In the movie 24 Hour Party People, a band tests songs on car radios before releasing them. Anyone know if a real band did this?
@paulg Ok, looks like I should rephrase this. Anyone know the first band to test their songs on car radios before releasing them?
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@paulg need more clarity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg "The first audio engineer" might be a more relevant question; the first band it was done for probably didn't even know about it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg it'd be tough to find a concrete lineage there, but the car test is common. I was even taught about it at BerkleeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Motown Records deliberately did this in the '60s, mixing records such that they sounded good in car radios. -
@paulg Hope this link works: it says Motown rigged a special speaker in its studio in the '60s to test car sound. http://books.google.com/books?id=FQSdu0PJ7vkC&pg=PT363&lpg=PT363&dq=motown+%22car+radio%22+mixed&source=bl&ots=qKTOVtjeDa&sig=0JVMZ8I5Sf9ZfzaFRDabnb4COpc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3-X-Ubz2H9CuyAHAsYDQDQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBg …
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@paulg@robresnick and I used to do it. It's something many do, a good test to see if you're hitting the right freqs @ high volumesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg It's not commonly done. -
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@paulg going back to a comment about how they play like they want people to hear and that they tested for thatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg In my experience that practice was less to test how it sounded on the kit and more just to listen whilst travelling (on tour) etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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