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Is Voice Modification in CD\u2019s Dishonest?<\/div>\n
By Sarah Raines<\/div>\n
You\u2019re listening to your favorite singer in the car and you ask yourself, \u201cHow does she hit that high note?\u201d or, \u201cWhy aren\u2019t I as great of a singer as him?\u201d What you don\u2019t know is that the singer may actually be tone deaf.<\/div>\n
Recently, they have developed machines that can be used to correct the speed and pitch of your voice, and to make you sound like you know exactly what to be singing.<\/div>\n
Have you ever been to a live concert? Maybe if you weren\u2019t being blinded by the singer\u2019s sheer awesomeness, you might have noticed that they are singing some notes out of tune or they\u2019re out of breath.<\/div>\n
But is it wrong that your favorite singers can really only sing as well as you? Or is it great that the record label conveniently makes sure the CD sounds just right before sending it out to stores.<\/div>\n
This may be what happened a year ago when everybody was feeling \u201cBieber fever.\u201d Was Justin Bieber a case of voice modification gone wrong, or is he a teen heartthrob with a unique voice? I have friends who worship him, and others who refuse to say his name, while I stay decidedly neutral (because of fear of being stuck in the crossfire). The real question is, \u201cDoes he really sing like that?\u201d<\/div>\n
Bands in the 60\u2019s, 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s didn\u2019t need voice modification. So why do we need it now? The Beatles were just fine without it. Plus, is it selfish to pretend to sing even if you can\u2019t? Which one is worse, lip-synching or voice modification? Is voice modification misleading or dishonest or neither? I asked the readers for input.<\/div>\n
Questions and Answers About Voice Modification<\/div>\n
Q: If bands in the 60\u2019s, 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s didn\u2019t need voice modification, why should we?<\/div>\n
A: Singers were better back then and singers want to make their singing more attractive- Katelyn Rand and Sophie Mannarino<\/div>\n
Q: Are singers selfish to pretend that they can sing even if they are tone deaf but have the \u201cright look\u201d?<\/div>\n
A: It\u2019s completely selfish. It\u2019s so stupid that singers need \u201chelp\u201d to sing- Clare Lippincott.<\/div>\n
Q: Which one is worse, voice modification or lip-synching?<\/div>\n
A: Lip-synching is worse because singers should sing at their own concerts and they shouldn\u2019t need it and people pay a lot of money to see them live- Katelyn Rand.<\/div>\n
Q: Is voice modification misleading, dishonest or neither?<\/div>\n
A: It\u2019s definitely misleading, but I don\u2019t know if you can call it dishonest- Katie Dretler<\/div>\n
I conclude that voice modification is a definitely wrong, but it usually makes CD\u2019s sound better.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is Voice Modification in CD\u2019s Dishonest? By Sarah Raines You\u2019re listening to your favorite singer in the car and you ask yourself, \u201cHow does she hit that high note?\u201d or, \u201cWhy aren\u2019t I as great of a singer as him?\u201d What you don\u2019t know is that the singer may actually be tone deaf. Recently, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}