Think I'll blog early tonight.

I found a laptop that I think I'll get, if Aldi have any left. They probably don't. The offer's been running for a while, I think. The other problem is that I don't have enough money to buy it in any one place. Why is it that when you transfer money from bank to bank it spends about four days showing up in neither account?! Where is the money during that time? Hmm.

I bought another Ben Folds Five CD yesterday. It was in an alleged sale. Has anyone else noticed that all the sales have the same things in them these days? Stuff is rarely in sales because it's clearance. It gets sent into stores purely to be in the sale. HMV used to have excellent sales... Even the online places have the same things in their sales. *sniff*

Anyway, this CD is entitled "Whatever and Ever Amen". Whenever I get a new CD I carefully examine the insert first. I like the little books you get inside CD's. Dad goes on and on about gatefold vinyl album stuff, but the books are good enough for me. :-)

It says this:

"This recording was made with the utmost care and professionalism. Microphones were chosen and placed in the general vicinity of each instrument in order to capture the sonic characteristics of the music performed. Each instrument was tuned before and often during the recording sessions and arrangements were rehearsed or at least discussed.

"The lyrics or text were created to detract from the repetition inherent in modern instrumental pop music. Lambic pentameter was not always an option, however where possible, the last syllable of a line was manipulated in order to rhyme with the last syllable of the preceeding line. Where this technique has served to distort the meaning of the of the original text, the fuzz tone of the electric bass guitar or a virtuosic drum fill has been inserted to detract the listener temporarily from the actual song.

"Finally, the best takes were chosen and the others were culled and thrown away or erased, otherwise this record could easily have been hundreds of hours long; much longer than the generally accepted running time of a modern commercial recording. Every measure was taken to keep this record mistake free. The mixing engineer, Andy Wallace, who has mixed many top notch famous recording stars, often took the initiative and muted or "ducked" missed notes and unsavoury textures.

"The band and producer are confident that your money was well spent on an album relatively free of major sonic and musical problems."

LOL!!!

posted by Fiery Fred @ 9:21 PM