Jul 27, 2017 Exact numbers are hard to come by, but it’s safe to say that the vast majority of commercial music produced in the last decade or so has most likely been digitally tuned. Future Music editor Daniel Griffiths has ballpark- estimated that, as early as 2010, pitch correction was used in about 99% of recorded music. Spreading Opera Throughout Time and Space. Auto-Tune the News was the brainchild of the Brooklyn band The Gregory Brothers.Auto-Tune the News took real video clips of politicians in their natural element and digitally manipulated them so they break into song.
Spreading Opera Throughout Time and Space.Auto-Tune the News was the brainchild of the Brooklyn band The Gregory Brothers. Auto-Tune the News took real video clips of politicians in their natural element and digitally manipulated them so they break into song.
“The Gregory Brothers are unlikely salvagers of our modern digital wasteland.” – The Village Voice
“The Gregory Brothers have invented a completely new art form that is perfectly suited to our meme-crazed times, and — most difficult to replicate — is incredibly well made. Their skills are obvious and their ears perceptive, as evidenced by the way in which they mimic pop music tropes to perfection.” – Wired.com
“The Gregory Brothers have contributed something very important to American culture” – Rachel Maddow
“Absolutely fantastic!” – Glenn Beck
The Gregory Brothers’ unique musical stylings and comic rapport was largely formed when Evan, Michael, and Andrew began making zany mix-tapes in their living room in Radford, Virginia as tiny babies. These (sadly lost) seminal works of musical comedy gently gestated for a few years until 2007, when the brothers joined forces with a bright-eyed lass from Texas. This musical collaboration with Evan’s wife, Sarah, was forged in the fiery crucible of an un-air-conditioned van during a summer tour that year. These sweaty bonds shall never be broken. After having experienced the elation of sharing their original country & soul, folk ‘n’ roll tunes with several dozen people on that home-grown, 50 show tour, they began making their wildly viral YouTube series, “Auto-Tune the News” in 2008. Their meager hope was that several dozen more people would bump their rumps to C-Span if it thumped with a bass line and a beat.
While they continue to work on making their YouTube jams, The Gregory Brothers now tour the country speaking at colleges, playing at rock and comedy clubs, and are in the process of making a pilot for Comedy Central.
They have spoken at Google ZeitGeist, MacWorld, GEL, VidCon, Web 2.0 Expo, about how they combine music, technical savvy, and humor to reach millions. Their hit “The Bed Intruder Song” was the first YouTube video to cross over onto the Billboard Hot 100. They’re also proud to have collaborated with T-Pain, Weezer, Joel Madden, Tosh.0, Adidas, NPR, Sony Electronics, Chipotle, The Cleveland Show and The 83rd Annual Academy Awards. They are also the proud winners of two Webby Awards and were recipients of one of the inaugural Comedy Awards.
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UPDATED Accolades and News: 2020
They have now been nominated for an Emmy, won 3 Webby Awards, 2 Streamy Awards, and produced the first YouTube video to ever chart on The Billboard Hot 100 - Bed Intruder Song. They continue to live in Brooklyn, where they crank out songs, music videos, and a variety of bizarre filmic productions from the industrial warehouse they now call their office.
They are proud to have collaborated with a number of their favorite artists, including Blondie, T-Pain, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Weird Al Yankovci and Weezer. They have also produced pieces for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The New York Times, The Academy Awards,and a number of feature films, advertisements, and television shows.
~~~ SOME MEMORABLE POSTSENJOY
September 22
Songify This - Reality Hits You Hard BroMost Auto Tuned Song In The World Youtube
September 22
THE GREGORY BROTHERS 'THE BACKIN' UP SONG'
August 4
Bed Intruder Song
Chords:
chorus-
gm cm dm 4x Bridge- Eb dm cm gm Eb dm cm F dm F
Lyrics:
he’s climbin in your windows
he’s snatchin your people up tryna rape em so y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife hide your kids, hide your wife hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband cuz they’re rapin errbody out here you don’t have to come and confess we’re lookin for you we gon find you we gon find you so you can run and tell that, run and tell that run and tell that, homeboy home, home, homeboy
we got your t-shirt
you done left fingerprints and all you are so dumb you are really dumb–for real the man got away leaving behind evidence i was attacked by some idiot in the projects so dumb, so dumb, so dumb, so
July 13
Double Rainbow Song
Lyrics/Chords:
Whoa, that’s a full rainbow all the way
bm G Double rainbow, oh my God, double rainbow D A It’s a double rainbow all the way…damn bm G It’s a double rainbow all the way…damn, oh my God D A f#m What does this mean? It’s so bright, so vivid G D Double rainbow, double rainbow, it’s so intense (tense) G f#m What does this mean? It’s startin to even look like a triple rainbow G D That’s a whole rainbow, man, ahhhh! G F# Double rainbow all the way ‘cross the sky bm G Yeah, Yeeeeaaaaah, so intense D A F# Double rainbow all the way ‘cross the sky bm G Wow, wow, oh my God, look at that rainbow D A
June 18
Auto-Tune the News #12 weed.lesbian allegaytions
Lyrics:
The market value of pot would go down, down, down if we legalize it
Then supersize it Right now, now, now $4,000 an ounce That’s way too much $400 an ounce That’s ten times the blunts We need to smoke a little more pot, right? right right now, now, now
That huge profit margin would go down, down, down if pot were legal
For the needy people Right now, now, now Does it lead to harder drugs? No more than cigarettes No, absolutely not It leads to happiness We need to smoke a little more pot, right? right. Right now, now, now
A photo of supreme court nominee Elena Kagan shows Kagan playing softball
Uh, uh… That’s been sort of a signal like 2 men sunbathing together on a beach Or something like that The immediate implication is that they’re gay That’s all, I’ve, I’ve known that for a long time And as soon as I saw that picture I knew the implication: She’s gay, she’s gay! I saw the allegation: she’s gay, she’s gay! Her sexual orientation Significant in her confirmation Is she gaaaaay? (a lesbian, lesbian) Is she gaaaaaay? (a gay, gay lesbian) Is she gaaay? (GAY) Is she gaaay? (GAY) Is she gaaaaaay? (a gay lesbian, lesbian)
Gay, gay, gay, gay like two men sunbathing together on a beach (3x)
Or something like that The White House denies her gayness But she got Village People on her iPod playlist
::laughing/chuckling/chortling::
There’s nothing wrong with a little levity
When we’re short on thoughts and long on brevity
::bantering::
Is she gaaaaay? (a lesbian, lesbian)……
we’re having a conversation about the implication of sexual orientation a silly allegation of extreme exaggeration and pointless information when it comes to confirmation
You would have to smooooke
14 joints in 1960 Today minus 50 To get just as hiiiigh As in 2010 with just 1 joint Goin back in time always disappoints Isn’t that amazing? It’s gonna be crazy in 2060
If we legalize marijuana
It would be a very dark day In California Dark with smooooke Very bad idea Would it balance our budget? It would not! Half of voters favor legalizing pot If we legalize marijuana It would be a dark, dark day Very bad! A dark, dark best day I’d ever have A dark, dark, dark, dark, dark dark day.
June 10
OBAMA SINGS KICK ASS SONG?!?!
April 29
We Won a Webby
Thanks for voting for Auto-Tune the News! We are now not simply buffoons, but award-winning buffoons.
April 16
Magical Streamys Remix
We won 3 Streamy awards! Along the way, we met some of the other nominees and winners. In this video we surf the Streamys nominee page in magical song.
Featured artists, in order of appearance:
Zach Galifianakis (Between 2 Ferns): http://bit.ly/LIsqt
Brigitte Dale: http://bit.ly/cGvXib Michael Buckley: http://bit.ly/338PJm Shane Dawson: http://bit.ly/P8bAx Philip DeFranco: http://bit.ly/Mj3PC Justine Ezarik: http://bit.ly/IUFQ2 Ed Helms (Subtle Sexuality): http://bit.ly/2YfCeR Robin Thorsen (The Guild): http://bit.ly/4oYiwy Amir Blumenfeld (Jake and Amir): http://bit.ly/4e5hmH Molly Windman (Rocketboom): http://bit.ly/3E6V Ass-Whooping (Angel of Death): http://bit.ly/2uMkD David Wain (Wainy Days): http://bit.ly/sdfhB
^^ if you don’t know these shows/channels yet, you should. check them out.
PS–thanks to the homeys/fans, we’re nominated for 2 webbys!! vote for us here: http://nxtnw.tv/goATTN and here: http://nxtnw.tv/voteATTN
spread the word and get out the vote!
April 6
Pure Poppycock. (ft. Joel Madden) // Auto-Tune the News #11
Broadcasters become stars and stars become broadcasters as an ominous hip-hop sample infuses the news of the day. Joel Madden guests as a fictional CBS correspondent. UPDATE: any resemblance the intentional performers may bear to media personalities living or dead is purely coincidental.
Find Joel Madden online:
www.goodcharlotte.com /www.twitter.com/JoelMadden
Mike Penny shreds the shamisen. His YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/mikepenny01
Lyrics available in the closed captions (turn the on at the bottom-right-hand corner of the youtube player)!
and here:
NF: You have the charisma of a damp rag!
Gorilla: Damp rag! NF: You have the appearance of a bank clerk! Gorilla: Bank Clerk! NF: Who are you? I’d never heard of you! Gorilla: Eat my poo! NF: Nobody in Europe had ever heard of you! But I have no doubt that it’s your intention To be the quiet assassin of European democracy. Perhaps that’s because you come from Belgium Which of course, is pretty much a non-country. We don’t know you, we don’t want you! The sooner you’re put out to grass, the better! We don’t like you, we don’t want you! Gorilla: Our logic and reason have proved you wrong! Bølverk: Go back to Douchebagistan where you belong! Gorilla: Don’t make me have to start World War III ! Bølverk: Bring it on, these guns are WMD! NG: We don’t know you, we don’t want you! We don’t like you, we don’t want you!
KC: Last month, comedian Bill Cosby
was surprised to read that he died. JM: How can he read if he’s dead? KC: Chief Justice John Roberts was the last to know he resigned. JM: Maybe he should check his head! KC:All of those stories, of course are pure poppycock that proliferated online. JM: I do it all the time, makin up s— is so sublime. KC: But that of course is little solace for the reader who simply wants to surf the web without getting pulled under by a riptide of lies. JM: You can’t protect the web from a–holes like me, shorty! KC: Truth can rip through cyberspace as quickly as lies Bloggers gnaw at new information like piranhas in a pool JM: Don’t play me for a fool you know as well as I, we’re both getting owned by the Both: Rip, riptide of lies pulled under by a rip, riptide of lies Pure poppycock! I want to surf, surf the web without getting pulled under by a rip, riptide of lies!
GB: You hit on a guy at a wedding.
EM: I I So GB: Explain that one first. EM: Okay, so we’re at a wedding, New Year’s Eve, everyone had too much to drink. There were 300 people there, I went with a bridesmaid, danced with her, I grabbed a bachelor. Now they’re sayin I groped a male staffer! Yeah, I did! - Um. - Yeah, yeah, yeah! Staffers: A manly back-rub. Just a back rub! EM: We all live together, all the bachelors and me. Staffers: Naked in the tub! EM:You can take anything out of context! Staffers:Huggin! EM: You can take anything out of context! Staffers: Scrubbin! EM: You can take anything out of context! Staffers: Rubbin and humpin! EM: Yeah! Staffers: Ticklin and jumpin! EM: Yeah, yeah! I tickled him till he couldn’t breathe, then four guys jumped on me. It’s my fiftieth birthday. GB: Whether you’re telling the truth or not, An avalanche is coming your way. An avalanche of lies, SG: pulled under by an avalanche of lies! KC/JM: Pure poppycock! GB: Whether you’re telling the truth or not, SG: you’re guaranteed to get caught Both: in an avalanche of lies!
Staffer: Massa staffers! Droppin a St. Bernard of truth
But we already drank the brandy My boss tickles me like a true G, He straddles me so masculine No stoppin’ when i’m askin’ him When he cootchie-coo my armpits, i’m a goner Tryna pretend that i don’t notice his boner! Tryna distract him with headlines from China He just drop his drawers and pull out his vagina!
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Staffers: Whenever you hear the boss swaggerin down the hall, you know he gonna drop a double cup on your tennis balls! You have to be a soldier, a real man, to soothe a male staffer with the stroke from a tender hand! Ain’t nothin wrong with a Massa massage when you’re in a chronic platonic quintuple menage! The entourage gripped in a bear hug that they can’t escape Tryna pretend they don’t notice when he ejacu- -
April 6
Songify the News - Auto-Tune the News: Behind the Scenes with the Gregory Brothers
February 23
Auto-Tune the News #10 Turtles
Most Autotuned Song
Original song, Aquarium Girl, by Kapluckus–album available here:
February 23
Obama Sings 'Reply'??
October 16
Auto-Tune the News #9 Nobel health care. United Nations.
Lyrics:
HC: Tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun
Seamos un tilín mejores Y un poco menos egoístas Tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun Huele esperanza FR: In this common endeavor Huele esperanza GB: All of us work together HC: Tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun BO: We must embrace a new era of engagement Because the time has come UN Choir: To smell the hope! GB: For growth to be sustained It has to be shared
UN Choir: ohhh, We can smell the hope!
BO: The time has come UN Choir: To smell a better world!! FR: A better world to live in for future generations everywhere.
AG: Don’t get sick
That’s right, don’t get sick If you have insurance, don’t get sick If you don’t have insurance, don’t get sick If you’re sick, don’t get sick Just don’t get sick That’s the Republicans’ health care plan CC: He has a chart AG: An angry chart CC: A chart that helps us learn! AG: ooh ooh ah ah If you get sick in America, die quickly That’s right–the Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick AG: I agree! CC: He agrees! AG: Angrily! CC: Cuz he’s angry!
KO: Afford to live?
Are we at that point? Are we so heartless? How can we not be united against death? Us: My BFF Gilgamesh knows eternal life’s an impossible quest
The resources exist for your father and mine to get the same treatment
Us: Yeah, we’re in agreement But first we gotta lay down some All: High speed rail Us: Bail out some All: Banks Us: Save your daddy with the leftover change
KO: How can we be so heartless?
Us: We’re nihilists! KO: How can we be so heeeeaaartless? Us: We’re tryna die quick! KO: What more obvious role could government have Than the defense of the life of each citizen?
KC: How is the Nobel Peace Prize decided?
BS: Well, uh, that is what people were asking all day today Bølverk: We mix a secret potion, And roll the ancient dice, Then hire a focus group And have a human sacrifice. KC: A lot of people are asking today why do you think the committee elected President Obama? Bølverk: I believe a prize for peace should go to the biggest wuss. BS: They were giving Obama a prize for not being George Bush. Choir: They can smell the hope!! KC: Take a deep breath! Choir: And hope a smelly world! KC: A deep breath! FR: A better world to live in for future generations everywhere Most Autotuned Song Ever
Hello Composers! Mike here, with a quick guide on the Best Vocal VST Plugins. =)
The Most Autotuned Song
The human voice is the most expressive instrument in the world. You can use vocals to sing intimate solo performances, “in your face” vocals for rock/pop, all the way to mega epic choirs in the background.
To get the best vocal performances in a recording and music production you need to use lots of vocal processing plugins, like compressors, channel strips, harmonizers, autotune plugins etc. All depending on your creative choices for the specific music production.
But which VST Plugins for vocals should you choose? Well, here is my complete list of recommendations for you (in no particular order):
Most Autotuned SongsBest Vocal VST Plugins in 2019
My name is Mikael “Mike” Baggström, and I am a composer, sound designer, artist and educator.
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