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Whoa! First off let me preface this with two things. It's only my opinion, and number two, the 5.1 remark was an example I gave - not the answer. That's why I prefaced that with "I don't know the answer but..."
Anyhow I don't take this stuff personally, but if you feel I've made contradtictions etc. tell me where. I'd appreciate it and like to engage - maybe I learn something out of it.
Now back on topic. I'm responding to the consensus of the last thread on this subject where most people felt the state of the industry is due to dumb audiences and big business. My point is that I think this is incorrect and use the movie industry to make an example of how they used technology for the audiences experience, and how the music industry has not.
You can face reality or not. People preffer to watch "The Movie" than read the book. I'm not saying the book isn't better, just stating the reality. Music is becoming more and more a background activity. In the elevator, while we eat, while we exercise, and while make love. Listening to an album as an event in in itself is not as popular as it once was with this new generation. There's just too much entertainment competition. If your not sitting down with the purpose of enjoying a new album and all it's nuances, how do you expect musical tastes to mature, and how do you expect the demand for quality rise?
So my point is that the experience has to be more exciting if you want to recapture the magic the older generations felt when they entertained themselves with music. I don't think you can blame big business or the audience because we refuse to do anything new.
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