Very honest criticism. Thanks! I take everything on board! I don't have time to respond to everything ATM. As I said before, our tastes are different & there is no point to argue in details.
But briefly, you are incorrect in your 2 factual assessments:
1. Cher does not modulate her voice "naturally" (at least not to the extent we hear in the recording). Check this out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song)
A quote from my wiki link: "Believe" departed from Cher's
pop rock style of the time for an upbeat
dance-pop style. It featured a pioneering use of the audio processing software
Auto-Tune to create a deliberate vocal distortion, which became known as the "Cher effect".
This is an established fact and not my opinion.
2. The human hearing damage comes from prolonged hearing of any noises (random machinery noise or ordered noise like music) above certain volume. Typically 100dB is considered dangerous level. Said damage does not depend on the type of noise. This is again an established scientific fact, not my opinion. In particular, listening to the recording of "screams" (as I do) does not affect hearing if played at safe volume. On the other hand, even listening to the "soft" e.g. disco music (as you do) but in an environment where the volume exceeds 100dB (e.g. in a concert or a disco hall) can lead to hearing damage.
Then, despite what you say, I think I try to pay attention to the words in music, though I may not immediately come out as such because I didn't say it explicitly here. I like rhymes (I've proven it herein and somewhere else) and I appreciate the deepness of feelings as expressed by lyrics. Certainly, my appreciation likely is not be as deep as yours, certainly it is different to an extent.
Finally, despite your presumption, I like yodelling. And I like the piece you shared, thanks!
I noted it: when I heavily criticise something, i.e. when I "slander" someone's music herein, I sound brutal and inconsiderate. I need to apologise for it now, maybe I need to learn how to express my emotions better while criticising something. But I only criticise people's music when I hate that music and I cannot help it. I don't criticise people themselves. That includes my criticism of Double Bagel's music, you're referring to above. Or am I wrong here?
On other hand, in your critique of me, you went as far as claiming that I lost my sense of hearing while listening to my music. Which is (an incorrect) criticism of myself.
Does the above clarify our understanding a bit? Or do we still have serious disagreement? Especially regarding the factual points 1 & 2 above?
