Listen "Episode #238 - The Fade"
Episode Synopsis
Why do some songs fade out when they end? The brass band in the gazebo in the public park never faded out their songs.
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Show notes:
Fade (audio engineering) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_(audio_engineering))
A Little Bit Softer Now, a Little Bit Softer Now… The sad, gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music. (https://slate.com/culture/2014/09/the-fade-out-in-pop-music-why-dont-modern-pop-songs-end-by-slowly-reducing-in-volume.html)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 45, "Farewell" - Finale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFeDk6Kr3U)
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (https://music.apple.com/us/album/arvo-p%C3%A4rt-tabula-rasa/1452669078)
Steve Reich: Tehillim (https://music.apple.com/us/album/steve-reich-tehillim-the-desert-music/411958293)
What Ever Happened To The Pop Song Fade-Out? (https://www.wpr.org/what-ever-happened-pop-song-fade-out)
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres (https://www.thenexttrack.com/49)
Taper's Choice on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/TapersChoice)
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Show notes:
Fade (audio engineering) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_(audio_engineering))
A Little Bit Softer Now, a Little Bit Softer Now… The sad, gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music. (https://slate.com/culture/2014/09/the-fade-out-in-pop-music-why-dont-modern-pop-songs-end-by-slowly-reducing-in-volume.html)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 45, "Farewell" - Finale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFeDk6Kr3U)
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (https://music.apple.com/us/album/arvo-p%C3%A4rt-tabula-rasa/1452669078)
Steve Reich: Tehillim (https://music.apple.com/us/album/steve-reich-tehillim-the-desert-music/411958293)
What Ever Happened To The Pop Song Fade-Out? (https://www.wpr.org/what-ever-happened-pop-song-fade-out)
Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres (https://www.thenexttrack.com/49)
Taper's Choice on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/TapersChoice)
Our next tracks:
Taper's Choice (https://taperschoice.bandcamp.com)
Paul Leary: The History of Dogs, Revisited (https://amzn.to/3ag699o)
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