While artists like T-pain and Ke$ha are often criticized for their use of auto-tune, the general public does not realize that, many times, artists make a conscious decision to alter the pitch of their voices drastically. This can be for a multitude of reasons. Sometimes people understand the artistic choice and at other times people attribute the choice to an inability to perform. I assure you, the choice to use auto-tune is more often the latter. However, I will be here for you along our journey on this blog to point out which artists and styles have chosen to use auto-tune in an organic and artistic way.
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Now, before I begin to explain auto-tune as an art form, I want to explain art. Art is not always a master piece. Did you see that scribble of washed-away chalk on the sidewalk? Or that torn piece of paper hanging from a tree branch? Everything is art. While T-pain is altering his voice in order to sing about big booties and getting drunk futuristically, he is still and artist. He makes something out of nothing.
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Now, my favorite art is any form of symbolism. I love when I watch something or see something and have to put the pieces together in my own head. Have you ever seen the music video for Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night?” The music video is about 14:00 minutes long, so make sure you have some time. I suggest you listen to the monologue at the beginning of the video. The monologue explains how the video will be about her rise to fame. And while the video may not be “truthful” or “exactly how it happened,” it mirrors Gaga’s perception of that time.
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It may not be “truthful,” or “exactly how it happened,” but it mirrors Gaga’s perception of that time. Gaga’s. No one else’s. Everything that appears in the video is painstakingly chosen to represent something. Everything acts as a symbol. Everything has a hidden meaning. Just as it can when an artist uses auto-tune.
Auto-tune can represent a perfect moment in time, as the pitch-correction vocoder makes an artists voice perfect on a robotic level. Auto-tune can be used to represent a deep and hopeless struggle, as the tool can alter someone’s voice to a point where it is hopelessly distorted. Auto-tune can represent anger, as the use of the tool can strain the voice to drastic levels. Auto-tune can be used to represent and uprising, as the tool can be used to make 1 sound like many.
I hope I’ve been able to explain to you why auto-tune is an artistic tool. Auto-tune can be used as a paint brush on the canvas that is music. I get so upset when critics fail to see that auto-tune can do so much more than fabricate the newest, hottest, plastic-mold Pop Star. Auto-tune can be used as an art. Auto-tune can be a contribution to art unlike any other. And, tragically, so many fail to see that.
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