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Originally posted by Oldghm: Not sure if this one will brighten your day or not. It might help you understand why the songs you write or sing are not always accepted by your audience. I can’t say the information surprised me, but it is disappointing that a medium enjoyed by so many is only related to by the masses on a very basic level.
I read it as satire and found it hilarious. It was like watching someone trying to measure relevance with a ruler, potency with a pencil, empathy with entrails.
I deliberately cull longer words from the early drafts of my songs. I get better responses to the songs I write for the heart than the head anyway.
Thanks for resurrecting this question. I spent some time this afternoon looking through reviews of the PONO player.
Most of the naysayer reports appear to have been written between the time the PONO was announced and before it became available.
Interestingly, reviews from those that own the PONO praise the sound and claim that it is noticeably better than mp3s. The complaints are about the ergonomics, the ecosystem, the economics. Of course these could be fake reviews.
I don’t listen to much prerecorded music and I don’t use iTunes or any other subscription service for music. I don’t have much basis for comparison.
I have not heard Pono but last year I spent a considerable amount of money having a company convert about 2500 CDs into lossless FLAC files. I waited a long time to do this for several reasons, including hard drive size and costs and the complication factor. With hard drives that can hold much more than my CD collection costing a hundred bucks or so and with programs like Jriver doing all the work, I bit.
My take:
MP3 is almost always inferior; tiny, compressed and lacking…ummm…life? How’s that for a scientific analysis?
CDs almost always fail to sound as good as the FLAC files. I’m sure that some, but possibly not all, of this difference lies in the fact that the mastering has been redone for the high definition FLACs that can be downloaded from companies such as HD Tracks. But when I compare Springsteen’s Greatest Hits or Steely Dan’s Aja (purchased from HD Tracks), there’s really no comparison between the new FLACs and my older CDs; the FLACs offer a much deeper, fuller bass, a wider soundstage and depth as well as a much clearer and defined sound resulting, in some cases, an ability for me to hear instrumentation I had never heard before despite the decades of listening. On the other hand, some CDs sound fantastic on my system, even though I may not have had the chance to compare them to FLACs.
Then, there are SACDs, a format that I dearly hoped would take off but has ended up just being a cult thing. The SACD format is probably the best sounding of all but like Beta video, excellence does not mean marketability.
If Pono enables many more people to get back to hearing good high fidelity music in an accessible and ultimately affordable way, I am all for it! The MP3 generation has been robbed of high-end sound.
I should add that I’m not familiar with Tidal or Deezer but I’ll check them out. The article posted points out the frequency response and dynamic range issues, but IMO it’s more complex than that. I’m not sure about any ‘scientific’ findings but I know what I hear and, mostly, the improvements in sound are significant. As I mentioned earlier, I’m just not clear on how much the improvement is owed to the new technology versus the new care in mastering.
Yes, I changed the link, but it’s OK that you brought back the original link.
I imagine the introduction was in response to her being asked if she ever tired of singing At Seventeen.
When I hear an artist like her perform I have no doubts or second thoughts about my place in the pecking order of performing musicians. The cream rises to the top and in her case over and over again. Well deserved.
I like it when writers and performers take pride in their work.
When Janis Ian talks about how incredible it is to have ONE song resonate with so many, I can’t help but wonder how somebody like Dylan or Lennon and McCartney must feel; having dozens of songs that do the same things.
As for me, my granddaughter once said to me, “Papa, you are a good singer!” I’ll have to go with that…
Great video in St. Louis, but it looks (and sounds) like an L1 MII with a B2 to me as opposed to a Compact. Re: the video with High Plains Jamboree. Awesome!! But now I want to buy the Ear Trumpet Labs Myrtle mic! : )
Great video in St. Louis, but it looks (and sounds) like an L1 MII with a B2 to me as opposed to a Compact.
Well seen SoundGeek. I hadn't noticed it the first time I watched. I was more interested in what was being played. I've now got the video stopped at around 33:30 and have zoomed in. Here you can see the separate sub and the power stand.
Roy Buchanan ... a very much underrated musician. His guitar playing was always a statement. His vocals more of an understatement. His fellow peers knew what he had to offer and respected him for it. Many others did not. As with many good musicians ... he didn't live to old age, departing from us about about a month before his 49th birthday.
It was good going down this road again.
And thanks to you ST for this
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Thank you O.
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John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers. Reading the list of musicians who have been members of the Bluesbreakers is like reading a "Who's who" of musicians.
Still touring at 84 although he's had to cancel his tour dates for a while due to bad health (pneumonia). Apparently he's on the mend now and is hoping to get back to touring as soon as his health will allow it.
Here's a link to a Wikipedia article of the Band. Just have a look at who has been a member.
I've been thinking about this since Friday. He did so many great songs that we all know and I didn't want to just throw one out here, then today I was listening to this.
Seems like his guitar playing never got the attention his lyrics and singing did, but nobody ever played more tastefully, and to the song, than Tony Joe White.