ITunes and the death of liner notes

15 years ago

aww, y'all are too rough on TL ...

And my brother is the best drummer in the world, so i kinda had to stop reading at that point...;-p

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KimW

15 years ago

Andie, if your brother is the 2nd best drummer in the world,then the article is important! Its about how liner notes are dissapearing,and without them 3/4 the information of the music is missing.
(Of course I say 2nd best because *I* am the best!

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Andie

15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Andie, if your brother is the 2nd best drummer in the world,then the article is important! Its about how liner notes are dissapearing,and without them 3/4 the information of the music is missing.
(Of course I say 2nd best because *I* am the best!

)

Maybe I should fwd it to him, because he'd understand that all much better than I do.........lol
He'd probably resent the term 'drummer' even, he is a percussion professor at N. Mich. university and if you feel up to have a go against him, I'll dare ya~hehe

in case you are interested (or bored enough)...
Andie's big Brother #2

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KimW

15 years ago

lol, you win!

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Andie 15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

lol, you win!
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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

I used to read liner notes all the time. Sometimes they were great, other times they didn't say much at all, and other times they were just weird. Regardless, liner notes were a way of getting a deeper connection with the artist as they (for the most part) chose what those notes would say.

However, there were almost always space limitations, which often left me wanting to know even more. Perhaps that was part of the strategy.

That being said, I suppose it would be possible for artists to include digital liner notes with their music. The nice thing is that, being text, they would have a lot more freedom to write as much as they want.

On the other hand, perhaps it was only a minority who ever read them in the first place (I still do when I buy new CDs, which is very rare), so it could be in response to that.

Now when I'm going through YouTube to listen to music, I will go to Wikipedia or Google to learn more about the band. However, this isn't quite the same as liner notes, but it does satisfy the curiosity to some extent.

Rock on!
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KimW

15 years ago

The Ultimate Liner notes?
Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick!

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Greg Wildermuth

Okay drummers, do we need to have an Animal-meets-Buddy-Rich style showdown here?

I don't know, but if you know a drummer looking to be in a band...let me know.

We are, as usual, having a heckuva time finding the right drummer.

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Bill Farnham

15 years ago

For some reason I never hear those 'liner notes' when I listen to music. They must be part of the solo portion of the tune.

Solo I can't hear them...:p

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

I miss the days of going to the record store, buying a vinyl LP, opening it
up, and reading.

Just to see who wrote what songs (especially with the Beatles stuff) was
so cool.

You'd be surprised how many big hits by established rock bands were written
by well known composers and NOT by the band members themselves.

Oh those were the days.

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ThomM

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

I miss the days of going to the record store, buying a vinyl LP, opening it
up, and reading.

Just to see who wrote what songs (especially with the Beatles stuff) was
so cool.

You'd be surprised how many big hits by established rock bands were written
by well known composers and NOT by the band members themselves.

Oh those were the days.

As soon as I put the record on for the first time, I would read the liner notes while listening. I still do that with new CD's.

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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

As soon as I put the record on for the first time, I would read the liner notes while listening. I still do that with new CD's.

The problem with CDs is the print is so small I can't read it. Of course, back
in the 70s, my eyes were better too.
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- KimW 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  As soon as I put the record on for the first time, I would read the liner notes while listening. I still do that with new CD's.
  
  I did/do the same thing ( though I rarely buy CDs anymore,I have to confess I usually get songs off ITunes).
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  The problem with CDs is the print is so small I can't read it. Of course, back
  in the 70s, my eyes were better too.
  
  I agree Steven. I know I am only a <cough> few years<cough> older than you guys, after cataract surgery in both eyes can make reading anything difficult,much less the miniature writing in CD case liner notes.
  
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  ThomM 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  The problem with CDs is the print is so small I can't read it. Of course, back
  in the 70s, my eyes were better too.
  
  I was going to mention the reading glasses I need to wear when reading the CD liner notes:rolleyes:
  
  Originally Posted by KimW
  
  I did/do the same thing ( though I rarely buy CDs anymore,I have to confess I usually get songs off ITunes).
  
  I haven't made it to ITunes yet.
  Heck I don't even know what you play ITunes on
  
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