Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds

["L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

One of the rencent CDs that really caught my attention is Finks record 
"Biscuits for Breakfast"i caught his show in Switzerland and he sounds 
just like the record.Backstage i talked to him and he told me that the 
record was made basically live with very few overdubs and very minimal 
compression in the mastering,then again they are a trio and the space in 
their music obviously helps,Calexico is another band i enjoy listening to 
they are 7 musicians but their music breathes and has a lot of space ,love 
that in music!

www.myspace.com/luisangulocom


--- On Thu, 1/8/09, richard sales <richard@glasswing.com> wrote:

> From: richard sales <richard@glasswing.com>
> Subject: Re: OT Re: Beer Budget CD Release ...headache from cds
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 4:15 PM
> If you want a good read on this topic - and learn more than
> you might want to know about compressors, EQ etc, read Bob
> Katz' book Mastering Audio.  It's great reading and
> he lays into the topic with full, irrefutable force.
> 
> It's a really great book and I learned a lot reading
> it.
> 
> Quite often CDs are compressed for listening in cars.  Then
> it goes out over the radio and is compressed again.  I
> can't listen to much music on radio anymore - sometimes
> it just sounds SO AWFUL - even crackly and thin.
> 
> But I think that's why the record we did last year got
> so much airplay - because it wasn't compressed to death.
>  Then when it played on the radio (and got compressed) it
> got all these great comments about the fidelity etc.
> 
> That was mastered by Gavin Lurssen.  And he's really
> great!
> 
> R
> 
> richard sales
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> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Matthew F. McCabe wrote:
> 
> > On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Per Boysen wrote:
> >> 
> >> Most people listen to music in noisy cars or in
> public areas where the
> >> music just disappears into the background noise if
> not compressed that
> >> way. People need to stop listening to music and
> start listening to
> >> music!
> > 
> > I don't know.  I've found that when listening
> to FM radio, turning up the volume in an attempt to hear
> individual instruments has the opposite effect - things get
> muddy or "out of focus" if you will.  Turning it
> down, seems to help, plus it reduces ear fatigue.  However,
> the best solution is turning off the radio off altogether!
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > ---
> > www.kingnever.com --> the music
> > www.finleysound.com --> the studio
> > 
> 
> richard sales
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