And I assume you just want to conveniently ignore the fact that I completely dissected the entire gist of your Fast Food book without ever touching it
And like the fast food book, anyone who cares to think about this stuff knows it. It's common sense of business practice. Small minded people just don't think about it.
Hey buddy, let me give you the next one
Radio Stations!
Yes that's right radio stations!
You think they play your favorite music . . . but really they are just a platform
. . . a platform for advertising!
And by using data analytics and statistical analysis they find which songs are most likely to retain the listener's attention
and playlists are shorter because . . familiarity. .
so it's like the song is only used to uphold a platform for advertisement
mr know it all. YOU may actually know these things. but others do not. how many times do we have to say this? I understand computer programming but most people do not. so you will never hear me say "its common knowledge.." when its not COMMON.
To think everyone knows this is to think everyone is just like you. they are not. you may have a gift.
let me introduce you to something you have probably heard about but didnt know the true details about. the Loudness War and when it really started.
#4. Reducing Sound Quality So You Perceive a Song as "Louder"
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Due to the way the human brain works, there is a formula for making a song into a hit (we broke down the numbers here), and one of the most important elements for the last few decades has been "loudness." But wait a second -- how can record companies determine how "loud" a song is when we're the ones with our hands on the volume knob?
It has to do with how the track is engineered. The trend started as far back as the days of jukeboxes, when producers noted that certain tracks got better reactions than others, and a lot of it came down to how loud the song was perceived to be when it started playing. Over the years, through science that produces screenshots like this ...
Via Youtube
Oh, man, we haven't heard that song in ages!
... it was discovered that you could use a technique called dynamic range compression to amplify the quieter parts of the melody to match the louder tracks like drums and bass. The difference is demonstrated masterfully here:
The result is a song that has a more "in your face" quality at first listen. And that's exactly what record labels want: a song that grabs your attention right away. So what's the problem?
Well, it's sort of ruining the music. See, there used to be limits to how horribly you could mangle the dynamics of a song when analog equipment was the only way to record. But digital technology did away with that shyt, and now record labels are free to blast your eardrums with all the unnecessary noise they think you can handle. In many cases, classic albums from the analog days were taken back into the studio, ruined, and then marketed as "digitally remastered."
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Because if there's one thing Depeche Mode needed in order to be a good band, it was loudness.
That's how we found ourselves staring down the business end of the Loudness War, the music industry's attempt to address the growing prevalence of shytty ear bud headphones turning every song up to 11.
And the thing is, most of you didn't even know this was happening until now -- it's hard to perceive what's wrong until you hear the unaltered version. This happened with Metallica's album Death Magnetic. On the same day the album was released to retail outlets, it was also made available as a playable download in the video game Guitar Hero. It didn't take especially attentive fans long to notice that the non-game album sounds like complete ass when compared to the Guitar Heroversion. Why? Because the latter hadn't had its levels pegged to eliminate all range:
Via Recordinghacks.com
Because if there's one thing Metallica needed help with, it was loudness.
Fans started an online petition to force the band to remaster the album, and Lars Ulrich respondedexactly in the manner you'd expect the guy who destroyed Napster to reply.
The worst part about all of this is that it's more than just a matter of taste. Your booty may crave the beat, but your brain and ears need dynamics and sound diversity to keep engaged. Without them, one succumbs to ear fatigue, and there's even danger of actual hearing loss. There hasn't been a Metallica album worth that kind of risk since the mid-'80s.
status to me.
