Ne-Yo Blasts "Singers" Who Rely On Autotune

Say what you want about Ne-Yo, but dude is always a proponent of showcasing real talent.  And always keeps it real about folks who just don't have the voice or the star power to make it.

So, of course, he's giving his insight on why folks need to stop using autotune as wings and push their songs like their real artists.  Read on for his take...
Ne-Yo spoke out recently saying auto tuned should be used for what is there for--only to support the vocals of actual singers from time to time who don't want to compeltely wear out their voices because of constant performing and recording.
You don't want to blow your throat out trying to do the same note a thousand times, so you sing it a few good times and you let the Auto-Tune catch whatever notes fall out," Ne-Yo explained. "It was not meant to be wings. You were not supposed to strap it on your back and jump out the building, that is not what Auto-Tune was meant to be."
The singer/songwriter, whose production team Stargate, scored one of 2010's biggest hits with Wiz Khalifa's 'Black and Yellow,' continued to call Auto-Tune's saturated use in hip-hop "wack," saying artists who employ the effect as a signature sound like "robots."
"If you using it for what it's meant for, cool, fine and good," Ne-Yo continued. "I feel like the best singers do... Not 'I can't sing at all so let's just turn Auto-tune all the way up so that I sound like Willie the robot,' that's wack! That's terrible, it takes all the character outta your voice and you become a robot. You hear it on the radio and you go 'who is that?' and you have no idea because everybody sounds the same. If you're a singer, sing!"
Couldn't have said it better myself.  This "I want to become a star and tour and sell my record after I go speak into a mic and autotune it" ish is just becoming ridiculous.  It's always been a pet peeve of mine when random folks trying to be an artist purposely dumb down the music industry for consumers by pushing 100% autotuned songs.  And they're actually trying to become a star from it.  It's literally someone speaking into a mic and a machine turning it into a song.  Nothing special about the voice.  I'm not impressed and it's sad that this is becoming the standard of music now.
Glad somebody spoke out advocating raising our standards.  And I guess it's safe to say he won't be trading his beliefs and talents just for some airtime on the E! channel anytime soon, unlike other producers....
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