Music
The Death of High Fidelity
Have you purchased a Billboard top 10 CD lately? If you have, more often that not, it’s probably very loud. That’s awesome, isn’t it? Not exactly. Most of the public is unaware of this, but this is probably the worst thing you could do to sound reproduction. This is done through a process called Dynamic Range Compression (DRC). In simple terms, it reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. In a normal song, there are highs and lows. Quiet chapters, and loud chapters. With excessive DRC, all the nuance and range between different parts of the song are lost. To the untrained ear, this might sound good since records with heavy DRC are louder. However, you are not hearing what the artist intended you to hear through their music. It’s akin to going to an art gallery, and then having the curator smearing paint all over the art because they think it’s better that way. Generally speaking, many people have never heard a pristine, clean recording, so they have no frame of reference as to what something with minimal compression sounds like. The video below illustrates the detriment DRC is to modern recordings. It really hit the nail on the head.
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Enter To Win Blink 182 Tickets at MSG on October 4, 2009
California skate-punk trio Blink 182 employed a snappy mix of punk-pop and humor that appealed to a whole new generation of rock fans too young to have fully appreciated Green Day’s initial impact. These third (or fourth) generation punks became the linchpin of an entire movement; any late-1990s/early-2000s kid whose life revolved around skateboarding, the Vans Warped tours, and multiple body piercings probably made a place of honor in his collection for the colorfully titled Enema Of The State and Take Off Your Pants & Jacket. The band went on indefinite hiatus in 2005, and guitarist Tom Delonge introduced his new band, Angels And Airwaves, in 2006. In 2009, Blink 182 reunited for a much anticipated tour. Continue Reading »
Enter to Win Tickets to See Barbra Streisand at the Village Vanguard
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Barbra Streisand in an intimate club (Village Vanguard, 100+ seats).
To celebrate Barbra Streisand’s new album Love is the Answer, she will be performing at an exclusive intimate, private venue in NYC. Her performance at the Village Vanguard is where she last opened for Miles Davis in 1961, and will prove to be a once in a lifetime experience for the lucky hundred people attending.
Enter to win 2 tickets to see Barbra Streisand perform live at the Village Vanguard on September 26, 2009.
No Purchase Necessary Sweepstakes ends 9/22/09. Odds depend on number of eligible entries received.
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