Auto-Tune can serve as an additive or a crutch, but it has opened the floodgates for a relentless wave of untalented goons in the mainstream. The constant Auto-Tuning of vocals begets formulated, ...

American Idol has already run eight seasons. Since its debut in 2002, watching non-singers belting out of tune has become an amusing addiction. When Karaoke was introduced in the 80's from Japan, it ...

Stop Smiling Books/ Melville House; 335 pp. The room contains two turntables and a microphone. Hulking consoles line the walls, covered in dials and gauges and blinking lights, like the bridge of ...

Jay-Z isn't the only one over the auto-tune craze, you can now add Wyclef Jean and Nick Cannon to that list. The two recently released "Mr. Autotune," a song making fun of the ever-popular voice ...

Wake up Kanye, Mr. Gibbard’s in the building– and he and his fellow Death Cab for Cutie bandmates mean business. The indie rock superstars (if such a term can exist within its own undeniable irony) ...

Young Money’s First Lady Nicki Minaj has unveiled two new tracks in preparation for her upcoming debut. Testing the waters and seeing if they stick, Ms. Nicki also jacks T-Pain for his Auto-Tune ...