Shout Out
Desperately seeking a CD by the band Ganymede called "Space and Time." If you've got it and are willing to part with it, please contact me.
Not the download. The CD.
Not the download. The CD.
posted by Ted Rall at
2:05 PM
8 Comments:
Because the CD is better than the mp3...? If you are that particular about it, just get all the songs and burn them on a cd and viola, you have what you would buy.
It's available at Amazon, for $8.99.
The Amazon version is MP3. Need the CD. MP3s sound like crap on my stereo.
What bitrate are you ripping your MP3s at? I have all my CDs ripped at 320kbps and I can't tell that I'm listening to a compressed file. Granted, 320 is less compressed than the standard 170-190 but it still takes up far less space than a raw .wav file and I'm unable to distinguish the difference between the two when listening.
Sadly, most stores don't sell high-bitrate MP3s - another reason to forgo downloads for hard media. Of course, I could also mention that most musicians make more money when you buy a CD as opposed to an MP3 but nobody cares about the financial woes of musicians. Many independent musicians have taken to making their albums download-only because while they can sell T-shirts, they can't seem to sell albums on CD.
We've entered the era of lo-fi listening...and I hate it!
Perhaps I do not understand the fine or gross difference between the original CD and MP3 of Ganymede's "Space and Time." I listened to several audio clips I found via Google, and it all sounds like.........
Disco!
It's one of my dirty secrets. I like synthpop.
Dirty it is.
Synthpop lacks the authenticity of electronically amplified guitar strings recorded by an electric microphone and digitally mastered for playback on a computerized appliance. But what it lacks in down-home authenticity is more than compensated for by its ability to irritate tired old hippies.
I'll see your Black Flag and raise you one Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark.
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