A period of quiet
Fri, Jan 7 2011, 2:09PM
Why so few posts recently, I wonder? Very little for days.
I'll put my optimistic hat on and consider it a case of qui tacit consentire - silence betokens consent. We are content with the world of music and the magazine in particular, and all is for the best in the best of possible worlds.
Now there's a happy, positive thought to gladden hearts in this bleak winter of general discontent.
Is it only controversy that generates traffic, do we think? Hope not.
Mon, Jan 10 2011, 7:19PM
#2
RE: A period of quiet
Most forums and email sources tend to dry up over weekends and holidays. Two possible explanations are:
1) There's some kind of filtering, throttling-back or whatever happening at the service-provider end.
2) Many people participate in forums and generate emails when they're at work, either to relieve boredom or to take advantage of high speed connectivity.
Mon, Jan 10 2011, 7:49PM
#3
RE: A period of quiet
Hello all,
Just to reassure you, there is no filtering going at this end (apart from spam of course). So perhaps everyone has just got out of the habit of posting during their travels over the Christmas break.
So let's try and revive it with the dependable, but as far as I'm concerned enjoyable and interesting, 'what are you listening to now?' question.
At this very moment, 'David Russell plays Bach'. And we're approaching the great Chaconne which I refuse to be distracted during, not least as I want to compare it to Julian Bream's interpretation of the same, so I shall be stopping typing now.
Mon, Jan 10 2011, 10:41PM
#4
RE: A period of quiet RE: A period of quiet
I recently bought this double cd set:
With DG's collection of 1950's 45rpm singles. Really fun, fine discoveries there.
Also, I rediscovered the first recording Herman Krebbers made of Beethoven's violin concerto, 1951, with Willem van Otterloo conducting. Here is the transfer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yedjElWAeds&hd=1
Greetings, Rolf
Mon, Jan 10 2011, 11:26PM
#5
RE: A period of quiet
So let's try and revive it with the dependable, but as far as I'm concerned enjoyable and interesting, 'what are you listening to now?' question.
Schnittke's string quartet no. 2, played by The Kronos Quartet.
Far from easy listening, but very moving.
Tue, Jan 11 2011, 5:31PM
#6
RE: A period of quiet
So let's try and revive it with the dependable, but as far as I'm concerned enjoyable and interesting, 'what are you listening to now?' question.
And perhaps, to expand the conversation slightly, how were you listening to it? For example, in that instance I was streaming from Spotify to my Hi Fi. I'm aware, as I'm sure you all are, that the way we all access the vast number of recordings available has changed and is changing. But to what extent has it affected your own listening habits?
Tue, Jan 11 2011, 11:37PM
#7
RE: A period of quiet
And perhaps, to expand the conversation slightly, how were you listening to it? For example, in that instance I was streaming from Spotify to my Hi Fi.
I listen to most of my own music in one of three ways - streamed through my hi-fi, using a Squeezebox Duet (which is how I was listening to the Schnittke), on my mp3 player (a Cowon S9, fwiw), or through my computer via some passable desk-top 2.1 speakers.
I'm aware, as I'm sure you all are, that the way we all access the vast number of recordings available has changed and is changing. But to what extent has it affected your own listening habits?
Technology has changed my listening habits quite a bit, I suppose, in that I can have around 300 albums on my mp3 player, and it's both highly portable and good quality (I replaced the mediocre bundled earbuds with some decent headphones). So I can now take a small but significant proportion of my music collection with me, and listen wherever I am.
It's taken until the era of decent mp3 players for me to have 'mobile music' - I never bothered with a portable cassette or CD player as they seemed too bulky, battery hungry and, in the case of cassette, poor quality for the cost, plus carrying around more than a very few cassettes or CDs wasn't exactly convenient.
But I still listen to quite a lot of music on the radio (invariably Radio 3 these days), most often when in bed, and that hasn't really changed at all in the past 30+ years.
Wed, Jan 12 2011, 2:26PM
#8
RE: A period of quiet
Interesting, and I dare say a path through technological-developments shared by many of our readers over recent years. For me, though, the biggest change new technology has brought to my approach to listening has been the vast library that online services such as Spotify have added to my (not inconsiderable) 'physical' collection of music.
Tue, Aug 23 2011, 4:02AM
#9
Help requested to access adjacent thread, please
Martin, sorry to butt into this thread, but I was on another, (see
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/comment/edit/7212#comment-7212 )
and now I am being denied access to it. Can you please advise?
Thu, Feb 23 2012, 5:32PM
#10
RE: A period of quiet
Any recommended tool for reformatting the hard disk? (brennan jb7)
Fri, Feb 24 2012, 11:08AM
#11
RE: A period of quiet
Lump hammer.
Fri, Feb 24 2012, 1:49PM
#12
RE: RE: A period of quiet
You can format HDDs to be fat32 through the use of free third party software like easus. This will allow you to format your hard drive even if it is larger than the size allowed by the windows formatting wizard.
Sun, Feb 26 2012, 2:14PM
#13
RE: A period of quiet
...how were you listening to it? For example, in that instance I was streaming from Spotify to my Hi Fi.
I wouldn't be without Spotify now but Spotify Radio doesn't quite deliver what I want so I'm just about to try scrobbling with last.fm. Radio 3 is still important but I'm not always in the mood for their babble. The allure of a box set such as The Decca Sound with 200 page booklet is important too. I have a blu-ray player connected to my hi-fi for BBC iPlayer and YouTube and the same for my Sky HD box for music programmes on BBC and Sky Arts. In fact, I sometimes don't know which to to turn - we've never had it so good.
(By the way, I was listening to Chopin op 62 by Elisabeth Leonskaja).
Sun, Feb 26 2012, 8:49PM
#14
RE: A period of quiet RE: A period of quiet
I'm just about to try scrobbling with last.fm.
Well that was a dead end. last.fm seems to be a sort of musical facebook with streaming at 128kbps so not much appeal there. However, I'll be able to see data about what I've been listening to on Spotify so that might be interesting.
Sun, Mar 4 2012, 4:30PM
#15
RE: A period of quiet
Currently most of my listening is from Spotify rather than my ripped CD collection (via Squeezebox into AVI ADM9Ts)
I've been using Spotify premium since last July and I haven't felt the need to buy any CDs since then. It allows me to discover music without worrying about wasting money and also try different recordings of works I'm familiar with.
I can also put music from Spotify on my mobile phone and listen on-the-move or at work.
It's early days for the reconstituted forum. So far the main topics of discussion seem to be the Brennan hard drive player (which I don't think is controversial) and the c***r m***t cd vs online player debate.
I don't think that posters feel they know each other yet - Icertainly can't say "Ah yes that post will please poster X or that comment will really inflame poster Y"
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