Even Obama Can Use Auto-tune

I stumbled upon this video one night and found it hilarious, but it also proves the point of my argument: it does not take true skill to be an artist these days. If you take a look at the video, even Jimmy Kimmel admits it as well.



There is even an application available for the Ipod touch and Iphone, that allows anyone to utilize the capabilities of auto-tune to modify their voice. It is called "I am T-Pain" and a few months back I had downloaded the demo version from the Itunes store. It actually works. It modifies the users voice to simulate that of T-Pain, the most famous rapper to utilize the voice modifying program that is auto-tune.

So now it's true, anyone can be T-Pain. Anyone can sing the words to their favorite T-Pain song and sound just like T-Pain! Awesome! Not quite in my eyes. Who says T-Pain would be half the star he is today, who even knows if he can truly sing. Auto-tune is the the cheap way to become famous. If you can't sing, become a poet, and if you don't want to be a poet, sell your songs to someone else who can actually hold a harmony. It's technology like this that is taking away the chances for the people who can actually sing, that are struggling musicians barely making ends meet to do what they love in life. They're getting no reward out of following their passion because these people who have access to this technology.