"Auto Tune the News": Episode 11
The April 4 edition of "Auto-Tune the News" includes performances from Glenn Beck and features a guest appearance from Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte. It is titled "Pure Poppycock."
In the web series "Auto-Tune the News," real clips from television news programs are remixed with electronica or hip-hop beats. Vocals from politicians, pundits and news anchors is then modified using the "Auto-Tune" audio processing system to make the subjects sound as if they're singing.
The series was created by Michael Gregory and his band, The Gregory Brothers. As of July of 2009, 6 episodes had been released, many of them featuring anchorwoman Katie Couric. The show has been profiled and discussed by Time Magazine, Slate Magazine and The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. http://www.slate.com/id/2222568/
Special Guests
- T-Pain: The king of the auto-tune movement in hip-hop, singer T-Pain, joined the cast of "Auto-Tune the News in episode #8. After a shot of a crowd growing bored with a speech by Joe Biden, a member of the Auto-Tune the News team requests special permission from the Federal Commission of T-Pain to use "the secret weapon." The team then remixes Biden's remarks in their signature auto-tuned style.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvV4sSaWYgo
- Weird Al Yankvoic: Weird Al guests on the Rocketboom series "Know Your Meme" to help explain the Auto-Tune the News phenomenon and why it's so successful.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E
- Joel Madden: Joel Madden appears in Episode #11 of "Auto-Tune the News" (titled "Pure Poppycock") and performs along an Auto-Tuned Katie Couric in a modified CBS News report. The original report concerned false rumors about the death of comedian Bill Cosby. Madden is filmed singing casually, in some kind of recording studio.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
The first 6 episodes of Auto-Tune the News
Here are all first 6 episodes of "Auto-Tune the News," one of 2009's leading web series. The footage is made by inserting band The Gregory Brothers and other guests into news footage using greenscreen, then manipulating the audio to make it sound like news anchors and reporters are "singing" along with the band. Episodes also feature "awards" highlighting the "best" performances among news personalities.
"Know Your Meme": Auto-Tune the News
The cast of "Know Your Meme" are joined by Weird Al Yankovic to explain the success of "Auto-Tune the News." Apparently, the first single to employ Auto-Tune liberally was Cher's "Believe."
References
Fast Facts
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Purpose
Michael Gregory
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Origin
April, 2009
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Katie Couric appears in numerous episodes
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Gregory is 24 years old
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Gregory performs with brothers Andrew Gregory, Evan Gregory and Sarah Fullen as "The Gregory Brothers"
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Each episode features the group's pick of "Best Unintentional Singer"
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Group interviewed about the series on The Rachel Maddow Show in May of 2009
