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RIP Michael Jackson

June 27, 2009 By: houkah Category: Music

Michael Jackson pre surgeryRest in peace to the King of Pop.  You might ask yourself why did i choose this picture of Michael Jackson for this post? Well, 100 years from now do you really think people are going to talk about the weird plastic surgery, or the child molestation trials?  No, the only thing they’ll be discussing (hopefully) is the music, and rest assured his music will still be around 100 years from now.  This is a musician that has written some of the most memorable songs in pop history (thriller, beat it, or my personal favorites Smooth Criminal, and Billie Jean).

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The Death of Talent

June 22, 2009 By: houkah Category: Music

Lately i’ve been noticing an overuse of a little voice synthesis software known as auto-tune.  The first time i had heard this was on a song by Cher.  It has since become completely ubiquitous in modern music.  Especially amongst people who can’t sing.  I’m looking at you Kanye.

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