IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER TROUBLES IN THE WORLD, IT SEEMS THE RECORDING INDUSTRY IS DESTROYING DYNAMIC RANGE

I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS INTERESTING COUPLE OF PIECES ABOUT THE RUINATION OF CD'S FOR THE SAKE OF TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE LOUDER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. WHAT A JOY. THE EQUIVALENT OF 'ALL CAPS' HAS TAKEN OVER THE MUSIC WORLD. THE SECOND PIECE DOES SOME IN-DEPTH WAVEFORM ANALYSIS ON THE MUSICAL DESTRUCTION WROUGHT ON SOME ACTUAL CD TRACKS. COOL STUFF AND A GOOD INTRO TO SOME RECORDING CONCEPTS. THE ARTICLES POINT OUT THAT THE BRAIN QUICKLY TIRES OF, AND INDEED, TUNES OUT 'MUSIC' THAT SOUNDS LIKE THIS BLOG ENTRY LOOKS. THIS POST REALLY SPELLS IT OUT, USING EXAMPLES FROM SEVERAL WELL KNOWN SONGS.

MODERN CULTURE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ABOUT a sense of proportion and being soothed by pleasant things AT ALL ANYMORE.