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How Spotify Will End The Loudness War

October 23, 2009 by Ian Shepherd Leave a Comment

The game has changed – forever.

It’s no longer about sounding great on CD, it’s no longer about sounding great on the radio.

It’s about sounding great on Spotify, and this is fantastic news for anyone who loves great-sounding music, because it means the so-called “Loudness Wars” are about to become an irrelevant footnote in history.

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Filed Under: Blog Posts, Commentary, Loudness, Mastering, Non-tech

Expectation and anticipation in music – the power of pentatonics

October 19, 2009 by Ian Shepherd 6 Comments


 
I love this video – it sums up so many things that are true and important about music to me.

But how does it work ? How do we know exactly what notes Bobby wants us to sing, even though the only clue we have is which way he’s jumping – and how far ?

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Filed Under: Blog Posts, Commentary, Non-tech Tagged With: inspiration, masterclass, musician, songwriting

Why I was wrong about Spotify

October 8, 2009 by Ian Shepherd 21 Comments

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Or, the importance of critical listening

Do you trust your hearing ?

Should you ?

There were several factors that led to me putting my foot in my mouth last week – or, my keyboard, perhaps that should be – in a post where I incorrectly announced that Spotify’s “Volume Normalisation” feature makes everything sound terrible (It doesn’t)

This post describes my mistakes, and contains some words of caution for anyone trying to decide if one thing sounds better than another. First I’ll tell you the factors that lead to my wrong conclusions, then I’ll explain how they tripped me up.

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Filed Under: Blog Posts Tagged With: compression, dynamic range, loudness, Mastering

Spotify – my mistake

October 1, 2009 by Ian Shepherd 12 Comments

This post ended up as a bit of a mess – if you read on you’ll see what I mean ! To find out why, read the next one.

I’m leaving it here because there are some sites linking in, and some people will find it useful, but if you really want to know what I think about Spotify and the Loudness Wars, please read my later post instead:

How Spotify will end the Loudness Wars

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Filed Under: Blog Posts, Commentary Tagged With: compression, dynamic range, loudness, mistakes

 

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