While it seems like a commonplace of modern studio music (in the wake of dub and hip-hop) that these stages interrelate and overlap, reading your book it becomes clear that the interaction between these elements is actually key to understanding all recorded music, going right back to Thomas Edison himself.ĭo you accept that characterisation? Was this something you were aware of when you started the project, or was it something that only became apparent as you researched and wrote? How and when did it become clear to you and how did that shape the book you finally wrote? recording a performance of that music and 3. I think what perhaps fascinated me most about Perfecting Sound Forever is the way in which it collapses the distinctions between what I think would normally be considered the three different stages of creating and consuming recorded music, which could be loosely defined as 1. They discuss hip-hop, audiophilia, and the blurred boundary between recording and creating music.

Here, he talks with Greg Milner, author of Perfecting Sound Forever – a book that gives a history of recording technology, from gramophones to Pro Tools. Will Ashon’s book Chamber Music is about the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 album 36 Chambers.

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