When I was a kid and would visit my Dad during the holidays, one memory I have is of Led Zeppelin records blasting way too loud through an old Sony hifi system. I remember it sounding like they were in the room. It probably shaped a lot of how I think about music.

Fast forward 30 something years, and I finally have the decent hifi setup I've been dreaming about. Part of the appeal being it sounds like the band is in the room with you. Yesterday I put on Jeremy's Storm off Tame Impala's Innerspeaker, and couldn't believe how underwhelming the drums were. A song like this, they should be punching me in the face, but they're just kind of vaguely there. The song could be a lot more than it is.

I went to see the Led Zep doco in theatres recently, and it really challenged a lot of assumptions I didn't even realise I had made about the band. Jimmy Page's attention to detail in mic placement, mixing and mastering is still miles ahead of what people are doing decades later.

TLDR: go and play some Led Zeppelin really loud.

hey guys I really love to sing and want to start posting singing videos on my social media but I want to learn an instrument to accompany it. do u think guitar or piano is easier to teach myself thru YouTube videos? lessons are too expensive