loved this and thought i'd share it from maximum rock and roll
"Part 2: Tape Hiss= The Frequency of Love A mixtape, warm with the sonic coloration of analog, carries with it a sense of intimacy. Every person's tape deck records at a different signal-to-noise ratio, and the frequency of tape hiss varies from machine to machine. A mixtape holds the inaudible, subconscious personalization of the user's machine in the form of an ultra-high-frequency signal riding over the top of the music. This subliminally perceived hiss is a result of years of loving wear and tear on the user's machine..years of making mixtapes for relations won and lost..years of musical discovery...TAPE HISS carries with it the forethought of years of heartwrenching learning experiences. It is for this reason that the mixtape is more inherently emotional vehicle for communication than a burned CD. A CD is pristine digital audio...Zeros and ones sequenced in a manner that reproduce sounds when read by a laser that converts those bits into audible informations. Yes, those sounds may carry with them certain ideas or intentions, but there is something very cold and impersonal about a digital recording. A CD may be enjoyed equally as intensely as an audio tape, but the format carries with it a sense of detached aloofness that sets it apart from the vulnerablity of the mixtape. A CD may scratch, causing the audio to skip, but this is a very mechanical sort of defect...quite unlike the humanity of a tape which can stretch out, warping the sound..tapes can get dirty muffling the intentions of the recorded sound..tapes (like people) can snap." chris bickel -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
