It's not a secret that artists, like Britney Spears or Ke$ha, use synthesizing and auto tune, which are two seperate types of editing to make the voice sound more digital or enhance the quality of a somewhat dull voice. Synthesizing is used more than Auto-tuning because it still keeps the person's real voice intact, unlike auto-tune, that became well-known after artists such as T-Pain and Kanye West started making songs that were full of autotune and lacking of vocal talent.
But is there really proof that anyone has vocal talent if they have their voice edited to the extreme and lip-sync so well that we can't even tell if anyone is singing anymore?
Britney Spears is the epitome of this, being that she constantly lip syncs, and has her voice on every track edited to death so that she has a voice that is basically unachievable by a human being. She has become such a pro at Lip-syncing, her tracks have been edited for live performances to make it appear that she's really singing.
Ke$ha barely sings live because her songs are so synthesized to death, that when she sings live, she sounds terrible, and at times tone deaf. Her songs are catchy, but sound like roadkill live.
Another artist, who's vocal quality is improving as her number of studio albums increase, that uses this is Rihanna.
Rihanna is trying to make her career more of a reputable one by improving her vocal strength and popularity by performing at different events to broaden her audience, like her duet with Country singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this month.
Even artists who can actually sing well use editing to make their track more of a "dance" track.
Aubrey O'Day, formerly of Danity Kane and star of the hit Reality show All About Aubrey, who just released a dance track called "Automatic" that showcased her great voice, but also had a digital quality to it. Other artists like Lady GaGa and Beyonce, who have vocal talent, also use this technology.
While it might make the track more modern and "dancey", I personally think that if it's going to be done, it should be done well. On a new remix of Rihanna's hit "S&M" featuring Britney Spears, Britney was edited so much that she sounded like she was in need of some Nasonex or some type of decongestant.
But, while this may be popular now, I hope that real talent will prevail over edited talent once again, like Adele, who's sophomore album 21 is currently the highest selling album of 2011. Even though I like dancing to these songs, I'd also like to have the same, if not a better, experience live. I'm talking to you Britney and Ke$ha.
Here's an example of Britney now with her "live" vocals:
Ke$ha barely sings live because her songs are so synthesized to death, that when she sings live, she sounds terrible, and at times tone deaf. Her songs are catchy, but sound like roadkill live.
Another artist, who's vocal quality is improving as her number of studio albums increase, that uses this is Rihanna.
Rihanna is trying to make her career more of a reputable one by improving her vocal strength and popularity by performing at different events to broaden her audience, like her duet with Country singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this month.
Even artists who can actually sing well use editing to make their track more of a "dance" track.
While it might make the track more modern and "dancey", I personally think that if it's going to be done, it should be done well. On a new remix of Rihanna's hit "S&M" featuring Britney Spears, Britney was edited so much that she sounded like she was in need of some Nasonex or some type of decongestant.
But, while this may be popular now, I hope that real talent will prevail over edited talent once again, like Adele, who's sophomore album 21 is currently the highest selling album of 2011. Even though I like dancing to these songs, I'd also like to have the same, if not a better, experience live. I'm talking to you Britney and Ke$ha.
Here's an example of Britney now with her "live" vocals:
Here's Rihanna at her best...:
...and at her not so best:
And an example of non-edited vocal talent, Adele:
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