Great article.I am totally into music and high end gear. My favorite recordings are actually “bootleg” recordings that I have taped or got from friends. A field recording that is done with high end equipment can produce unbelievable results.
My best tape ever was Roy Buchanan’s last concert on August 7 ,1988 in my hometown of Guilford,Connecticut.My buddies and I set up a 10 foot mic stand with 2 Nakamichi CM 300 mics twenty five feet from the stage and recorded on Sony portable cassette decks.The result is BETTER than practically most officially released Live albums. The proper equipment placed in the proper place can be awesome.
Todays overproduced “music” is mostly garbage. Throw into the mix the compressed signal....no thanks. When I listen to music its gonna be a Live Concert taped by someone who had the killer mics set up..too many to choose from for me.
I hope we eventually get a revolt against all of this. Surely the number of pop starlets getting busted lip syncing will lead to a larger desire to have people with actual talent. There are many bands out there with it that don’t have to resort to studio trickery and hopefully people will start seeking them out.