HSayz: the Return of the Lo-Fi
HSayz: the Return of the Lo-Fi
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lo-fi is kinda stupid to me considering we are in the age of digital. Why make things sound lo-fi on purpose when you can make them sound halfway decent?
Lo-fi isn't a type of music, it's what the recording sounds like due to recording restrictions. I guess i'm not into the layer 400 things with distortion to make it sound lofi thang. Why make it sounds like a 4 track bounced 400 times when you can make it sound good?
Lo-fi isn't a type of music, it's what the recording sounds like due to recording restrictions. I guess i'm not into the layer 400 things with distortion to make it sound lofi thang. Why make it sounds like a 4 track bounced 400 times when you can make it sound good?
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I guess you have a point, but i've always kind of liked the sound, maybe that's why people do that. I definately preferred the sound of Sebadoh and Pavement when they were the lower end of the fi scale. ...Jesus, what a garbled sentence. hey ho..strat0tele wrote:lo-fi is kinda stupid to me considering we are in the age of digital. Why make things sound lo-fi on purpose when you can make them sound halfway decent?
Lo-fi isn't a type of music, it's what the recording sounds like due to recording restrictions. I guess i'm not into the layer 400 things with distortion to make it sound lofi thang. Why make it sounds like a 4 track bounced 400 times when you can make it sound good?
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Some people perfer the "warmth" of a lo-fi recording. To some, digital can sound artificial at times. But lo-fi isn't just about a style of recording, it's about the principles of indie-rock. You could say that with the increase of digital music, there's also been a change in indie-rock to become more corporate. Lo-fi is kinda like a return to the roots. But to me, lo-fi means anything DIY--no matter what it sounds like.
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You have a point as well. Music is music, if it sounds good regardless of what you do, it's good.Rigsby wrote:I guess you have a point, but i've always kind of liked the sound, maybe that's why people do that. I definately preferred the sound of Sebadoh and Pavement when they were the lower end of the fi scale. ...Jesus, what a garbled sentence. hey ho..strat0tele wrote:lo-fi is kinda stupid to me considering we are in the age of digital. Why make things sound lo-fi on purpose when you can make them sound halfway decent?
Lo-fi isn't a type of music, it's what the recording sounds like due to recording restrictions. I guess i'm not into the layer 400 things with distortion to make it sound lofi thang. Why make it sounds like a 4 track bounced 400 times when you can make it sound good?
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I see what you mean.NickCohen wrote:Some people perfer the "warmth" of a lo-fi recording. To some, digital can sound artificial at times. But lo-fi isn't just about a style of recording, it's about the principles of indie-rock. You could say that with the increase of digital music, there's also been a change in indie-rock to become more corporate. Lo-fi is kinda like a return to the roots. But to me, lo-fi means anything DIY--no matter what it sounds like.
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I think fidelity is often part of the music. Like writing a symphony for different concert halls, its nice to play music to match a particular fidelity. "Play to the fidelity," that's one of my favorite sayings.
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I can see your point here for sure but on the other hand lo-fi is more relevant than ever considering the great contrast it poses to all the shiny perfect music out there today. Even "indie" bands are starting to sound all glossy and perfect.strat0tele wrote:lo-fi is kinda stupid to me considering we are in the age of digital. Why make things sound lo-fi on purpose when you can make them sound halfway decent?
Lo-fi isn't a type of music, it's what the recording sounds like due to recording restrictions. I guess i'm not into the layer 400 things with distortion to make it sound lofi thang. Why make it sounds like a 4 track bounced 400 times when you can make it sound good?
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And they have very organised hair too, it's all pretty stylised now, and in a 'pro' way, not a home-made dressing up way. Shame. Can't explain why exactly, just seems like a shame.tylerbcrawford wrote:Even "indie" bands are starting to sound all glossy and perfect.
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YEAH, I hate indie rock now. Really. WaYYYYYY to overprouced and glossy. I hate all music, infact, except musique concrete, tone poems, and lo-fi.
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The reason why I think it seems so lame is that something like indie which started out as a statement and this thing all about raw 4 track recordings and all that jazz turned into somthing that's all about being "pretty" and "polished" (which is the exact opposite of what it started as).Rigsby wrote:And they have very organised hair too, it's all pretty stylised now, and in a 'pro' way, not a home-made dressing up way. Shame. Can't explain why exactly, just seems like a shame.tylerbcrawford wrote:Even "indie" bands are starting to sound all glossy and perfect.
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