Originally Posted by P A N

i agree with djchameleon. as far as i can tell, there are now actually fewer walls between a band and getting the recognition they want/deserve.

a major factor in this is that the equipment being used to record albums back in the day was cumbersome to the highest order, and thus very expensive to hire out. now anyone with a decent laptop, some ripped software and some rented high quality microphones can make a professional-sounding album, given they find someone to master it for cheap or for free. great albums aren't the result of time spent in the studio necessarily (if at all). they are the result of great minds and good musicians. obviously this is just my opinion. i just don't hear money when i hear a good album. i hear music. and it's just way easier to record music now than it's ever been.