tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post8844755887172934334..comments2024-03-19T07:47:02.128-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: Record albums (Jennifer R. Hubbard)Brian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-71838703961060381632017-05-30T19:40:56.072-04:002017-05-30T19:40:56.072-04:00:-)
With every change, something is gained, and so...:-)<br />With every change, something is gained, and something is lost. I'm guessing musicians today focus more on the single, but when they could count on an album to be experienced as a whole, they could create it accordingly.<br />One thing I liked to do with albums was get one when only one hit from it had been released so far, and trying to guess which two or three other songs from it would be released as singles.Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-68222141566485046552017-05-30T19:35:14.939-04:002017-05-30T19:35:14.939-04:00That's the word--experience!That's the word--experience!Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-87850681594292452017-05-30T11:39:14.651-04:002017-05-30T11:39:14.651-04:00We had a family conversation about buying music. M...We had a family conversation about buying music. My sons were taunting me because I never buy albums anymore. Instead, I purchase a single song. I love that best about iPods -- that I no longer have to waste $10 on a whole album when I like only one or two songs on it. <br /><br />But discoverability is gone... I agree, there was a whole process around playing a record -- holding it by the sides, blowing dust off the needle, maybe weighing it down with a coin so it wouldn't skip, anticipating that first note after the hiss sounds through the speakers. I don't have the album notes, the song lyrics, the history that went into the production of that song. <br /><br />You've inspired me to buy an album again! Patty Blounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928111057602279792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-82396814290389382472017-05-29T16:08:43.385-04:002017-05-29T16:08:43.385-04:00I soooo connect with this one, Jennifer. One of my...I soooo connect with this one, Jennifer. One of my favorite things in life was shutting the bedroom door and diving into a new album. It was an EXPERIENCE. Holly Schindlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-44681522613099809682017-05-28T22:34:35.212-04:002017-05-28T22:34:35.212-04:00That's one thing I think we've largely los...That's one thing I think we've largely lost: the sense of an album as a distinctive package of music and art and a unifying vision or theme or idea. Someone like Beyonce can still create an album with its own discrete identity, but I think mostly music has become more of a streaming smorgasbord. Which is good in some ways and bad in others; just different. Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-38121572359781629522017-05-27T08:30:31.616-04:002017-05-27T08:30:31.616-04:00Boy do I identify with this. When I was in college...Boy do I identify with this. When I was in college (dinosaur era) I'd stop in one of the department stores every payday (I worked in a restaurant when not in class) to treat myself to a new album. I bought more because of the cover art than the songs. Ended up with some really strange stuff, too.Berekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172936893264053007noreply@blogger.com