~First post~

After the first real class of material, I can’t say it wasn’t impactful on the way I listen to music (right, already?!). When Professor O’Malley played the examples of how the loudness of music does not change in modern songs vs older ones, I was shocked. It’s now something that I can never un-hear, and something I’ll probably make a comment about to all my friends (who will eventually tell me to shut up). During class when everyone was making their points on what they thought about it, I came to a conclusion similar to that of my classmates: it was just easier, less work, more concise. When a song is the same loudness, whether the artist is just whispering or wailing, it creates less work for producers as well as listeners. What I wonder is whether it’s something that the actual singers want/ask for in their songs.