Not really. Many persons "in the music business" are experts on the
music per se, and not necessarily on computer technology. For
example, the person who auditions the classical music groups (whom I
talked about in a previous email) was an accomplished orchestra and
chamber music musician, with an extensive knowledge of the classical
repertoire--and of the administrative and business side of music. I
suspect she's typical of people who are managing concert series and
hiring musicians. Knowing music, and knowing what's good and bad:
that's her job.
Also typical: like most musicians, she leaves the business of
recording and reproducing music to the recording engineers. That's
THEIR job. Musicians can tell if the finished product is good or
bad, but the technical side of making a good recording, and putting
it in distributable form--that's the responsibility of the recording
engineer, the producer, and the manufacturer.
It's really unfair to expect expertise in so many fields, from any
one person or type of person. E.g. Joshua Bell, whose business is
definitely music, gets paid for playing the violin, not for knowing
what type of digital file fits best on your computer. It would be
nice if he could tell you how all the digital music formats work, and
how to get the best sound reproduction on your own setup, but I sure
wouldn't expect it.
--Constance
On Jan 18, 2010, at 10:44 AM, mike wrote:
The average comsumer will not...but someone whose business is music
should
be educated enough to know.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Constance Warner
<[email protected]> wrote:
And I kind of doubt that the average consumer is going to educate
himself/herself on the comparative quality of various types of
digital music
files, or to become an expert in exactly how to rig output devices
to get
the best fidelity sound (the way the old hi-fi geeks used to do).
He/She is
going to download the music in whatever way is quickest and most
convenient,
and put it on his/her iPod to listen to on the subway or while
walking the
dog. Which isn't a bad thing; long subway rides are monotonous
and boring,
and it's nice to have songs piped into your ears to make the ride
seem
shorter.
But, under the circumstances, the sound quality won't be the same
as you'd
get from a CD. (Which is why I'm going to continue buying them,
even though
it's an "obsolete" consumer product.)
--Constance Warner
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