ha Only The Lonely. I had that on a playlist a few years back. That with The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" and The Crystals "And Then He Kissed Me", dabble on Sinatra "Strangers in the Night", and Elvis Costello "Shipbuilding" and tou have the start of a nice little hi fidelity playlist.
> ha Only The Lonely. I had that on a playlist a few > years back. That with The Beach Boys "God Only Knows" > and The Crystals "And Then He Kissed Me", dabble on > Sinatra "Strangers in the Night", and Elvis Costello > "Shipbuilding" and tou have the start of a nice little hi > fidelity playlist.
Your mentioning fidelity reminded me I recently busted out a portable turntable my wife got me a few years back. Just never had the time. But I bought a Stan Getz / Astrid Gilberto album at some antique shop a month or two ago (three bucks), and put that thing on while we were doing some landscaping out back, and oh how glorious! I miss
Funny. I grew up on grooves, then basked in the seeming audio perfection of digital... but that aura of the scratchy old album put the digital stuff to shame.
I wanted so bad to like records and to like liking records - buying them, collecting them, listening to them - but I didn't grow up with them and never had anyone cheerleading their audio quality (or even value, tbh - I assume(d) cassettes were just as good/all the same), so transitioning to cassettes to CD to all digital was effortless for me. Still, I realize the audio quality is not important for me, as the quality of the recording or just being able to hear the music unencumbered (keeping decent headphones, a decent small headphone amp, and just proper bitrate audio files) is all I concern myself with. Scratchy Punk Rock and lo fi Black Metal can sound just like those - sounds good on tape and almost any format. Stuff recorded with impeccable equipment and attention to detail, keeping the Average Consumer's(TM) home equipment in mind (at one time mono, then stereo, but always analog (once upon a time)) should sound like that - high end and "immaculate" recordings (sonic-wise, anyway).
So circling back to my point - if I can hear the music and nothing is f***ing it up, I am happy. :)
> So circling back to my point - if I can hear the music > and nothing is f***ing it up, I am happy. :)
I've come to prefer silence most of the time. But if/when I do get the tune craving, I prefer the serendipity of good 'ole terrestrial radio disk jockeys.
Okay.. when I need a specific song - especially repeatedly - I turn to Alexa. But that's pretty rare unless the wife and I are in the throes of an alcohol-fueled reminisce fest. But that's become a lot less because age. Ugh.
My experience is think of song I want to listen to, listen on NewPipe (YouTube front end for Android) while downloading from NewPipe. Then into MUSIC-MAIN folder on Micro SD on phone. Done and done :)
You have me thinking I need to migrate to a "the fun is in getting there" attitude about music, because creating my own will almost certainly be more fun than sucking others' musical teats.
"Creating" doesn't necessarily mean "a new song". It can be noodling. It can mean performing others' songs.
What it's *not* is connecting to an external music IV.
my musical talents range from "these sounds could theoretically become a rhythm" to "newbie Outsider amateur who means well" and nothing beyond that or in between. No musical talent here. I envy all who have it, lol.
> my musical talents range from "these sounds could > theoretically become a rhythm" to "newbie Outsider amateur > who means well" and nothing beyond that or in between. No > musical talent here. I envy all who have it, lol.
I'm not talking about whether or not what you create is "good" by your or others' standards. I'm talking about the joy of doing it. It can be humming or whistling while pounding out rhythms on one's thighs. Or whatever. The theory is that getting fully into whatever you attempt will be more fulfilling than taking a hit off the created-by-professional-musicians pipe.
And don't forget that practice makes perfect. Enjoy the perfecting process!