I know that you want me to use analog to produce my song, but this is not in the best interest of my work and success. Music is a big part of people’s lives. Whether it is background music when working or driving, or it is the list of favorite songs that you listen to when you need to escape, or maybe it is your love, what you listen to day in and day out and you know every word to every song your favorite artist made. Many people listen to music through digital format. This is because it is cheaper to get and produce, easier to save and share, and more convenient and easy to access. Digital music is also produced and shared faster and easier, therefore, digital versions of my new album will be better for me overall and better for my mainstream success.
Many people prefer digital music much more than analog. When you listen to music digitally, it is much clearer and disrupted. There is no hissing of a tape or scratching on a cassette player. In the video, Analog or Digital, by MTV (Music Television) they say, “Digital has so many perfect things about it, it immediately solved all the problems of analog, all the background noise, hiss, wear, pitch control, all those things.” Also, in the video, Analog vs Digital, by Mr. Audio, he states, “When the digital signals are reproduced, any noise by the recording medium is not” This means that more people will want to listen to my new album and it will be free of the annoying background sounds that can cause people to not buy the music because they don’t like it in the analog format.
On that note, many people will choose digital over analog recordings because it doesn’t wear out as much. Digital data can last for a very long time, but analog recordings can fade and wear out. This means that overtime, your record will no longer work. In the article, Analogue Vs Digital: Advantages Vs Disadvantages, the author Charmain 2010 states, “One of the biggest cons with analog is that every time a copy of the audio is made from the original tape, the quality in sound deteriorates a little. This also applies each time the track is played.” In another article, Analog, Digital, what is the difference? by Recording Connection, it states, “And whereas analog technology can wear out or be damaged, digital media can last for an indefinite length of time.” Many more people want to use digital recordings and songs because they are way easier to use and last way longer.
Many people will also choose digital over analog songs because they don’t take up as much space and are easy to transfer. You can take digital songs with you and you can fit 50 songs on a device that can fit in your pocket, rather than having shelves full to records and cassette tapes. n the article, What is Analog Reading?, by Chris Woodford, it states, “Used this way, digital technology has many advantages. It's easier to store information in digital form and it generally takes up less room. You'll need several shelves to store 400 vinyl, analog LP records, but with an MP3 player you can put the same amount of music in your pocket!” Also, in the article, What is Analog Reading?, by Chris Woodford, it states, “Digital information is generally more secure: cell phone conversations are encrypted before transmission—something easy to do when information is in numeric form to begin with.” This means that mymusic can be easily stored and transferred, so more people will want and like it. It is much easier, and ease is something people really like.
Plus, you’ll like this one, it is much cheaper to produce. Equipment needed to produce analog recordings can be big and bulky and cost a lot of money. Not to mention how time consuming it is to edit and record a song when it is in analog format. It you record the song digitally, it will be much easier to produce and edit, including much cheaper. In the article Analog, Digital, what is the difference?by Recording Connection, it states, “However digital is much cheaper. Recording an album with analog technology can require a whole studio full of equipment, but with digital recording technology, it’s possible to record a whole album in a bedroom on a laptop.” In another article, What is Analog Reading?, by Chris Woodford, it states, “You can also edit and play about with digital information very easily” Plus, in another article, Analogue Vs Digital: Advantages Vs Disadvantages, the author Charmain 2010 states, “Analog recordings are much harder and more time consuming to edit. You can’t chop up and edit pieces of audio within minutes… Unwanted noise like tape hisser equipment noise is hard to get rid of. There is also no undo button so if something is accidentally deleted or wrongly edited then it’s gone for good… Analog equipment can be large, bulky and require lots of space to store it. it can also be extremely expensive to repair if it breaks down.” Recording and editing my music in analog format, or any music for that matter, is much more time and money, consuming. You would be way better off if you went digital.
But I do get your main point. When digital songs are recorded, you do lose part of the music and the realistic part of it. Since sampling has to take place for the music to be recorded digitally, the sound can be lost because there is not sampling rate high enough to get every bit of the song like the analog recording does. In the article Analog, Digital, what is the difference?by Recording Connection, it states, “However, to many people, analog sound tends to be warmer, has more texture and is thought to capture a truer representation of the actual sound. Digital is felt to be somewhat cold, technical and perhaps lacking in analog’s nuance.” But that is not all too bad. The digital era of music has adapted and many people don’t care that they don’t get the same experience of music as they would with analog, it is actually very hard to tell the difference. Especially if you don’t use auto tune. I that same article, it goes on to say, “The idea between digital recording is that our ears and brains technically can’t determine the spaces between the digital values, just like our brains interpret film as continuous motion.” Meaning, we don’t really notice a difference unless we really pay attention and look for it. If we don’t use digital tools to change my voice, I doubt people will really notice a difference in my music.
Digital music is a better choice for our career because more people will be willing to buy it and use it. My music will be more popular if we record and produce it digitally than if we did it through analog. Digital music is much easier to access, store, share and produce. Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” No matter how we listen to music, it will always be a part of our lives, and I want my music to reach as many people as it can. This is why I ask that you let me produce my music digitally.
-Thanks,
Jane
