Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : boraxman
From : StormTrooper
Date : Wed Apr 30 2025 05:15 am

 bo>  LAstly, streaming doesn't help at all.  If you produce an album,
 bo> intended to be
 bo>  listened to from start to finish, you can mix it so that each musical
 bo> component
 bo>  is at a particular level.  Perhaps you have a LOT of layers,
 bo> instruments to fit
 bo>  in to the soundspace, you need to mix carefully, so that they all are
 bo> distinct.
 bo>  But if its going to be played with streaming services, you have the
 bo> same issue  with radio.  Someone is going to listen to something from a
 bo> completely  different artist, genre, producer, and your song will come,

There was a time I'd agree with that. But I think that was either done, or in severe decline by the end of the 70s.  After that its wsa nothing to buy an album for some track, and the rest were a bunch of duds.  

ST

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