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Originally Posted by Yumsushi
...the instruments she uses on her tracks often seem artificial, muted and lifeless. All of that maybe fine for a casual listener who may not invest the time to thoroughly enjoy a track, but to keep fans coming back, these things are important.
Many fans will say we are asking for too much from her, but it was her that elevated this herself to that standard and didn't care to maintain it *shrug*
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I don't think we're asking too much for a professional musician to sound like a professional musician.
The standards for what sounds "professional" in general have really changed over the years and because of the accessibility of music production software, demos sound more like pro songs and pro songs sound more like demos. There are certain marks of professionalism that GOOD music still has, even when it's programmed, like a good mix and deliberate, careful creation of loops and beats, and anything played with a real instrument now stands out as being especially professional sounding.
I think Ayu needs to have some higher standards regarding those aspects of her music - her stuff lately has all sounded, to me, like just really really competent demos, but still like demos.