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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
miley cyrus/hannah montana shit is super loud, probably louder than most metal. it comes down to whatever is being marketed.
and that thing about dynamics being crucial to songwriting is complete bollocks; dynamics are arrangement tools and absolutely not "crucial" in the list. tell that to the ramones, the fall and neu! to name only three bands that do without much dynamism.
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I'm a bit of a yes and a bit of a no to this. I was absolutely flabbergasted by Shuji Inaba when I saw him live - on paper, without volume markings, his songs aren't much different to a Dylan or whomever. In fact he goes from super-quiet whispers to screaming. His screaming isn't as loud as your Napalms or whoever, but it seems moreso because of the extreme dynamics.
The Fall are a pretty good example, as Mr Smith seems to have quite a good control over drum sounds (I'm thinking of Blindness' intro particularly). Maybe it doesn't make that much difference, but the over-mastered trend annoys me quite a bit - I like 'loud bits' to seem loud. Perhaps I'm deluding myself, but I like to think I can tell the difference. I never listen with a VU display, so maybe I should.