Music Worth Hearing
Posted on | July 27, 2008 |
People often ask me what I listen to. The short answer is “everything”. But the more detailed answer is that the stuff that really gets me excited is a rare combination of elements.
Great music is important. Without it, there’s nothing really worth listening to. But it has to be performed well. Great performances of excellent music is a special thing. Finally, though, a stellar recording of that combination is what I REALLY love to hear. When all of those elements are in place…well, there’s not much better.
And this takes a special combination of a great piece performed by the right person (a specialist in that genre, or group of specialists) and a great team of recording/mixing/mastering people to make sure it comes through with all the power that happened during the performance.
A lot of this is subjective. I can’t tell you what a great piece of music is. You need to decide for yourself. Then you need to seek out those pieces that were well perfomed and recorded. When you find them, though, that’s music worth hearing.
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