Are MP3's ruining music?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 27, 2007 11:18 am

Some would argue that Pop Music has been ruined by manufactured pop stars that record companies are too quick to turn out. New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » September 27, 2007 12:22 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Some would argue that Pop Music has been ruined by manufactured pop stars that record companies are too quick to turn out. New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc.

Manufactured "pop" stars are nothing new and didn't begin with any of those acts.

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » September 27, 2007 12:26 pm

LIPH wrote:The music business was ruined back in the 1980s the first day MTV was on the air. mp3s have nothing to do with it.

Oh the irony of saying the music business is ruined on a musician's fan site.

moog · Post by **moog** » September 27, 2007 12:40 pm

blackjack wrote:Oh yeah, the quality on those vinyls with the hissing and cracking was great and tapes in a Walkman... can't be beat.

I never wrote that vinyl was great. However, I took care of my albums and eventually in the 30th century I'll archive them. Never had a Walkman.

Not sure if you directed that to me anyway since that was below my uncompressed post.

moog · Post by **moog** » September 27, 2007 12:44 pm

LIPH wrote:The music business was ruined back in the 1980s the first day MTV was on the air. mp3s have nothing to do with it.

Yep. MCgreed. But that's been an issue since the 1950's. On the other hand is the business really ruined? I think it's reinventing itself minus the RIAA empire.

Maybe some day we'll have hard drives to play music in cars and stereo systems. Then one can have a choice to what format to use.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » September 27, 2007 2:59 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:
LIPH wrote:The music business was ruined back in the 1980s the first day MTV was on the air. mp3s have nothing to do with it.
Oh the irony of saying the music business is ruined on a musician's fan site.

If the "Who's the Blonde Stranger" video didn't kill music, I don't think anything will.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » September 27, 2007 3:16 pm

chippewa wrote:
jonesbeach10 wrote:
LIPH wrote:The music business was ruined back in the 1980s the first day MTV was on the air. mp3s have nothing to do with it.
Oh the irony of saying the music business is ruined on a musician's fan site.
If the "Who's the Blonde Stranger" video didn't kill music, I don't think anything will.

Whatcha talkin' 'bout? That video stands as one of Buffett's finest cinematic moments next to La Vie Dansante.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » September 27, 2007 5:04 pm

moog wrote:
blackjack wrote:Oh yeah, the quality on those vinyls with the hissing and cracking was great and tapes in a Walkman... can't be beat.
I never wrote that vinyl was great. However, I took care of my albums and eventually in the 30th century I'll archive them. Never had a Walkman.

Not sure if you directed that to me anyway since that was below my uncompressed post.

my point about vinyl was it captured the PUREST sound of the recording. The first time you played that vinyl nothing sounded better. The closest they ever came to that sound was Reel To Reel. Believe it or not most 8 Track tapes were actually the same quality tape as Reel To Reel.

Digital may be better these days but not when it is compressed as much.

Also, look at your CD's. If it say AAD that means it went through two stages of Analog before it got to Digital. For the purest Digital sound the CD must say DDD.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » September 27, 2007 6:06 pm

Even though there's been vast improvements in CDs since their inception I still prefer analog over a bunch of zeros and ones. I don't mind MP3s as long as they don't become the norm. Thing is, the casual listener doesn't seem to either notice or care, therein lies the danger.

PJ · Post by PJ » September 27, 2007 7:04 pm

Tiki Torches wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:Some would argue that Pop Music has been ruined by manufactured pop stars that record companies are too quick to turn out. New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc.
Manufactured "pop" stars are nothing new and didn't begin with any of those acts.

Exactly, look at Milli Vanilli. At least they did have to give their Grammy back. Today lipsynching is a standard, accepted practice, but I digress.

And to comment on what blackjack said, you may hear things you've never heard when listening on an iPod with headphones or earbuds, but that's because the sound is being pushed right into your ear. There are several instances where I have been listening via headphones to CDs that I have had for a long time and I pick up something subtle, a cymbal tap, the pop of a finger moving up a guitar string, etc. It isn't that it wasn't there before, or that my stereo system didn't play it, it was that the sound got filtered out by ambient noise when coming out of the stereo speaker.

Tiki Torches · Post by **Tiki Torches** » September 27, 2007 7:31 pm

PJ wrote:
Tiki Torches wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:Some would argue that Pop Music has been ruined by manufactured pop stars that record companies are too quick to turn out. New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc.
Manufactured "pop" stars are nothing new and didn't begin with any of those acts.
Exactly, look at Milli Vanilli. At least they did have to give their Grammy back. Today lipsynching is a standard, accepted practice, but I digress.

I actually meant teen pop stars in general but Milli Vanilli will work in a pinch.