[BC] Making music worth listening to

[Cowboy]

On Monday 22 October 2007 04:21 pm, Robert Orban wrote:

>  I often wonder if this kind of sound is what unconsciously impels 
>  people not to buy CDs. Yet the illegally filed-shared MP3s have been 
>  subject to the same mastering and this doesn't keep people from 
>  downloading them. So I'm not ready to say that current mastering 
>  practices are what are driving people away from paying for music. 

 In this business, some of us are well aware of the subliminal reasons
 people do things, like tune out.

 It's not unreasonable to presume that a "good" cut might be worth
 something, say $12 or $14 for the CD, BUT.....
 squash it and crush it to death, now the same cut is worth maybe $3
 but only because the listener still likes the song in spite of, not because
 of, the over-processing.

 It just seems like too much of less is more.
 Much less quality is much more costly.
 What's the point ?

-- 
Cowboy