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__My Name__ = Lucy Stone

__Presentation Date__ = weeks of May 17-21 and May 24-28, 2010; B block, Day 2

__My Mentor__ = Mr. Chuck Gottesman Chuck_Gottesman@sdst.org

__Subject & sub-topics__ = //a. Pitch correction b. Music industry finances c. Stages of producing a record d. Different types of home auto-tuning software//

//My argument pertains to the fact that the music industry is self- destructing by making allowing the standards for the artists who are being recorded to be lowered. Music technology is the reason for this. The artist does not need to have substantial talent because the recording software can manipulate their voice in order to make up for a lack of actual musicality. Thus the artist seems as if they have talent, when in reality they are a product of a sound engineer.//

//Music production is only one aspect of the misrepresentation of celebrities and musicians that are created by companies and record labels that lead to the higher (unrealistic) expectations of music listeners and teenagers alike, leaving them with false impressions that can lead to changes in behavior.//

__Thesis Question__ = How has Auto-tune caused the degradation of the music industry?

__Thesis Sentence(s)__ = Through the abuse of Auto-tune, the music industry has decreased the level of musical capability by its artists, making the artists and their processes less credible .

__Conclusion__ =

Project: I recognize that there is a need for proof of Auto-tune abuse for the people who/of listen to popular music. My project of //Product Development// is to create examples of this auto-tune abuse, and give it to Mrs. Femovitch or Mr. Gottesman for use in their classes. Course Home Page