by lucy stone auto-tune: the drug of the music industry auto-tune: the drug of the music industry
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By Lucy Stone
Auto-Tune: The Drug of the Music Industry
AUTO-TUNE: THE DRUG OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
The Artists of Our Generation
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Why do you attend concerts?
Concert Experiences
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Celebrity or Musician?
What is Auto-Tune?
Andy HildebrandOil consultantInterpreting seismic dataCreated on a dareImplemented in 1996“autocorrelation”
Auto-tune back then…
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“I never figured anyone in their right mind would want to do
that.”Cher’s “Believe”Increase of re-tune speed
0-400 millisecondsEliminates natural transition
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“Comically artificial, like a chorus of '50s robots singing
Motown”
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Misuse? Or Abuse?
“None could remember a pop recording session in the past few years when Auto-Tune didn't make a cameo--and none could think of a singer who would want that fact known”
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T-Pain: "I know [Auto-Tune] better than
anyone. And even I'm just figuring out all the ways you can use it to change the mood of a
record”. ***
T-Pain Application
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Death Cab for Auto-Tune
We’ve been a lot of good musicians being affected by this newfound digital manipulation of the human voice, and we feel enough is enough”.
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There's no shame in fixing a note or two
“Let’s just say that I’ve had Auto-Tune save vocals on everything from Britney Spears to Bollywood cast albums. And every singer now presumes you’ll run their voice through the box.”
The Power of Auto-Tune
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The Million Dollar Performance
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Music Today
The music Music scene in PhiladelphiaLive concerts, smaller scaleIt takes $$$
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What will happen to the Music?
Singers will become obsoleteExpectation of the audience
Understanding Auto-tune
used in conjunction with pro-tools
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“Tik-Tok”?
Music Industry
Applicable to my future
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Auto-Tune. “Health Care.” Auto-Tune the news. 2010. Youtube. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=EvV4sSaWYgo>.
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Auto-Tune the News. “Auto-Tune Obama.” Youtube. Web. 12 May 2010. <hhttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Tk4AEoARazg>.
Bertino, NIc. “How to Auto-tune your voice like T-Pain.” Auto Tuts+. N.p., 2010. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. <http://audio.tutsplus.com/ tutorials/ production/ how-to-autotune-your-vocals-like-t-pain-cher-or-daft-punk/>. Nic Bertino is a professional producer and recording artist from Sacramento, California, with over 9 years of production experience.
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Cher. “Believe.” Youtube. Web. 12 May 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LbXiECmCZ94>.
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Montgomery, James. “Death Cab For Cutie Raise Awareness About Auto-Tune Abuse.” MTV. N.p., 10 Feb. 2009.
Works Cited Web. 25 Feb. 2010. <http://www.mtv.com/ news/ articles/ 1604710/ 20090210/ death_cab_for_cutie.jhtml>. This article
provides a statement from a chart-topping artist on the subject of Auto-tune, and their opinions. This article supports my thesis, by providing first hand account of a popular artist, and the fact that they believe Auto-tune is impeding the growth of musical artists. Although it is from a popular media source, because my topic is so centered in the media, this source is credible.
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Tyrangiel, Josh. “Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect.” TIME Magazine. N.p., 5 Feb. 2009. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.time.com/ time/ magazine/ article/ 0,9171,1877372,00.html>. This source explains how and why Auto-tune came to be established, and how is was integrated into the music production process. It also details where and when it first became popular, and which artists have come to use it as a trade mark. This article comes from TIME Magazine, which is a scholarly source, as defined by our school library.
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