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Sounds that "Date" music to a time or era

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craig223

Sounds that "Date" music to a time or era
« on: 7 Oct 2010, 01:48 pm »
With the holidays approaching, I remembered that Elvis classic Blue Christmas.  Can't stand the silly background vocals in that song and so many of the songs from the 50s and 60s.  During the 60s, every music producer seemed to think that any artist would sound better with a string ensemble dubbed in.  This type of stuff dates music to a particular time or era and prevents great artists from being enjoyed over the ages.  Don't even get me started on disco...

What ruins good music for you?
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thunderbrick

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Re: Sounds that "Date" music to a time or era
« Reply #1 on: 7 Oct 2010, 01:59 pm »
Remastering with horrible compression.  Hearing old songs where the instruments are made louder and vocals drowned out.  They call it a song because it is sung with instrumental back-up.  Otherwise it is just sound in a blender.

Now that I have pointed it out to my wife, even she can pick it out.  Are most recording engineers former roadies with total loss of hearing??? :duh:  Morons.
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nathanm

Re: Sounds that "Date" music to a time or era
« Reply #2 on: 8 Oct 2010, 03:05 pm »
The Autotune-Plugin-As-Deliberate-Effect is certainly going to date the music of today.
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Re: Sounds that "Date" music to a time or era
« Reply #3 on: 8 Oct 2010, 03:20 pm »
Quote from: nathanm on  8 Oct 2010, 03:05 pm
The Autotune-Plugin-As-Deliberate-Effect is certainly going to date the music of today.

Used in one song it was different and creative. (I didn't really like it, but that's ok too.) Used in every song, it's a substitute for creativity. Music is being cranked out like McDonalds churns out hamburgers and is about as memorable.

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