goraiders Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I'm having this argument with my friend. I think its idiotic, people are purposely making their music sound worse. In a lot of these cases I imagine they're using better equipment and then using computer effects to make it sound like they aren't using real equipment. He says its a style, like oil painting vs computer generated 3d real looking images. You don't want it to sound "real" What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest errolwest Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I think if you are actually interested in experimenting with different sounds, effects, and recording methods, it's absolutely acceptable. But being lo-fi for the sake of being lo-fi isn't. It's a fine line I guess. I record a lot of lo fi music, buts because it's my only means of recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmythescumbag Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 It makes no difference to me. I enjoy lo-fi recordings, intentional or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanketbyday Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 LoFi suffers a completely different aesthetic than music that is Overproduced and/or Professionally recorded. I love both sides of the spectrum. Blue Snowball + Laptop = Recording Studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmythescumbag Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 LoFi suffers a completely different aesthetic than music that is Overproduced and/or Professionally recorded. I love both sides of the spectrum.Blue Snowball + Laptop = Recording Studio. Exactly. I just picked up a Zoom H2 so I can record shows/rehearsals/concrete stuff, and I am digging it. It's no reel to reel, but it sure is fun to be able to record wavs (16 or 24 bit) or mp3s at the touch of a button with nothing more than two AA batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Too many newer bands use it as a crutch to hide their lack of talent/interesting ideas (see Wavves), but overall I don't mind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest errolwest Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Too many newer bands use it as a crutch to hide their lack of talent/interesting ideas (see Wavves), but overall I don't mind it. This, 100%. Fuck wavves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Too many newer bands use it as a crutch to hide their lack of talent/interesting ideas (see Wavves), but overall I don't mind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooclosetosee Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I think it depends with the music. Any time that I feel a band is trying to wow me with their technical talent then I want it to sound clean as can be. If the band is being innovative then I don't mind it being lo-fi. I'm not a big fan of anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googlemyass Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stoiker Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I like lo-fi music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 depends on if a band/person is good or not (i.e. has some musical talent), or is just making noise under the guise of being 'artsy' or some crap. i feel the same way about some modern minimalist/abstract painters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenmittons Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 i prefer low fi for certain genres. i like to feel like i found the album in a dusty old house on a beat ass Victrola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goraiders Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 All of this said I do like how Lucero - Attic Tapes sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisahiijack Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 its a case by case thing. i prefer the lowest quality four-track recordings from superdrag and guided by voices over any of their cleaner stuff, so there's that. but i don't listen to too many (newer) bands who only play with a lo-fi sound, except maybe vivian girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000000 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 by lo-fi does this mean like, early Iron And Wine that sounds like it was recorded on a really crappy tape recorder? or am i missing something? 'cause i kinda love that style, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 the only lo fi stuff I really like is guitar wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblahmaster Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I love wavves. Also king of the beach is pretty awesome, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 If the music is good, why care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 what a silly debate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 ^this. each band is to be judged purely on its own merits. im not going to write off any genre completely. when its good its good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 ^this.each band is to be judged purely on its own merits. im not going to write off any genre completely. when its good its good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melikecheese Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 This is not an argument about music, it is an artificial debate about a description. This is why genres suck. You have already judged a band before you heard them. Plus "lo-fi" bands can sound very different. White Stripes vs. Times New Vikings vs. Neutral Milk Hotel vs. Jerusalem and the Starbaskets Vs. Psychedelic Horseshit vs...you get the idea With that said I think you dislike shit-gaze, not lo-fi.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementary Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 If you're going out of your to make lower quality music and to be superindiehipsterthriftstore dude, then yeah, fuck you that's stupid. It's totally acceptable when you're not aiming for something some fuck with horn-rimmed glasses and a vintage ironic t-shirt to buy at your favorite coffee shop...on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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