21 Oct
2011
21 Oct
'11
11:23 a.m.
S. Massy wrote:
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 07:18:13AM -0400, Thomas
Vecchione wrote:
In the commercial pop music world, what singers have always been selling
is sex. There are many pop singers now who do a great job of selling the
sex part, but don't really sing very well. So autotune makes up for
their lack of ability and/or lack of training.
--
David
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authenticity, honesty, community
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Jeremy Jongepier
<jeremy(a)autostatic.com> wrote:
Another point, though, is
that of why we feel voices need be autotuned
at all. Many important people in the musical world
(blues/rock/jazz/etc.) didn't necessarily have amazing or amazingly
precise voices, and still their contribution was very significant. Why
do we seek this kind of fake plastic perfection? Autotuning has been around for more than 10 years
and the last 4 years
it has become an essential element of contemporary popmusic,
Replace
"essential" with "overused" and I might agree with you.
It is sad that autotune is trying to replace true talent. I always
tell people I would rather work with them to get the damn recording
right, than to use autotune and try to band-aid it later. One the
singers are better for it, and two the recording sounds better for it.
It just takes time, something that people that use autotune aren't
willing to commit to their craft which is truly sad.