It's the fault of "TECHNOLOGY". Is it safe to say it has it's goods and bads????
Most of us can agree the the final CD quality of a $1,000,000 studio compared to a $100,000 studio (both with good engineers) will sound about the same when heard by the average consumer. Hypothetical situation........IF the consumers were given a choice of paying for studio time with the choice of say $200hr at the $1,000,000 studio or say $75hr at the $100,000 studio.............which one would most of them choose? .
Technology is developing so fast that we must figure out a way to prepare for it. That $5000 mic may look and sound great on the right voice.............but now-a-days...............so will that $1500 mic, preamp, compressor, eq etc etc. Years ago this wasn't the case. I still remember playing 3-on-3 football on my good Atari...........but now look how Playstation, X-box has taken over..............too bad my 11 year old son kicks my butt easily. But he can't play a lick of real football.
Same goes with CD burners and DVD burners. . Everybody and there momma has "TWO". Even bootlegging the bootleggers. I once overheard a bootlegger say that he hasn't been selling much. WTF??? I rememberoe time my wife got mad at me because I didn't give her the $2 more she needed to buy 3 burned cds...................man, I thought I was gonna get put out of the house.
And the INTERNET.............
"nuff said" We just have to prepare for when the are no more places like TOWER RECORDS and when most "mainstream" artists are selling music straight from there home studios onto the internet. Does anyone still have any VHS movies
???? what about BETA movies???