My opinion is in many cases it is totally consistent artistically with the kind of music being performed, if not necessarily teh result of teh artists vision.
Most artists are not influential enough to control factors that affect the marketability of the product.
Perhaps with smaller indie labels.
It is what it is and in the end its mostly all good though often far from perfect.
Compressed or clipped dynamics are more bothersome to me than over loudness. They are three different things. With some pop/rock recordings, together they can constitute teh triple whammy for sure.
Not all women need look like Minka Kelly to be attractive nor act like Mother Teresa to be good.
BTW I believe myself to hold pretty high standards in general, but I am a big yin/yang person philosophically and as a result am able to not let recording quality cause me a dilemma these days.
Sure, they could all be better. So what? In the pseudo words of the immortal Frank ZAppa 'They are what they is".
Most artists are not influential enough to control factors that affect the marketability of the product.
Perhaps with smaller indie labels.
It is what it is and in the end its mostly all good though often far from perfect.
Compressed or clipped dynamics are more bothersome to me than over loudness. They are three different things. With some pop/rock recordings, together they can constitute teh triple whammy for sure.
Not all women need look like Minka Kelly to be attractive nor act like Mother Teresa to be good.
BTW I believe myself to hold pretty high standards in general, but I am a big yin/yang person philosophically and as a result am able to not let recording quality cause me a dilemma these days.
Sure, they could all be better. So what? In the pseudo words of the immortal Frank ZAppa 'They are what they is".