Music and Technology

an NPR series

Here is an interesting series about music and technology from NPR. Ever wonder about the weird robot lyrics in songs? like that Cher song? it's pitch correction software. check it out.

http://www.npr.org/templates/s...toryId=96401973

1- Leanne Hanson on Dec. 5 2008

Nothing terribly new I suppose -- musicians have been using technology to distort their sounds for thirty or forty years now, like Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park" (one of the greatest songs of all time). The difference is, those were intentional distortions of GOOD voices, to make them sound weird. Now they feel obliged to distort BAD voices, to make them sound decent. Pathetic. Give me a band that sounds good in the pub any day of the week -- the only thing that makes them sound better is whisky.

2- Joe R on Dec. 6 2008

Or a couple of pints of Guiness

3- Leanne Hanson on Dec. 8 2008

Indeed. A couple of pints of whisky and you can't hear anything. Worth it when it's Britney et al on the jukebox.

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