And I have many thoughts on this. I took a course once about digital recording and the machine, the perfection of which is unnerving, artificial and unnatural. Basically, an inhuman sound. My professor once told me about a virtuoso violinist's performance containing a blemish in his bow (that seemed to have adjusted the pitch throughout his performance, but was otherwise unnoticeable). When it was produced for distribution, someone corrected every note he played so that the pitch was perfect. But of course, it was no longer the "true" performance.
I like noise and distortion too. It's "warm." It reminds me that a human was once on the other end.
I think I wrote a paper on this once (The Aestheticization of Low Fidelity)... you may have proofread it for me? If not, I'll forward it if you're interested.
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Date: 2010-11-07 01:30 am (UTC)And I have many thoughts on this. I took a course once about digital recording and the machine, the perfection of which is unnerving, artificial and unnatural. Basically, an inhuman sound. My professor once told me about a virtuoso violinist's performance containing a blemish in his bow (that seemed to have adjusted the pitch throughout his performance, but was otherwise unnoticeable). When it was produced for distribution, someone corrected every note he played so that the pitch was perfect. But of course, it was no longer the "true" performance.
I like noise and distortion too. It's "warm." It reminds me that a human was once on the other end.
I think I wrote a paper on this once (The Aestheticization of Low Fidelity)... you may have proofread it for me? If not, I'll forward it if you're interested.