Danny Danzi Wrote:
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> Nik, I absolutely hate that too! That's one of the
> services I provide in my studio business. I can't
> tell you how many jobs I've walked away from that
> wanted that loud, smashed sound. When done
> correctly, a good master will turn up and up
> without distortion and without killing the dynamic
> value of music.
>
> The story behind what they call "the loudness
> wars" is quite silly as well as a major
> degradation in sound. However, there ARE some acts
> that benefit from this because their music is best
> enjoyed aggressively. But for melodic Myles, it
> totally kills the nice ups and downs that help us
> to enjoy music. When the dynamics are gone and all
> you get is a loud, smashed sound, you can also get
> ear fatigue from it because it's just balls open
> and never cuts back. Why people think that is
> important, I'll never understand. Then again,
> we've been dealing with people that listen to
> music through phone speakers and crappy ear buds.
> So it doesn't surprise me that they'd crash and
> burn with brick walled audio too. Sad.
>
> Danny

Danny - good to see you raise your profile. Was it 2001 (?) we chatted briefly at Maximes in Wigan, you were regretting the "plastic" stage clothing !! hot work !!
Anyway, more importantly, the "sound" of CDs is a bit of an obsession with me so interested to read your comments. Can I ask you to name 1 recent CD you think sounds great ? I'm keen to reference - thanks.