I hope everyone enjoyed this video. You maybe have heard that Neil Young can be difficult, detached, self absorbed and kind of flighty(if that's a word). I think that could be said for most super talented artistic individuals, wouldn't you say?
The important message here is he has come up with a fantastic idea to address the sound degeneration you experience when listening to MP3 files and other computer generated sound, that more than a generation has grown extremely accustomed to. Pure sound is something that has disappeared along with the turntable I am afraid. I mean MP3's and the like are fantastic for the convenience and accessibility but they also have been proven to degenerate the original recording by up to 95%. That means the generation that loves their MP3 libraries is hearing about 5% of what the artist actually recorded!! That is Pure Crap if you ask me.
Anyway, Neil has come up with a project called PureTone that he has been working on for quite some time now and it is simply to solve the problem of sound quality for MP3s and other digital audio formats. He is on the cusp of introducing Master Sound Quality through a digital format!! It is a brilliant idea and I can only hope he is successful. There really is a whole generation maybe even 2 that think songs sound like what you hear on your IPod!! I can remember s a teenager coming home with a new album, whether it was Neil, Springsteen, Pink Floyd whatever, and impatiently ripping the plastic wrap and throwing that vinyl album on my stereo system and BAM!!, what sound was there it was almost 3-D, it had warmth and depth and power, because you got to hear the actual music as it was so painstakingly mixed for maximum effect! Well that's what Neil is striving for and it is very admirable!
The MP3 Generation has no idea what they are missing, but they will, when they understand the pure sound quality that is jumping out of their speakers or headphones. I believe the future is Pure sound or should I say Pure Tone and I can only hope that it gets here sooner rather than later! I am sick and tired of hearing tinny, thin sounding versions of songs that I grew up to and even the newer bands I find fantastic like Mumford & Sons, Avett Bros., My Morning Jacket, Beach House, The Shins and on and on... They deserve to get their music heard the way the recorded it. So bring on Pure Sound with Puretone and turn on the MP3 generation!! Real Music Will Set You Free. I hope it is SOON.
Rock On everybody!! and remember "Rock N Roll Will Never Die"! Joe
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