Auto-Tune will destroy “creative” Black African artistes - Gramps Morgan

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francis kwarteng 11 years ago

Good one there! I have always said the same things to my friends.

Auto-Tune is really "destroying" quality music and real musical talent across the board. Yes, Cher made it big time with Auto-tune.

Unfortunately the p ...
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Good one there! I have always said the same things to my friends.

Auto-Tune is really "destroying" quality music and real musical talent across the board. Yes, Cher made it big time with Auto-tune.

Unfortunately the presence of T-Pain in popular American music seems to have brought "universality" to the brand!

And unfortunately, Ghanaians and Africans "copy by heart" (laugh it off). Look what "burger-highlife" and "hip-life" have both done to "traditional" highlife.

I am not saying George Darko and Sarkodie are not talented, quite the contrary. These are two of the best musicians I have listened to. On the other hand, I am only saying that such artificial brands like Auto-Tune dissemble the talents of real musicians.

Morgan, your advice is in order. And Morgan Heritage has set a good example for others to follow. Your solo career and that of Morgan Heritage have set high standards for the music industry, particularly dancehall, roots reggae, and rock steady!

Thanks.
seventeen 11 years ago

Funny how the article title put the word "creative" in quotes. Are we to assume we have no true creativity in Africa?

Funny how the article title put the word "creative" in quotes. Are we to assume we have no true creativity in Africa?
oldstuff 9 years ago

B-b-but... it sounds like they're using it, too?

B-b-but... it sounds like they're using it, too?
Idi Amin Dada 11 years ago

THIS GUYS IS SPEAKING A GREAT TRUTH. THE SO-CALLED YOUNG MUSICIAN OF TODAY IN AFRICA ARE FOOLISHLY COPYING EVERYTHING WESTERN AND THROWING AWAY THEIR OWN, WHICH IS BETTER AND FAR SUPERIOR THAN THOSE FROM THE INFERIOR "WESTERN ...
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THIS GUYS IS SPEAKING A GREAT TRUTH. THE SO-CALLED YOUNG MUSICIAN OF TODAY IN AFRICA ARE FOOLISHLY COPYING EVERYTHING WESTERN AND THROWING AWAY THEIR OWN, WHICH IS BETTER AND FAR SUPERIOR THAN THOSE FROM THE INFERIOR "WESTERN PLACES". GHANA AND AFRIKA MUST TAKE THIS ADVICE SERIOUSLY.
jah son 11 years ago

Big ups mi i-dren Morgan

Big ups mi i-dren Morgan
Gina 11 years ago

Thank you Mr. Morgan. Music today is over marketed auto tuned. Good music died with the introduction of mtv & the record labels are only interested in marketing 'looks' rather than actual singers. They're using the cheapest w ...
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Thank you Mr. Morgan. Music today is over marketed auto tuned. Good music died with the introduction of mtv & the record labels are only interested in marketing 'looks' rather than actual singers. They're using the cheapest way to make a buck & that seems to be essentially creating talentless, wannabe people who can't sing without the use of technology. Music is now written on PC & not on an instrument. Singers only have to look good & have a mediocre voice at best, which are then touched up by electronic effects & filters. Back in the day when autotuned was nonexistent, people only go to live concerts & the artist is expected to sing live. Nowadays, all I hear is noise & obscenities. Today's music sucks so bad, it's worthy to use as a means to torture terrorists.
Riel 11 years ago

100% agree, it's really sad what's happening to music, it's all about commercial and sales.

100% agree, it's really sad what's happening to music, it's all about commercial and sales.
Sam 11 years ago

Gone are the days when human beings can really sing without help. Thanks Morgan for telling it like it is

Gone are the days when human beings can really sing without help. Thanks Morgan for telling it like it is
Viv 11 years ago

Have you ever heard Rihanna trying to sing live? Omg, I needed an earplugs to avoid listening to her annoying voice. Girl can't sing a note, she has to rely on auto tuned and be slutty to sell records.

Have you ever heard Rihanna trying to sing live? Omg, I needed an earplugs to avoid listening to her annoying voice. Girl can't sing a note, she has to rely on auto tuned and be slutty to sell records.
Concerned citizen 11 years ago

So the likes of ShataWale should listen to wisdom here and stop calling themselves African dancehall kings when they are blindly copying Jamaican music instead of Africanising their own genre accompanied by life band like the ...
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So the likes of ShataWale should listen to wisdom here and stop calling themselves African dancehall kings when they are blindly copying Jamaican music instead of Africanising their own genre accompanied by life band like the real African stuff from Samini.Ironically they laugh at the real african stuff. What a world of contradiction.
Lovey 11 years ago

Omg thank you Roy, talented singers never get the exposure they deserve, only the autotuned singers does. It's really a pity

Omg thank you Roy, talented singers never get the exposure they deserve, only the autotuned singers does. It's really a pity
Allotey 11 years ago

Sadly

Sadly
cute shay 11 years ago

Yeah, and auto tunes are reigning, really sad, true talents are being left for over sexualized and over rated auto tuners :(

Yeah, and auto tunes are reigning, really sad, true talents are being left for over sexualized and over rated auto tuners :(
MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 11 years ago

Nation wreckers,music and movie is immorality.www.aloloom.net

Nation wreckers,music and movie is immorality.www.aloloom.net
MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 11 years ago

Nation wreckers,music and movie is immorality.www.aloloom.net

Nation wreckers,music and movie is immorality.www.aloloom.net

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