Now and then I'd love to get reader feedback into emerging trends in music and how they feel when it becomes increasingly clear that the times they are a-changin'. Today:
Auto-tune and the Death of Talent Driven Music
Maybe we'll never know who's to blame. Who ruined it? Cher? Britney? Mr. Autotune his-self T-Pain? Or does the blame sadly fall on the shoulders of Daft Punk, champions of bot vox, and the positively raverific vocals on "One More Time"and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
Whatever the case, my position is that Auto-tune, along with other production methods which render the art of composition a fools game, will eventually enable a market flood of biblical proportions; mindless drivel warping the perception and definition of music for generations to come. It's a sad state of affairs, when American Idol, purporting to be a mecca for unfound talent and natural popstar qualities, lets a guest like Kanye West through their hallowed gates. As John Madden might say, "here's a man who sounds even worse with Autotune."
What do YOU think?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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1 comments:
Auto-tune is a performance tool, not a compositional tool. It doesn't really have any influence on the songwriting (which is what really matters to me, at least).
If some dude wrote a good song and feels that a bit of auto-tune could make his voice a little less pitchy, I have no problem with it.
As for its intentional/artful use by the likes of Daft Punk, T-Pain, Kanye, etc, I'm fine with it as well, but it's getting old.
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