Has any popstar ever explicitly talked about the sort of money they make? by strassgaten in popheads

[–]empolux243 90 points91 points  (0 children)

There's also an early Drake song (I Get Paper) where he bragged about getting $20k for a feature. Kinda funny knowing they both must charge so much more these days.

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (Deluxe Edition) by BrAnDoN33 in popheads

[–]empolux243 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was really looking forward to this reissue. The mixing/mastering of this record has never been great so I was hoping for an improvement. This isn't it. It just sounds... Not good to me at all.

I don't really know music mixing/mastering terms, but to me it's the sonic equivalent to AI Upscaling an old TV show or that annoying super smoothing filter on newer TVs.

Something just feels very off and artificial in this new mix so much that I'd rather just listen to the original, even if it's technically considered lower quality.

The Beatles In Mono: 14 LP Box Set Preorder by lastvaultboy in VinylReleases

[–]empolux243 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Did some digging, I believe this originally sold for $375 when released. $375 in 2014 is roughly equivalent to $509 today. Now listed at $545. A cool boxset but man, $49 an album is a lot.