My autotune’s interface.
I’ve never been against autotune. However, my classical training and bias have always looked upon it as a “lowbrow” tool. A tool for people who don’t want to take the time to get a good take. These are the musings of a musician more worried about making themselves awesome than about making awesome music. Here’s what I mean by that:
The cliche, “It’s about the music” isn’t as much of a cliche as many would have you believe. An artist should be more worried about making great music than about being an awesome musician. Being a great musician is a means to an end: great music. You can be a great musician and use autotune because great musicians are generally more worried about the final product than about how they got there.
So a track was doctored to sound better. So what? It’s sounds great and that’s all that matters to an artist. There is no moral value tied to the means by which we make music.
“You used autotune. I didn’t need it. My audience will appreciate my awesomeness.”
Sorry bud, no one cares. Oh, and I was able to use a take that had more passion even though a couple of notes were a little off pitch…so I guess they do care.
I am a proud user of autotune.
Make sure to listen to some great music today. Here’s a suggestion:
