[Archive] Is Modern Rock overproduced?

Philip Auslander states that ‘the authenticity of rock has always been measured by its sound and most commonly, by its voice. Obviously, given the contexts in which rock was made available to the majority of its fans, it is not surprising that its ideology would focus on sound’. Thus, if rock’s sound changes in the studio, which will result in a change in how it sounds live, where does that take the genre? Continue reading [Archive] Is Modern Rock overproduced?