Yes i understand..
Its probably a lot smarter to just download hi-rez files.
Its certainly more convenient.
But im a bit un-evolved when it comes to downloads.
I just enjoy the visceral pleasure of touching the music product, as well as hearing it.
I need the experience of looking at the photos, and reading the lyrics and information, as well as holding unto the actual product, as well as hearing it.
Im sorry you have no easy solution that allows you quick and convenient access to the same.
It has become a bit more difficult to find, what i consider, well crafted well executed well produced music.
There is so much of it now...so, many people putting out music.....its a flood, and this flood has lowered the overall standard, the overall quality.
Also, music is sold by Videos, .....and this allows for the video to sell what the music could not, if all you had was access to the TUNES.
A lot of really well crafted Videos, sell a whole lot of very bad music.
Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical, still worry about quality.......Pop and Rock.......not so much.
Remember when you had ... Elton John, Billy Joel, The Police ?
Or you had a Mariah Carey, or a Whitney Houston....
There was this era, where i live, that is called, From 1964 - 1986. And that was for me, where i find the great music........Pop Music, well crafted songs and people that could really sing.
I do listen to contemporary "pop" music, ......but, i dont find a lot that i feel is great songwriting and great productions.
There was a time, when the rule was......3-4 really good songs on an album.
Now, there is one, and that is the one they release 4 months before the album comes out, and the rest are not good.
Hi
@FullBright1,
It seems we keep sharing the same or at least similar perspectives & viewpoints.
In all honesty, not sure how high res some downloaded music is though the quality overall is decent to good...which is inline with my tag used in the signature line though sometimes, depending on how the original is mixed & mastered, sometimes one just has to live with it.
Saying that, iTunes, as much as people want to complain, pitchfork, etc...is helping redeem the market, so to speak, which is why even now Amazon, among others has jumped on the bandwagon, etc...
The only perhaps ironic this about this is any limited or special editions one may seek to own are actually ownable but in digital form which is how things end up eventually anyway...so go figure, right...
There is something about the tangible, isn't there...
Used to be all about the tactile experience which extended to the hearing of said music product though sometimes a lot of that was just filler after a while & given the exchange rate, sometimes those packages turned out 3 times more than they should.
At least, when the exchange rate is reasonable, any really tempted by for that tangibility can at least be considered...
Personally, it is the feeling & emotion in the music which means more to me & sometimes as we discussed before, how the frequency range can relate to colours which people get even less than that feeling & emotion.
Not sure if you noticed but a while back, some of my posts in the LCD 1 got deleted as someone didn't think it was relevant...don't really care about that though it shows how sad the current human condition can be but I digress...
Yes, there is so much music, too much in some cases which I agree & unfortunately like most things in life, unless it's sought after or known then it can get potentially
'lost' in the flood of to put it bluntly...crap...
Hardly watch music videos any more but I do understand what you mean, though more often than not, the video, while looking pretty or well crafted as you say is also mostly terrible for various reasons whether the music is bad or not, though I do agree on the former...
On my end, subjectively minor problem with the era you listen to is I have heard it so much over the years, when CDs were still going strong, I find it hard to listen to again for any extended length of time which is not a bad thing.
My main eras for listening tend to be 40's to 70's Jazz (though lean more on John Coltrane in recent years) & a lot of Ludovico Einaudi, along with Joss Stone, Lindsay Stirling, though I still listen to most other genres compared to most...other than yourself...
I may be flamed at some point but personally, especially at audio shows, I think there is too much Nirvana & Coldplay still hyped to death & beyond with now some New Country being thrown in the mix...
If I wanted to listen to any of that, I pick Roger Waters as he does actual listenable covers.
Early release of good music, that 3 to 4 or even 1 now is very true I have also found though sometimes not even an album is produced but limited EPs which don't amount to much sadly...
As always, keep up the great insights !
One day, be interesting to have a proper conversation with you either online or offline though till that happens, keep being amazingly awesome !
Hope you have a great day !
PDL
