RizwanAuto-Tune OVERLOAD!!
May 24th 2008 01:00
AUTO-TUNE OVERLOAD!!
Ok, so first off, I'd like to state that I used to really like auto-tune. Back before Lil' Weezy and T-Pain got their hands on auto-tune, it was a commodity, a rarely heard voice but very well-liked. throughout the late 90's and early 21st century their are songs that incorporate some little bits and pieces of auto-tune that make the song that much better. This, however, was way back when singers actually sang with their natural voices! Imagine that! Shocking to think that once artists actually had no machine to rely on to "fix" their voices. There still remains a decent amount of talent out there that don't have to rely on auto-tune for their songs or live performances, of which most notably, to me, is the under-appreciated Craig David. Listening to his stuff, it is very clear that he may just have one of the best, if not the best, voice in music today. As Elton John once said, "If there is a better singer in the world than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher".
Now I assure you that I am in no way criticizing artists that use auto-tune to fix their voices as I'm sure there are valid excuses, such as dry throats, bad/off days, and etc. BUT, and that's a BIG but, when an artist takes too far and relies so heavily on auto-tune, that without it they would have no career, that is where I draw the lines. In order to recognize when an artist uses auto-tune you just have to listen to what sounds natural and what doesn't. For instance the young female artist JoJo has used auto-tune on one of her recent hits, "Too Little Too Late". When she hits the high note in the song, you can tell it's an obvious use of auto-tune due to how it sounds and the fact that I've never heard her hit that note.
Lately, since T-Pain's heavy use of a different version to create it as his "signature sound", the use of auto-tune has become a commodity, the how-to of which is known to virtually everyone on the planet with a computer and a limited knowledge of FL Studios. Hearing song after song by T-Pain, made get sick of auto-tune after awhile, but then Lil' Wayne just made it sickening to hear auto-tune. While I must admit I admired his use of auto-tune on Prostitute Flange, and while his new song Lollipop is a commercial success, I am really really getting tired of hearing this effect being over-used, and underground artists using it simply because they think it will garner them the success they need.
I say stop the auto-tune, use your real voices. We are tired of hearing this effect, it's over-used, over-played, we need real sounds, we need real singers.
What do you think? What do you say? No more or limited use of auto-tune sound good?
To me, there's nothing better in the world than the sound of an artists real voice if they can sing. I'm tired of artists using auto-tune and getting success. We need to stop this, it's getting too much out of hand now. Sing for real. If you have a voice, success will come if you just work hard at perfecting it.
Singers that can sing we need you!
Show how auto-tune isn't needed!
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