annie89509 wrote:I so much want to love every song he does, especially now, which is really for us, because he has nothing to prove. But this new song, No More Cryin', doesn't do anything for me. No Erasin' has lots of hooks, this song doesn't. I agree with Ehmatt ... it's slow, meandering ... sorry.
annie89509 wrote:I so much want to love every song he does, especially now, which is really for us, because he has nothing to prove. But this new song, No More Cryin', doesn't do anything for me. No Erasin' has lots of hooks, this song doesn't. I agree with Ehmatt ... it's slow, meandering ... sorry.
verslibre wrote:annie89509 wrote:I so much want to love every song he does, especially now, which is really for us, because he has nothing to prove. But this new song, No More Cryin', doesn't do anything for me. No Erasin' has lots of hooks, this song doesn't. I agree with Ehmatt ... it's slow, meandering ... sorry.
It's not just you. I know a crazy Perry fan (she'd be on this forum but she's kind of Net-lame), and I just barely heard from her. She doesn't like the new songs, and she even remarked negatively about his voice. I was shocked because I thought she'd be ecstatic like every other Perry-starved fanboy/girl here who thinks anything the guy does is worth its weight in platinum.
slucero wrote:verslibre wrote:annie89509 wrote:I so much want to love every song he does, especially now, which is really for us, because he has nothing to prove. But this new song, No More Cryin', doesn't do anything for me. No Erasin' has lots of hooks, this song doesn't. I agree with Ehmatt ... it's slow, meandering ... sorry.
It's not just you. I know a crazy Perry fan (she'd be on this forum but she's kind of Net-lame), and I just barely heard from her. She doesn't like the new songs, and she even remarked negatively about his voice. I was shocked because I thought she'd be ecstatic like every other Perry-starved fanboy/girl here who thinks anything the guy does is worth its weight in platinum.
Most people likely want the Perry they remember from their youth....
I just appreciate the man finding his way back to the thing God gave him the immense talent to do.
annie89509 wrote:Lord knows perryfans run the gamut from loons to the normal. People who don’t like the new songs citing his diminished vocal capacity are stuck in the past. And then, some are just more partial to Journey-like songs, so now are disappointed these didn’t follow that blueprint (although the more I listen to No Erasin’, that Journey feel (or sound) is there).
The videos are a distraction, I agree with previous poster, and making your minds about the songs from You Tube doesn’t do SP and the songs justice.
I found this link from another thread:
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/no-mo ... 79863&l=en
The songs sounded so much better in there … like night and day.
I am now onboard and can’t wait to hear more.
slucero wrote:annie89509 wrote:Lord knows perryfans run the gamut from loons to the normal. People who don’t like the new songs citing his diminished vocal capacity are stuck in the past. And then, some are just more partial to Journey-like songs, so now are disappointed these didn’t follow that blueprint (although the more I listen to No Erasin’, that Journey feel (or sound) is there).
The videos are a distraction, I agree with previous poster, and making your minds about the songs from You Tube doesn’t do SP and the songs justice.
I found this link from another thread:
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/no-mo ... 79863&l=en
The songs sounded so much better in there … like night and day.
I am now onboard and can’t wait to hear more.
It's likely that the Itunes uploads that one hears to are "Apple Lossless".... which means the audio quality is still the same as the original source.
the MP3 format literally strips away audio to make the file size smaller, and uses a codec (an algorithm) to literally reconstruct what has been removed. The problem is that the lower the MP3 resolution (128 vs. 320)... the less audio is reconstructed by the codec.
This image will give you a visual representation of the file size difference - left to right = original source to compressed
literally the larger the file the better the audio fidelity.
Gideon wrote:JourneyHard wrote:Steve Perry,
Bravo! Don't listen to the naysayers. I am happy you are back with a new album. It is going to be awesome regardless of what anybody says..
Lol what naysayers?
JourneyHard wrote:The naysayers are the ones who say the new Steve Perry songs are horrible. I wish these people would keep their opinions to themselves. They are the reason Steve Perry took such a long time releasing new material. I want Steve Perry to release as much new material as possible from here on out. I am trying to get a frightened little animal to come to me. i don't need people yelling negative stuff and scaring the little animal away.
JourneyHard wrote:The naysayers are the ones who say the new Steve Perry songs are horrible. I wish these people would keep their opinions to themselves. They are the reason Steve Perry took such a long time releasing new material. I want Steve Perry to release as much new material as possible from here on out. I am trying to get a frightened little animal to come to me. i don't need people yelling negative stuff and scaring the little animal away.
Gideon wrote:Hey Portland!JourneyHard wrote:The naysayers are the ones who say the new Steve Perry songs are horrible. I wish these people would keep their opinions to themselves. They are the reason Steve Perry took such a long time releasing new material. I want Steve Perry to release as much new material as possible from here on out. I am trying to get a frightened little animal to come to me. i don't need people yelling negative stuff and scaring the little animal away.
Yeah, odds are good that if you don’t hate me now, you might at the end of all this.
Greg wrote:slucero wrote:annie89509 wrote:Lord knows perryfans run the gamut from loons to the normal. People who don’t like the new songs citing his diminished vocal capacity are stuck in the past. And then, some are just more partial to Journey-like songs, so now are disappointed these didn’t follow that blueprint (although the more I listen to No Erasin’, that Journey feel (or sound) is there).
The videos are a distraction, I agree with previous poster, and making your minds about the songs from You Tube doesn’t do SP and the songs justice.
I found this link from another thread:
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/no-mo ... 79863&l=en
The songs sounded so much better in there … like night and day.
I am now onboard and can’t wait to hear more.
It's likely that the Itunes uploads that one hears to are "Apple Lossless".... which means the audio quality is still the same as the original source.
the MP3 format literally strips away audio to make the file size smaller, and uses a codec (an algorithm) to literally reconstruct what has been removed. The problem is that the lower the MP3 resolution (128 vs. 320)... the less audio is reconstructed by the codec.
This image will give you a visual representation of the file size difference - left to right = original source to compressed
literally the larger the file the better the audio fidelity.
I've also noticed that by default, the Perry videos were placed at 420p. But still, I feel like videos can change the perception of a song. For instance, I remember people talking about how cheesy Journey music was around the time of Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - the video was awful cheesy. But, you listen to the song itself, and it's one of the best songs Journey has ever put out. Very dark, melodic, hard hitting song by the band - and of course a song that everybody goes crazy for (besides Don't Stop Believing.) I'm not the first to say that the very first viewing of Perry's music video, I was like, "Yeah, he sounds rusty." And then when I listened to the song after purchasing from iTunes, it just sounded different. His voice sounded more closer to mid 90's to me, with a slight more rasp. I want to hear that John 5 song to really get a feel of what I think Steve could cover if he decides to do a small tour. I don't think he will tour, but if he did, he knows he would be expected to cover some earlier Journey material.
slucero wrote:
It's likely that the Itunes uploads that one hears to are "Apple Lossless".... which means the audio quality is still the same as the original source.
the MP3 format literally strips away audio to make the file size smaller, and uses a codec (an algorithm) to literally reconstruct what has been removed. The problem is that the lower the MP3 resolution (128 vs. 320)... the less audio is reconstructed by the codec.
This image will give you a visual representation of the file size difference - left to right = original source to compressed
literally the larger the file the better the audio fidelity.
JourneyHard wrote:The naysayers are the ones who say the new Steve Perry songs are horrible. I wish these people would keep their opinions to themselves. They are the reason Steve Perry took such a long time releasing new material. I want Steve Perry to release as much new material as possible from here on out. I am trying to get a frightened little animal to come to me. i don't need people yelling negative stuff and scaring the little animal away.
Greg wrote:
I know about all the technical stuff, but it's a mind thing when you're watching a music video as opposed to listening to an audio track. Now, closing my eyes and concentrating on the music did seem to help my wife. When you're watching the music video, you're paying attention to a lot more than the song. You're looking at the musicians, the set, how Perry is "dancing", the tubby bass player, etc...
slucero wrote:Greg wrote:
I know about all the technical stuff, but it's a mind thing when you're watching a music video as opposed to listening to an audio track. Now, closing my eyes and concentrating on the music did seem to help my wife. When you're watching the music video, you're paying attention to a lot more than the song. You're looking at the musicians, the set, how Perry is "dancing", the tubby bass player, etc...
Videos are misleading... that is very true..
Don't forget that audio mixes for vIdeo are often times also different than audio mixes for retail, simply because of the compression codecs employed by the different sites (YouTube vs. Itunes vs Spotify) Each literally requires a different mastering. Apple even put out a pamphlet called "mixing and mastering for iTunes".
Many times the players in the videos aren't even the players on the song (or the album). As an example, with the exception of David Coverdale... Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again", and "Still Of The Night" videos featured musicians who hadn't played one note the album.
Greg wrote:
Also, in a lot of those 1980's videos, they incorporated different mixes of the music, as well as "background" sounds from the video itself. One video that stands out is Richard Marx's "Should've Known Better" video. The song had a different sound to it than what was on the album - with a slight little guitar riff during the musical interlude that wasn't on the album version. And of course, speaking of Whitesnake, their video to "Give Me All Your Love" had a different mix than what was on the album (although the radio played the video version of the song.)
Lora wrote:They are doing a countdown to the album release date and putting short clips of a different song up each day. Here is the clip of George Harrison's "I Need You": https://twitter.com/StevePerryMusic/status/1045080772472958976
And the clip of "We Fly": https://twitter.com/StevePerryMusic/status/1044634429321367552
slucero wrote:I just got the whole thing in the mail..... woohoo...
steveo777 wrote:slucero wrote:I just got the whole thing in the mail..... woohoo...
How? This is before release date.
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