Welcome club members to our monthly newsletter. You are receiving this as either you subscribed or your details were entered due to an equipment purchase from a car audio specialist. Hopefully, you will find some of the content interesting. You can always unsubscribe if you would rather not see any more.
This month we have been busily beavering away to complete the next issue (Issue X) of Drivng Sounds Magazine. We are all very excited to have sent the final copy and designs to the printers and will be able to offer the new issue to all Driving Sounds Club members at an advantageous price next month.
Read on to get an exclusive peek at a new article on a great-sounding BMW Mini we had the pleasure of hearing a couple of weeks ago. We also have an insight into setting up a bit DSP as well as our popular Top Five listing.
Before all that of course, there is the matter of our not-so-hidden track. It comes from a band who have been around for a while. Releases from them are somewhat rare - They seem to release a new record every ten years. Have a listen and see if it works the bass in your car!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6QKZJeK-5w - Hi-Res versions also exist. 

It is easy to plug an Audison bit product into a computer. Doing so gives you access to many parameters that can be set and adjusted. Here we look at a few and ask, are you sure you want to do this?

Top Five

This month we list out the Top Five from Jane Watana's article. This is a challenging set for any car as it contains many acoustic instruments, which can be difficult to balance on a standard system. Give them a listen in your car and find out if your audio system may be lacking in any area.

Chant - Four Play
Venice Beach - Peter White
Comptine d’un autre été, l’après midi - Yann Tiersen
Ebb Tide - Emile Pandolfi
Emmanuel - Chris Botti

We invite any Driving Sounds Club member to enter the top five. This is simply a list of songs and artists you enjoy listening to in your car. Email your list to us: editorial@drivingsounds.co.uk - Or hit the button below.
 

Old Artists Never Die - They just prevent others from entering the market!


 

OK, this may be a little contentious, but when I see artists announcing a farewell tour, it fills me with a cynicism equivalent to their motives. I will not mention names, but many artists "doing the rounds" were once great but now struggle to get their trousers on in the morning.

When I see this and hear the associated media hype, I can't help but tut and roll my eyes. Several years ago, Led Zepplin reformed to do a one-off gig for their fans. Lead singer, Robert Plant, has always been extremely forthright in his views about this kind of thing and states that if an artist only has the past to lean on, then it is time to let new artists take the stage. He has never stopped making music; it is always interesting, and stands up independently without leaning on past glories.

However, most of these crumbling pillars of the industry release similar-sounding material and then charge a small fortune for an audience having equal difficulty getting dressed in the morning, plus over-blown celebrities and general glitterati to go and see them. Very few original fans can afford tickets even if they could get them.

One particular artist who has recently finished a highly lucrative stint in Vegas is about to embark on a farewell tour. They explain that they are doing this to allow their audience to see them one last time. It may be an unpopular view, but why not do these gigs to an invited audience of fans and let them in for nothing? The ticket prices are typically astronomical, and the artist in question (who can't possibly need the money) has done nothing different or exciting in the past 40 years! - Move over, rover, let someone else take over!

Rant over!

Take care and see you next month!


Carl
Editor