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Old 23-11-2009, 21:56
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Argghhhhhhh Listening to Radio 1 earlier almost every song had that robotic auto-tune (made famous by Cher - Believe). Are there really that many bad singers? Why are they in the industry if they can't sing?
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Old 23-11-2009, 22:02
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It really is awful now how often it's used, it was fine before when it wasn't so dominant and only a couple artists used it for a couple songs but now, it's every track of an artists album.
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Old 23-11-2009, 22:05
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I love Cher's Believe song. I have it on disc and think it's great. But yes, I think if it wasn't for all the gimmicks that got placed in to the song, I doubt it would have sounded as good as it did. The video is great. I love it how the lass is utterly besotted with this fella but can't summon the courage to go up and talk to him. Although, I think she tries, but just as she takes a few steps, a woman takes her place.
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Old 24-11-2009, 00:09
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It will make this decade's records date really badly imo. In ten years time people won't be able to take the records made now seriously because of the production techniques used.
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Old 24-11-2009, 00:23
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you ca all sound like that now due to the Vocola App on the I-Phone
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Old 24-11-2009, 08:42
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Are there really that many bad singers? Why are they in the industry if they can't sing?
They have the "X" Factor.
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Old 24-11-2009, 12:35
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Thank God, I thought I was the only one. Why make every song sound the same as the one before it? To me it just affirms that their singing voice can't be that great if they need a computer to do it for them.

I call it 'gayfish' music, after the South Park episode about Kanye West that took the p**s out of autotuning (amongst other things) at the end
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Old 24-11-2009, 13:18
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It will make this decade's records date really badly imo. In ten years time people won't be able to take the records made now seriously because of the production techniques used.
You're right...a bit like the overuse of synth stabs in the 80s.
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Old 24-11-2009, 13:48
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Funny, I was going to start a thread saying the exact thing the other day.

I don't normally listen to the radio, but was listening to the galaxy chart the other day, and pretty much every song in the top 10 had stupid auto-tune effects.

It's bloody annoying!
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Old 24-11-2009, 13:54
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Lady GaGa (omg and La Roux they are the worst offenders) has a lot of auto-tune, sadly, though she can actually sing. Britney does too, though she does not sound good live.
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Old 24-11-2009, 15:31
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I really hate auto tunes

I like Gaga and she sure can sing but she needs to tone it down a bit with the autotunes

I realised on the song Telephone how Beyonce didn't use auto tune for her part, i was glad that she opted out.
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Old 24-11-2009, 16:32
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Lady GaGa (omg and La Roux they are the worst offenders) has a lot of auto-tune, sadly, though she can actually sing. Britney does too, though she does not sound good live.
Wonder would she sound like a wailing cat if she didn't use auto-tune? I think some of Britney's songs do have auto-tune but a lot of them don't. If you listen to her full albums there are some songs that don't use it and some of her ballads on the albums definitely don't use it.
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Old 24-11-2009, 17:25
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Wonder would she sound like a wailing cat if she didn't use auto-tune? I think some of Britney's songs do have auto-tune but a lot of them don't. If you listen to her full albums there are some songs that don't use it and some of her ballads on the albums definitely don't use it.
Definitely better, seen her live and she can hit the higher reaches no problem which is more than I can say of others!
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Old 24-11-2009, 20:21
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

I'm an old fart, but this video justifies the existence of Auto-Tune.
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Old 24-11-2009, 21:48
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Argghhhhhhh Listening to Radio 1 earlier almost every song had that robotic auto-tune (made famous by Cher - Believe). Are there really that many bad singers? Why are they in the industry if they can't sing?
Yes... its a pretty good indicator whether a song (or singer) will be shite IMO...

Hoping this is a fad the public will tire of quickly...
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Old 25-11-2009, 04:41
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Definitely better, seen her live and she can hit the higher reaches no problem which is more than I can say of others!
If you have seen Britney singing live you must be her dad,her manager or her songwriter -
Anyone that has ever paid for a LIVE CONCERT ticket has never heard her sing live-thats for sure
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Old 25-11-2009, 09:47
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If you have seen Britney singing live you must be her dad,her manager or her songwriter -
Anyone that has ever paid for a LIVE CONCERT ticket has never heard her sing live-thats for sure
I wasn't on about Britney (who would want to see that fake miming bimbo), I was on about La Roux!
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Old 25-11-2009, 09:58
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you ca all sound like that now due to the Vocola App on the I-Phone
You can all sound like that by simply thumping your chest in a tarzan stylee whilst singing.
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Old 25-11-2009, 15:36
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As Christina Aguilera rightly put it herself - "Autotune is for pussies"
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Old 25-11-2009, 17:01
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I really don't like auto-tune at all, never have. And, I can honestly say that we have never used it in any of our recordings, luckily we don't have to, our singer rarely misses a note and the bvs are quite short so my horrible voice doesn't get heard for too long
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