RJA 4b

RJA 4a

Keywords:

Auto-tune, autotune, auto+tune, record+label, music+industry, pop+stars, kanye+west+auto+tune, autotune+live+performance, album+sales,vocal production, synthetic vocals, vocoder, t-pain (haha), step-tuners

vocal+production, synthetic+vocals, vocoder, t-pain, step-tuners

RJA 3a

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RJA 3b

I may need to broaden my original idea because I am finding lots of information against the use of auto tune but aside from easy money I can not find much for the use of it. I was thinking that I could go deeper into the history of music, and the history of auto tune, and with an educated guess I can try and predict the future of the music industry if we continue to use auto tune or if we get rid of it completely. So I want to focus more on the past, future, and ask around to see if I can find anyhthing pro with auto tuned music,

Edit: I may also need to go deeper into the recording and mastering of studio songs. Discuss how they are different from the past and if it is a good or bad thing.

RJA 3b

RJA 3c

Devloping Research Question

How do autotuned musicians perform in concert? What does the record company do when they have to perform live in front of a audience or for television? How is recording different from the past? For better or worse?

RJA 2a

Some brainstorm ideas that I have for my topic (the use of auto-tune in popular music) are:

• 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?