In the year end review issue of Rolling Stone the lead feature is titled The Death of High Fidelity

It's an in depth article discussing the sonic downturn music has taken over the last 15 years, focusing in large part on the industry's trend of making records less + less dynamic every year... aka the Loudness War.

Robert Levine has written a really great article. I don't agree with all the points, especially those discussing vinyl vs. CD or digital files (which lean pro vinyl... puhleaze), but in general I like how he puts a real spotlight on the loudness war. Pulling zero punches indicting the practice.

Robert interviewed me twice for this article. He mentions Turn Me Up! (TurnMeUp.org), an organization I started together with John Ralston that's working hard to give artists back the choice to release more dynamic records, both in the closing, as well as giving us top billing in his Loudness Resources on the Web page.

Quite honestly, I'm thrilled to see this kind of coverage, for both the loudness war + Turn Me Up! This ain't no pro audio rag, it's mainstream media. The year end issue of RS is probably one of their biggest sellers, and the article is prominently placed as the lead feature.

Exposure like this will really help raise awareness among consumers of the loudness war + it's impact on music. And hopefully help Turn Me Up! in our efforts to bring dynamics back to music.

Please visit our website TurnMeUp.org for more info on the loudness war + our campaign to create an option for artists who would like to release more dynamic records.


(btw... check out Peter Gabriel's "So" below, a beautifully dynamic album.)