Bob Dylan says Recording Technology Sucks
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Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.
"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Dylan, who released eight studio albums in the past two decades, returns with his first recording in five years, Modern Times, next Tuesday.
Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."
"You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them," he added. "There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like ... static."
Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it's a losing battle.
"Even these songs probably sounded 10 times better in the studio when we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it."
He's one artist that will probably never find a place in my collection, but I do respect his views (to a degree). I like being able to understand my lyrics, and I don't care much for atonal harmonica: which is why Blues Traveler and a couple of other bands also don't really work for me.
Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.
"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Dylan, who released eight studio albums in the past two decades, returns with his first recording in five years, Modern Times, next Tuesday.
Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."
"You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them," he added. "There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like ... static."
Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it's a losing battle.
"Even these songs probably sounded 10 times better in the studio when we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it."
He's one artist that will probably never find a place in my collection, but I do respect his views (to a degree). I like being able to understand my lyrics, and I don't care much for atonal harmonica: which is why Blues Traveler and a couple of other bands also don't really work for me.
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Date: 2006-08-23 07:34 pm (UTC)The other problem with maxed-average bandwidth is that the variations in tone quality and internal volume mix become lost or distorted. For old bands like Rush, Boston or Blue Oyster Cult, this is fatal.