Well honestly I think I can say that A. my professor has revealed himself to be Irish(I feel like a moron for missing his name during the first class) and B. That apparently my generations taste for music has been highly impoverished due to the fact that we’ve compressed it to a felt-like non-existence. While this compression includes data compression, it also refers to dynamic compression, something that I was aware of, but didn’t really know the extent of until a few days ago. I was kind of dismayed to scroll through my various songs on iTunes and find that the sound quality doesn’t really change. I can fully say that I prefer dynamic music as opposed to compressed music, but asides going to a concert(which I also had my mind blown at the reveal that live music can be compressed).
I rather enjoyed the counter example of Frank Sinatra who I think is a pressing point as to why sound manipulation is important to the music medium. I’m pissed off rather at the fact that music producers/company have continued to sell me crap throughout my life.
This class in general continues to astound me, for it’s not what I expected in any sense or regard, but I’ll take it, as I’ve been given the chance to open my mind and think. After all, when you brought up the point about the two selves, the private and the public, I was blown back. Thank you for the metaphorical opening of the gates.
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