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RJA 10b

The use of auto tune has two sides, when it is used as it was intended as a new instrument of technology and then when auto tune is used as a handicap for weak singers. When auto tune is used by musicians that know how to use it, they can create new and interesting sounds that would otherwise be impossible to obtain without the use of auto tune. Some prime examples are Imogen Heap with their song "Hide and Seek" and artist like T-Paine that use auto tune to create music that no one else could do without this technology. They understand and use it correctly. The wrong way is when artist like Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, and almost any other friendly/attractive face has used it when they have trouble hitting the correct note or pitch, or they are just feeling lazy. This promotes poor musicianship and allows people that have no right being near a microphone be able to sound like they were singing opera since they were born, with a little robot in their voice. This also gives record company's a near limitless supply of "talent", and i use the term talent loosely. They see auto tune as a way to earn fast money with records. All they need is a song writer, a producer, and a pretty face and they have the mass public buying the single off of itunes, giving them millions of dollars. This also gives real musicians a trouble that refuse to use auto tune (symbolized by a blue ribbon) because they must spend a longer time recording and it won't always be right on pitch. While it gives the vocals a more human feel, it takes a much, much longer time to complete a track.

RJA 10a

The use of auto tune has two sides, when it is used as it was intended as a new instrument of technology and then when auto tune is used as a handicap for weak singers, which the record company's use to make lot's of money, create a quick turn around for new talent, and to keep up with trends. While artist that don't use it must have longer recording sessions to get the right voice track and actually spend years practicing their voice.

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RJA 7c

I am planning on interviewing a few people, all musicians. The first person I have in mind is my music teacher who is helping me with music theory, Stu Miller. He graduated from Metro in 2002 and has been studying music for over 25 years. He has also been in the recording business for about ten and understands and even sometimes will use auto-tune. I am hoping to conduct the interview in late October when he has the time, I am trying to work around his schedule.

I would also like to make a poll on facebook or myspace about autotune and see how the general public feel about it.

RJA 7b

I liked using http://www.icerocket.com/ to help me find people's personal opinions on music and autotune through their blogs. I would type in music+industry+autotune and it gave me this http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=blog&fr=h&q=music%2Bindustry%2Bauto+tune&x=0&y=0 on Oct 2 2009.

RJA 7a

I mainly use google.com and amazon.com, but lately I have been using http://books.google.com/books

I know google is not the greatest search engine for finding specific sources but it starts you off in the right direction and usually allows me to find better sources the deeper I go in.

I use amazon.com for researching what books might work, it basically works as a faster library for me so I can read the descriptions of each book really fast.

I use googlebooks for citing and quoting some of the material I find on amazon.