I just listen to the AP-Podcast with Silverstein and the topic of Auto Tune (of vocals) and playback came up. In this modern society we are pushed to our limits to achieve ultimate perfection. Who created it and who is to blame? Us.
I think this is wrong, really wrong. In the past I haven’t been really touched by it since it was a phenomenon that was most common in the pop genre. Britney Spears is a name that should pop up in your head right now, along with miss Ashlee Simpsons accident.
I can’t really blame them, the hype around them are ridicules, the media threat them as if they weren’t humans at all. I know that it is disappointing, that when you go to a concert and the vocals isn’t on its best, but we just have to face it. The artist gets tired, sick and even wears their voice out at times.
I wasn’t concerned until the auto tune started to approach my territory, the more heavy music genres like rock and metal (pop-rock is not in there). One of the things that I love about those genres is the rawness, the intensity, the reality and the individual sound.
That will soon be a faded memory if everything develops the way it’s going now.
