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I've totally been noticing that lately...everybody just knows how to play loud...it's quite disturbing.

Typical v.com reply: could this be due to the advent of synthetic strings? :)

"embouchure"

Dang! And spelled correctly.

or is it? ;) I think that lack of dynamics indicates lack of emotion. When people are angry or very happy they shout. When sad they whisper. It is a natural thing. If music making becomes too intellectual dynamics may vanish.
It is also true that dynamics can be intellectually played but not really felt. My superb teacher demands feeling and dynamics on all etudes and sometimes even scales. Part of the problem is that listeners (who are also, in many cases, players) are being trained to ignore dynamics as a facet of music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ Veracini largo helps.