City Radiohead could put on a great halftime show. They actually came to mind as someone who could. But it's not like they are the voice of the youth. Their big break was almost 20 years ago. The NFL could certainly find some big groups from...

Quote: Originally Posted by trevorlane I agree, I wonder if the NFL is moving back to the Stone Age of rock after the Timberlake fiasco haha. Ok I'm kidding The Who and the Boss aren't that old... It's not really a joke though. I mean, that's exactly what happened. They tried an...

Good and bad. Or is it hard and soft? Either way, definitely only 2 types of rock.

Elvis, the Beatles, 50's rock n roll, 60's Motown. These were the things playing on "oldies" stations when I was a kid. It's strange but I always felt like Pink Floyd, Hendrix, LZ, etc. were like new rock bands even though the songs I was listening to were 20+ years old, but most of the...

If it's only tuned to the nearest half step you would only get more subtle sounding effects from it, but it can be mapped to whatever pitch. With a vocoder, the news would trigger filters which apply to another signal. Then you don't have really the original voice at all, but can still...

Quote: Originally Posted by cdailey I'm all for artists using it to correct their voices in real time during a concert though. I'd rather hear T-Pain, although it is quite played out. There were probably a dozen girls at my high school who could stand on stage and sing a nice...

I misinterpreted your original post at first. I thought you were saying that your iMac liquified a friend's classic CD, and were worried that it would also destroy your own CDs. It was a much more exciting thread at that point.

Quote: Originally Posted by Punnisher I'd be shocked if anyone in their teens or early twenties didn't know of the Beatles. If anything they are almost guaranteed to know of them since their parents most likely grew up listening to them. This is the US I'm talking about. While...

Quote: Originally Posted by mcmurray On the other hand, in the classical and jazz world, amazing technique and very fast playing is found everywhere, in fact it's usually a requirement - yet none of those musicians are dismissed simply because they have solid technique. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Usagi I'm not a huge fan of either, but I had to put one of my colleagues in his place. He is the most obsessed Axl Rose fan I have ever seen. I think it is a sickness that he contracted at a young age. Thank you Head-fi for your cooperation. Your votes...

Album gain is preferred if you are going to listen to full albums in their original track order. But in that case, you have little need for ReplayGain at all! Sure, it will level the transition from album to album and prevent you from having to reach for the volume knob once per hour or so if...