The article goes into the cause and effect that is driving compressed recording techniques with the most prominent development being the advent of mp3 files and the need for compression to conserve bandwidth. With so many people listening to compressed files its is only natural that producers went with loudness as a means to distinguish sound quality. How producers are recording music today follows from what has occurred in the way most people have their music digitally delivered. My kids are a great example. My oldest teenager actually takes the time to listen and can tell better quality sound and recordings. My other two teens only want to cram as many mp3 files as the can on their computer hard drives and ipods. They admit to not hearing much difference between bit files but prefer the louder files. Producers are smarter than we care to acknowledge and are just following market trends. Many pop artists today cater to it with that in-your-face indistinguishable wall of sound.
