An mp3 is a compressed form of data. It's not the full spectrum. It's never going to sound as good as a record. I think one thing people forget is that every technological advance we fetishize had its place in time. CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression. Side one and side two? That's a product of vinyl. But that's not necessarily dramatic form - you could argue that that was three acts.
Annie E. ClarkThere's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced.
Annie E. ClarkCDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression.
Annie E. ClarkWith the first kid, you micromanage it, making sure there's no hair out of place when it goes off to school. But by the third kid, it's more like, "Oh, you want to wear a splatter-painted, Hard Rock Cafรฉ T-shirt for seven days in a row and not brush your hair? Go for it. Be who you want to be."
Annie E. ClarkI just think that the question of women in rock or women playing guitar, I just think it's such a non-issue, and I think that probably the sooner critics and press outlets can just erase the 'what's it like being a women in rock?' question from their vocabulary, the better off everyone will be.
Annie E. Clark