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208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Is There a Negative Effect of Auto Tune?

People don't really have to be virtuosos on instruments anymore. The fact that anyone can do it kind of makes it maybe not as special, I don't know. Is it good to be more perfect or is it making it too similar and clean and therefore not as exciting? Well it kind of depends on what it is. People have been using drum machines since the 80s and some of my favorite songs have drum machines on them. Tom Petty used drum machines on some of his big songs he used real drummers.

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