albums
While reading up in my recent copy of Records & Prices...some of the dealers and artists (like Elvis Costello) are frustrated with sales. They speak about the lifespan of a CD, and how short it is. Now a days, people dump all their CDs into a mp3 player and sell back their CDs. I myself am not that way. I have a mp3 player on my phone and use it occasionally, but it's not my main source of music. The ol' trusty turn table has always been there for me.
Elvis Costello seems to think that artists should just upload a few tunes and let people download what the want; he thinks that albums (complete albums, not just a group of singles or songs) are dead. That, to me, is sad. Bob Dylan also said this: "We all like records that are played on record players, but let's face it, those days are gon-n-n-e. You do the best you can, you fight that technology in all kinds of ways, but I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past twenty years, really. You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them. There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like -- static. Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded 'em."
And I as well am frustrated, it sucks when current music trends/scenes are made up of just songs and not albums. Artists (not all) just seem to want that hit single, not a great album. If I were an artist, I would get it through my head that I have control over the listners ears. That's the great thing about mono, you're hearing exactly what the musician/producer wants you to hear, it was designed that way.
I'd love to hear what others have to say about this.