Compression

Too much compression is bad. Not the type of compression that makes your music tracks into MP3's, the type that evens out tracks in the recording process. Sure, everything is louder but what you loose is dynamics. This is the main battle in the loudness wars you hear about all the time. Super compressed files sound nice and even but have no quiet parts and loud parts. Without dynamics, you start to loose...something...emotion?...feeling?...I don’t know what it is but it is the reason old records sound so good. They have dynamics. They are not so loud so you have to turn up your volume to hear all of the stuff that is going on in them and the really loud parts rock and the really quiet parts are amazing. I’m not saying that compression is all bad. It is especially useful on individual tracks where the performance was less that even. The real problem as I see it is that it can become a crutch. Work more on your performance and less on your mix and you will get a better recording. So often it is the other way around these days. I could go on and on...

Turns out that I am not teaching Montessori Teacher Training this summer like I thought I was. Very disappointed. I now have no idea what to do with my 2.5 weeks of vacation. The hubby says he cannot go on a vacation with me. We had not planned to anyway. Heck, I was going to beautiful South Ogden, Utah in the mountains and getting paid to do so. Bummer. I must be insane because I am actually considering a raw foods retreat.

The coupon queen has a new hobby. Getting free stuff in my mailbox via the internet. Recent scores: KY, magazine subscriptions, a purse, aquarium supplies, cat food, granola bars, cereal, etc.
The hubby and I took advantage of my discount devotion yesterday by going to see Smart People for free (It sucked) and then going to McCormick and Schmicks, where we got 20 dollars off - which meant that my 16.95 meal was really only 6.95. Where can you get a fabulous seafood dinner for only 6.95? I rock the recession, baby.

Come see the hubby and I perform with Two Star at the Opening of Discovery Green. We are gonna be on the big stage like rock stars at 8 p.m.. Best of all - it is free.

New Bjork video meant to watched in 3D. Here it is in 2D. The creators went into nature and did mushrooms to come up with the concept.
watch it here