COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

Life After Autotune - Pop Music Industry Few DAW plug-ins today produce as much debate among audio engineers and fans as Auto-Tune. In a nutshell, Auto-Tune is an audio tool that allows an engineer to “tweak” pitchy performances by subtly (or sometimes blatantly) altering a singer’s performance and fixing out-of-tune notes. How does a simple plug-in like Auto-Tune create such incredible controversy?             Auto-Tune has very interesting, and decidedly unmusical, beginnings. Musician Andy Hildebrand developed Auto-Tune by “analyzing seismic data” when he worked for the oil industry. Being a musician, he decided to use this technology for music, developed Auto-Tune over a period of a few weeks (Prisco, 2014). Pop music was never the same             Using Auto-Tune in the music industry has a few competing camps – the purists, the engineers, and the hacks. In one cam...

NEW Songwriter ’s Secrets SERIES: Writing Harmonies How is your song-writing progressing? If you’ve been following along with the  Songwriter’s Secrets series  so far then at this point you have probably mastered how to write lyrics and a good melody. You have been practicing your songwriting exercises, listening skills, and musicianship and are now ready to tackle another important aspect of songwriting:  Harmony . Read the full article here:  http://www.easyeartraining.com/learn/songwriters-secrets-writing-harmonies/ I am happy to be a regular contributor to Easy Ear Training.com and Musical U. This exciting new songwriting series covers the fundamentals and essentials of writing great music. Check out the series, do some harmonic exercises, and enjoy increasing your musical skills! -- ABOUT SABRINA PENA YOUNG Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young is a foremost expert on Virtual Opera Production and Music Technology . A sought after consul...