The rise of the autotune

While many artists have escaped the ear-bleeding autotune, the recent charts have been littered with it. Vocal talent has been largely replaced by machinery - and the mass market have been lapping it up!

In my opinion, artists such as Ke$ha are cheating the public out of their hard-earned money. By creating a fake vocal ability, they are also blocking the way for truly talented vocalists who are working 24/7 to get any form of recognition.

On the other hand, vocals are not the only aspect to a song; if the artist is involved in other creative processes such as writing or producing the song, then that's fair enough. The problem comes when the 'artist' is not involved in any creative aspect of the song whatsoever - if good looks are the only quality they possess, they should try out modelling rather than clogging up the music industry.

I have more respect for music producers such as David Guetta who don't feel the need to put their own vocals on their tracks and rising musicians who write, produce and sing without autotune.

What do you think?



15-year old artist Birdy has a beautiful
voice and has never used autotune.