Why Lots of Current Music Sounds Miserable...


Hi everyone! I haven't posted here for quite a while. While going through the pile of "Professional Trade Magazines" I receive at my video editing and media duplication company; I came across a copy of "Electronic Musician". As I'm sure you all probably know by now, the vast majority of recorded music being churned out these days is done on digital workstations. There on the cover in bold letter was the title - "Make Your Mixes As Loud As Possible". So next time you get a CD so hopelessly loud and compressed it makes your ears hurt, just keep in mind that that's what music
"professionals" are being urged to pump out.
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I wondered when I saw this who would buy crap like that, but then I realized all the little thumpers on the road must really go for it...
I usually find three things about threads about the recording quality of modern releases.

1.The person making them doesn't buy very much new music.

2.Examples of compression (and yes of course it happens)are thin on the ground.

3.Examples are given of genres which the poster admits they would never play in their high end system.

Just some observations.
Try hearing that crap on stats, all the flaws are exposed and multipied...OUCH