- How do the record labels view auto-tune?
- Why do the artist use auto-tune?
- How did auto-tune become invented?
- Why was their a need for it in the first place?
- How did auto-tune get it's start?
- How do the artist that use auto-tune sound live in concert?
- Do the artist's fans care or notice the auto-tune?
- What are the pro's in auto-tune? The con's of auto-tune?
- Why do so many musicians hate it?
- Why do so many people use it?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
RJA 2a
Some brainstorm ideas that I have for my topic (the use of auto-tune in popular music) are:
RJA 2b
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The topic I have chosen is the use of auto-tune a benefit or a handicap? I choose this because I am very passionate about this subject. My personal belief is that if you need the handicap of a computer to help you sing then you need to practice more. I believe that I can take my bias out of this and look at the other side. I want to figure out why this is used and the debate between musicians and producers on this subject. Why some people like it and others don't. I have a very strong hate for auto-tune and I am very interested in researching the other view of this subject.
I don't know much about how auto-tune actually works, but now what it does. A computer will change incorrect pitches to fit the correct key of the song. This technology can fix even the worst of mistakes, making talent and hard work mean almost nothing. I'm not sure on this, but I think that we have the technology for people to use auto-tune even during live shows now. I watched a documentary called, "The Day the Music Died" and it had a brief spot on how it works and the process of it. It also touches on the subject of record labels which I thought was really interesting. While some artist use it as a handicap others like T-Paine use it as a instrument of technology. This is mainly used in pop and hip-hop songs, so classical music is not affected by this.
What I don't know, as I stated before, is how exactly the computer can determine when a pitch is sang wrong in a certain key. I am really interested in how the whole process works. I also want to find out how the use of auto-tune is used in live shows works and if it is not used, how the singer makes up for a lack of talent. I want to find out the views of the people that are for the use of this program, the view of the record label and the view of the performer. I also want to know what the fans of the auto-tune pop performers think, or what they are not thinking. Do they hear the auto-tune? Do they know what auto-tune is? Do they even care?
The topic I have chosen is the use of auto-tune a benefit or a handicap? I choose this because I am very passionate about this subject. My personal belief is that if you need the handicap of a computer to help you sing then you need to practice more. I believe that I can take my bias out of this and look at the other side. I want to figure out why this is used and the debate between musicians and producers on this subject. Why some people like it and others don't. I have a very strong hate for auto-tune and I am very interested in researching the other view of this subject.
I don't know much about how auto-tune actually works, but now what it does. A computer will change incorrect pitches to fit the correct key of the song. This technology can fix even the worst of mistakes, making talent and hard work mean almost nothing. I'm not sure on this, but I think that we have the technology for people to use auto-tune even during live shows now. I watched a documentary called, "The Day the Music Died" and it had a brief spot on how it works and the process of it. It also touches on the subject of record labels which I thought was really interesting. While some artist use it as a handicap others like T-Paine use it as a instrument of technology. This is mainly used in pop and hip-hop songs, so classical music is not affected by this.
What I don't know, as I stated before, is how exactly the computer can determine when a pitch is sang wrong in a certain key. I am really interested in how the whole process works. I also want to find out how the use of auto-tune is used in live shows works and if it is not used, how the singer makes up for a lack of talent. I want to find out the views of the people that are for the use of this program, the view of the record label and the view of the performer. I also want to know what the fans of the auto-tune pop performers think, or what they are not thinking. Do they hear the auto-tune? Do they know what auto-tune is? Do they even care?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
RJA 1
Some scholarly and academic interests on which I might base my research and writing for class this semester are anything music related like:
- Electronic keyboards vs. acoustic keyboards. Their pros and cons and preference.
- Music video games (Guitar Hero, Rock Band) and how they affect kids in a positive or negative way with real instruments and music listening.
- Styles of music and how are they progressing or declining over time.
- Is technology ruining music?
- Is the use of auto-tune a benefit or a handicap? (favorite subject)
- Should D.J's and techno producers be considered musicians?
- Should rappers be considered musicians?
- Is some music really better than others or is it all just subjective?
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