Link: THE FAKE MUSIC BIZ
Now I'm not talking about the great singers of a bygone era -- the people like Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Patti Page, Nat Cole, and so many more stylists who each had a unique sound, sang with perfect pitch, and whose artistry continues to shine even today.
I'm referring instead to a whole new crop of performers who lip sync during live concerts to pre-recorded tracks that were helped by something called "Auto Tune" -- a process by which off-key vocals can be electronically brought on pitch. It is a giant fraud that's being perpetuated on an unsuspecting public.
The BBC did a very interesting video on this subject that will show you how even some of the world's superstars are cheating their fans.
For the record, I have never had to use Auto Tune on the voices of any artists whose recordings I've worked with. Sometimes an entire track may be slightly out of tune due to a piano not being tuned properly, which threw everything else off. But that is not the singer's fault. Once we make the correction, everything else is fine. But even that is a rare occurrence. In Jim Reeves' day, singers actually had to be able to SING. (A novel concept).
Click the link below for a fascinating look behind the scenes at today's music business.
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