Auto Tune Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Auto-Tuning Freddie Mercury: A good idea?

Freddie Mercury had one of the great voices not just in rock’n’roll but in music, period. Few people can match

Back to school, back to work. The next three months are, as usual, going to be insane. Here’s music news

This was the date in 1993 of the truck bombing of the World Trade Centre in New York. Worse was

Who knew that a technology first conceived to search for oil and gas deposits would end up revitalizing Cher’s career?

[Shane Alexander over at brother site Geeks and Beats took at look at some devices that changed the very nature

I highly disapprove of Auto Tune unless the circumstances are exceptional. This is one of those times. There’s plenty more here.

After you watch this video on tricks employed by music producers, you will never listen to a pop song without

Yep. This pretty much explains everything you to know about Auto Tune.

Back in the day, singing or playing an instrument into a microphone was as state-of-the-art as recording got. Not anymore.

I’m going to beg for your indulgence this week. You know how when things piss you off you try to

Yes, the US election is still a year off, so there’s plenty of time for us to amuse ourselves with

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver