Iām torn between ācanāt un-hear thatā and playing it on repeat.
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There is plenty more on YouTube, some are more creative than others.
If you watch a few the Almighty Algorithms will give you more of it 
I donāt think I should post more links, it could ruin my reputation 
Willy Nelson did an interview with Bill Anderson. A piece of the interview was about country today verses yesterday. Willy said todays country has lost its style. The older singers had their own style of singing and playing. Think Marty Robbins, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Patsey Cline, Waylon Jennings, and Jonny Cash. All unique. Todays is more uniform catering more to the popish side of things. Myself, I like country from about 1940 to about 1975.
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I didnāt think it possible, but my already high respect for Willy just jumped 10 fold.
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I donāt know it this thread was originally directed at the the highly technical nuances of recording -
if so it may have drifted a bit . I am afraid my hearing has become very poor . Hereditary as well as environmental. Not just a quantity thing but quality as well . Tonal subtleties are starting to be lost on me - much is muddy these
days .Earphones help .
I am a guitar player off and on and enjoy most forms of music . Rap is not one of them but to each their own.
Like many I think country music today ā aināt what it was ā
In the beautiful voice department itās hard to top Patsy Cline - Marty Robbins as well.
Chet Atkinsā guitar work was ground breaking.
Stating the obvious here - what we like in music is largely subjective.
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Indeed!
It also changes over time.
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Have you guys ever listened to Bachās Brandenburg Concertos? Absolutely beautiful and incredibly complex.
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Yes indeed.
Here comes the subjective bit again - it doesnāt have to be complex - Pachebelās Cannon in D comes to mind .
One of my favorites is Shostakovichās 2nd waltz.
Stalin threw him in jail because his music wasnāt
ā happy ā enough. What an a_ _ hole.
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Matt I think youāll like this. I have hundreds of loved toons from Summertime thru to the Beatles, Beach Boys the golden sixties, the rockinā 70ās, the diamond 80ās and some highlights from the 90ās and noughties. But I always go back to this, which I first saw played as a kid in 1966 ā and helped the freaking talented organist pull/push organ stops rapid-fire in a big church (he was barking orders, arms & legs flailing far more than the organist in this clip) with the sound lifting me off my feet. (The only other time I felt that was at a Led Zep concert in 1972)
Give it a chance & turn it up loud, itās only 6.34 mins out of your life & should do something good for your soul. This is one of the few recordings I know where the sustained note at 5.30 is held for the perfect time, so many botch it.
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A big organ (the big music instrument) going full blast is QUITE impressive
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Tim that was incredible! I love it! Thank you.
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Richard, I read a piece on Pachebelās Canon. It is deceptive in itās apparent simplicity. Pachebel wrote it so that it could be played in rounds, by any instrument, in any key.
Back in the 80ās I knew a fellow who spent a year in England studing under the organ master (I know there is an official title, just canāt recall it) at Westminster Abbey. An incredible experince to be sure, butā¦ You could not listen to what you played. The delay between depressing the key and hearing the note was a number of seconds. (I vaguely remember him saying it was a 5-7 second delay - donāt quote me though) If you listened you were f**ked. It was eyes on the music, head on the tempo, ears shut.
As Robin stated, a full blown pipe organ played by a master is, indeed, quite impressive. Itās just sooo viceral.
No contest - you are absolutely correct. But there are those pieces that one just wants to dislike (shall we say), or rather canāt help but run the other way when heard, that you have to tip your hat to, if for no other reason than it was really well played.
And then there are those pieces your (classical) guitar teacher insists you learn, but you really have no interest in, canāt seem to get your head around, bugger the whole thing, but damnā¦you learn it, pat yourself on the back, and curse your teacher if he ever makes you play it again. Iāve made plain-spoken threats if he ever makes me play a certain piece again. Really. Iām not bitter. 
Heās a good sport about it. (of course the balm is to plug in ones electric afterwards and boogie.)
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For those of the Rock persuasion, Canon.
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The ladās got some serious chops! That was great.
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Phenomenal Top! Just proves what I said about any instrument \ any key.
Something soothing from a guitar master:
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Turning back to the original theme, I saw this ad. WAVES, for those not familiar with them, is a company that makes audio plug-ings for digital work stations (i.e. computers), and live mixing consoles. Everyone uses them. The ad speaks for itself. Loudness AND dynamic range in the same sentence, no less. 
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Dire Straits is one of my all time favorites - have every CD and one of the reasons I put a CD player in my new car. Mark Knopfler is a guitar genius. A lot of the non-hits are some of their best stuff.
(I donāt bring my CDās in the car - that destroys them. I make ācar copiesā.)
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