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[davidmjs]

I like auto-tune when it's used creatively. Not when it's used to make up for deficiencies in a singer.

Jules

It's such a weird thing isn't it - because most of the best (ok, scrub that, my favourite) singers have multiple 'deficiencies'.  It's all about how the emotion is transferred to my ears.  Some people almost literally 'can't sing' but it still works.  Other people are entirely technically proficient but you never want to hear again...it's the same with guitar playing - Yngwie Malmsteen can play all the notes, but do you ever want to listen to him playing them a second time?  To get bang up to date - Robert Fripp or Steve Vai (KC v BEAT playing KC)?  No contest - less is always more.  

The funny thing about this particular case is that I might actually prefer an autotuned Freddie

[Jules Gray]

It's such a weird thing isn't it - because most of the best (ok, scrub that, my favourite) singers have multiple 'deficiencies'.  It's all about how the emotion is transferred to my ears.  Some people almost literally 'can't sing' but it still works.  Other people are entirely technically proficient but you never want to hear again...it's the same with guitar playing - Yngwie Malmsteen can play all the notes, but do you ever want to listen to him playing them a second time?  To get bang up to date - Robert Fripp or Steve Vai (KC v BEAT playing KC)?  No contest - less is always more.  

I agree with all that. I like "stylists". I like artists with charisma, intelligence, and the ability to get emotions over to the audience.  When I talked about "deficiencies", I was thinking more about pop singers than people like Bob Dylan or [insert name here].

Jules

[Shane (Skirky)]

I've employed Autotune in a studio-based environment, principally when we knew that hearing that bum note would bug the perpetrator from here until eternity.
Also, when the fiddle player is 104, getting a bit tired after the sixteenth take, and we're on the clock.

[Dan O.]

I like auto-tune when it's used creatively. Not when it's used to make up for deficiencies in a singer.

Jules

It's such a weird thing isn't it - because most of the best (ok, scrub that, my favourite) singers have multiple 'deficiencies'.  It's all about how the emotion is transferred to my ears.  Some people almost literally 'can't sing' but it still works.  Other people are entirely technically proficient but you never want to hear again...it's the same with guitar playing - Yngwie Malmsteen can play all the notes, but do you ever want to listen to him playing them a second time?  To get bang up to date - Robert Fripp or Steve Vai (KC v BEAT playing KC)?  No contest - less is always more.  

The funny thing about this particular case is that I might actually prefer an autotuned Freddie

Yngwie, eh ?

The late Jeff Buckley made the following observation about the aforementioned Mr Malmsteen :

"Do I like Yngwie Malmsteen ? Ha ! He says he loves the guitar yet it's obvious to me that the guitar hates him. He can't write a song at all. I remember hearing a bit of an album of his after reading so much about him...it was a complete joke. He's no threat to anything or anyone whatsoever - except maybe his own bowels."

Bit harsh, I thought...  

[davidmjs]

Bit harsh, I thought...  

You might say that, I couldn't possibly comment...