AutoTune

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies examines the phenomenon of AutoTune, with help from special guest Professor “Weird Al” Yankovic. Read more…

Third Man Records has announced the 7-inch release of John Boswell’s A Glorious Dawn on November 9th.

A Glorious Dawn, embedded above, is an arrangement of Carl Sagan’s words from Cosmos, AutoTuned. Read more…

This is the video for 2Girlz‘ Fallin Angels, sent my way via Twitter by @podcastmama, who asks “Is this the worst use of AutoTune, ever?”

That’s a tough question to answer, but the video for Fallin’ Angels has a lot going for it:

• Gratuitous rain shots? Check.
• Generic trance beats and sounds? Check.
• Vocalists lip-syncing non-existent harmony parts? Check.
• Hot sisters competing to see who can wear the skeeziest outfit? Check.
• Original lyrics? “I’m just a fallin’ angel, Loosing my religion, Trying hard to fly.” Check.
• A special visit from the high school line-dancing strip squad? Check.
• Classic 80’s style green-screen work? Check.
• Vertical motorcycle riding? Check.

The AutoTuning is just the icing on the cake.

via stephenms

This basic GarageBand tutorial looks at how to use the app’s built-in effects to create a T-Pain AutoTune effect. Read more…

Symphony of Science – We Are All Connected (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

We Are All Connected was made from sampling Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, The History Channel’s Universe series, Richard Feynman’s 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye’s Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawking’s Universe, Cosmos and the Powers of 10.

MP3 available at http://www.symphonyofscience.com. Read more…