From: cpratt	Date: September 25th, 2003 04:30 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Interesting article there Charlie. You also touched on something I've been thinking a lot about today - a modern tendency to just... how to put this... never try too hard at any one draft or take, because after all technology exists to help you splice it all together later on. Given that anything you produce can more or less easily and cheaply be replaced by a later version, why try hard at really nailing it during the recording? [This came up because, well, in the software industry, there's kind of a mantra that goes something like "well, we'll just patch it later or do a service release" - instead of really trying to get it right the first time, which seems less possible now that it ever has been... but I digress.]

Similarly, I think it's fascinating that you touch on what it's like to not have to think too much about what you're buying [or downloading], which seems also to lead to people collecting a lot of music they don't really listen to. God knows there have been plenty of times I've bought a record without really listening to it - when you're spoiled for choice, it's hard to just hunker down and pay attention to the recording you just bought. The first time I heard Kid 606's The Illness, I thought it sucked. Eventually I forced myself to listen to it on the CD player in my car a few times, and now I'm enthralled with its density. But, again, I digress.

Thanks for a good read.