Know Your Meme: "Weird Al" Yankovic Helps Explain Auto Tune

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The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies examines the phenomenon of Auto-Tune with help from special guest Professor "Weird Al" Yankovic!
http://www.weirdal.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/WeirdAlTV

http://www.antarestech.com/products/a...
Antares Auto Tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_fnA...
T-Pain: Can't Believe It

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/m...
NPR.org: Auto Tune in Action (audio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xsiK...
Cher: Believe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Pain
T-Pain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjTBH4...
T-Pain: Chopped and Skrewed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAXWpA...
T-Pain: Freeze

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/art...,9171,1877372,00.html
Auto-Tune:Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect

http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/...
Perfect Pitch

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
Tone Deaf Stars Thrive on Digital Correction Software

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
T-Pain Builds Power with Digital Prowess

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/...
The Arusha Accord

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthrea...
Loftland Shhh Just Listen

http://www.206proof.com/forum/comment...
Auto-tune Killed Hip Hop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-SZX...
Singing Kitties

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_4Axz...
Baby T-Pain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW6jW9...
Winston Churchill Backed by Band from Future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyb4Z7...
AutoTuned

http://vimeo.com/3718294
Vimeo: Auto Tuning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5...
Slap Chop Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5JJh...
B.O.B Autotune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXG...
Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBb4cj...
Auto-tune the News #2

http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/401599...
Jay Zs Death of Auto Tune video

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/31/...
Unintended consequences: Jay-Zs Death of Auto-Tune boosts sales of the software

Jay-Z "D.O.A. + 99 Problems (Wallpaper. Remix)
via http://www.eeniemeenie.com
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/06...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfIS...
The Lonely Island: I'm On A Boat (ft. T-Pain)
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