Saturday, May 10, 2008

ask tang: harder, better, faster, stronger, more accurate pitch control

dear tang,

i’m busy these days and haven’t been able to keep up with the music scene. i used to be into some u2, early coldplay, etc. and before that, the emo, grunge, world, etc…. anyway i’m looking to get back into it all and was wondering if you had any suggestions to get me started and getting some ‘street cred’ with the “indie” music. :D thanks!

-clueless dude


dear cd,

your music collection sounds awful. it might help to discuss who's coming up in the scene, talk about a few pre-subpop, pre-release studio bootleg tracks, but let’s not. the antiquity of your musical collection is like raving about how great guinness goes with vicodin- extremely 7th grade. i suggest you raise your cred with the equipment. forget about the bands, what's the point with those passe white earbuds? quit your subscription to emusic and your dental plan and put that cash into a pair stax cans with bellari amp, preamp, and independent power supply. it's so obvious i don’t understand why everyone isnt doing it- can be displayed prominently, entirely impractical on several levels, tons of jargon and acronyms, and your commitment to hear music ‘as it was meant to be heard’ is beyond reproach. the hipster rolex. money to spend on hairplugs or a pair of mahogany grado headphones? once you put those enormous hand-crafted drivers on your ears and hear all the timbre and midrange of black flag’s damaged you'll be able to rave about how great your rig is and how everyone isn't even listening to the same music as you. plus the padded leather headband mod will cover the bald spot and accent the horseshoe hair pattern that terminates into a ponytail. whether or not your music is sub par, anyone listening to your tunes will be too distracted over the expansive soundstage and hearing the guitarist’s fingers sliding on the strings to call you out on your potentially extremely lame playlist. as long as you can hear every signal in balanced, detailed, crisp, warm, responsive clarity. beautiful.

very respectfully,
tang


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