I hate autotune so much, it's very limiting for me to find music. At the moment chilling to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtJBj9F-sM

I think it is ok to post even if we aren’t listening, but watching or reading! We are watching BBC’s programme on *Political Thinking* hosted by Nick Robinson, who is interviewing the newly appointed Social Mobility Chairperson Katharine Birbalsingh CBE.

Listening to Radio 2 at the moment

Not right this very second, but I'm listening to a lot of TOOL and Pusifer recently. My stereo is currently in storage, so SONOS or phone mainly unless I'm in the car.

@"DavecUK"#p1436 Will you listen to anything that isn't auto-tuned, or do you have particular genres?

Apple music’s today’s hits and recent releases are my typical go to play lists. The last recent release album I listened was 30 by Adele. Elvis’s and Beatles are my all time favourites.

> @"PortafilterProcrastinator"#p1444 Will you listen to anything that isn’t auto-tuned, or do you have particular genres? I like all music, the problem is after autotune became increasingly prevalent after the mid 90s, I found myself listening to les and less…I couldn't initially work out why, then I discovered autotune and then Melodyne, There has been pitch correction for a very long time, right back to the tape and splice days with multiple takes…this isn 't a problem. Autotune is a massive problem as is hand dragged pure digital pitch correction. It changes the voice, looses all human character, and they all sound like singing Kazoos. If it isn't autotuned…I'll listen to it, I'm pragmatic. Just the same as when I go to buy a pair of Trainers, or shoes…I don't ask to look at various styles…I ask the shop assistant, what trainers have you got in size 12…they give me a puzzled look as if im an idiot, but come back with 2 or 3 pairs of trainers, which are the only 3 styles in size 12. What's getting really irritating is the production companies, in their "wisdom", have gone back and autotuned Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Simon and garfunkle etc.. to make it "better". I'm quite passionate about the companies stopping using it….as they are robbing generations of appreciating how voices can, and should sound. If you're interested, there is a great YouTube channel here, Fil does some great videos covering music, playing, performance and more recently autotune/pitch correction. https://www.youtube.com/c/wingsofpegasus

If I’m on my own the. It’s Planet Rock or my vast collection of Classic Rock through my iphone and my Bose Revolve plus. My stereo is in storage too as I have a two year old grand daughter who visits very regularly

The Hi-Fi stand is full of her toys and books atm

I do like classic Rock - deep Purple was a favourite of mine when I was young. Steve Tyler used to make me laugh as well. > @"Nightrider_1uk"#p1450 My stereo is in storage too as I have a two year old grand daughter who visits very regularly I understand 😁 ![Dent in the dust cap | HiFiVision.com](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fP2u0FCqNy0/maxresdefault.jpg) I had to protect mine from the cat with lift off shells….the more expensive ones in the front room, are not protected, he is just denied access….how he loves trying to get into the front room and is in 7th heaven when he does. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/P2VakbB.jpeg]

This week I've mainly been listening to Leonard Cohen - Song's of Love and Hate, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanangan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas and Amy Winehouse At The BBC - all recent purchases (albeit third copy of the Cohen album!), interspersed with BBC 6 Music. I'm old fashioned, still listen almost entirely on vinyl and still buying it. I'm really interested in music and always have been, dabbled in recording and production for years, not so much now but still interested in it. Still play guitar, electric and acoustic. The discussion on the sound of a lot of modern popular recordings is interesting - it's not to my taste either. It's fashion though - that sound is what is popular now. Production is constantly changing as engineers and musicians use the latest developments available to them - been that way since recording started. That Cher song Believe, was the first big song to use Auto-Tune - and use it in a way that it was not designed to be used. It was initially intended to be a subtle correction tool but she cranked it to 11 for that robot voice sound and started a fashion. My other big gripe with modern music is that it generally lacks dynamics, what people sometimes refer to as the loudness wars. I think this is due to how people consume music now. When I was a teenager, getting your first "separates system" was a right of passage. Hi-Fi was a thing. And you listened to physical albums. Now people listen on streaming services through cheap earbuds or tinny bluetooth speakers. Artists (and record companies) no longer make money on sales, them make them on streamed "listens" - and without an immediate punch and catchy gimmick it's very easy for the listener to simply skip to the next song. So everything gets "louder" to attract attention. Recording even has a new measurement to cater for this need - the LUT, which is basically a measure of loudness. You should add that to your hate list alongside overt use of Auto-Tune. I'm less upset about Melodyne though as it is generally used as a subtle production tool rather than an effect; when used well it should be transparent and can make a good recording of a great voice even better. I do enjoy the imperfections in older recordings though.

What I'm listening to/Watching at the moment

DavecUK

Pompeyexile metal that melts in your hand found embeded in rocks,

Someones been busy sticking elemental gallium into rocks then….because it’s never found in nature as the metal. The rest of it sounds like something out of various conspiracy movies…..I’ll have to hope it comes on Disney, NF or Prime one day.

Pompeyexile

That was just one of the many mysteries as they have a proper geologist on board who identified it as that, yet nobody could understand how it got into the rocks in the first place (no sign on the outside of the rocks but when busted open there it was in what looked like drilled holes) and then put in a perportedly Aztec made box made from 500 year old wood and of course even more myserious Gallium wasn’t discovered until 1875 as a by product of zinc refining. Just how chuffin clever were the Aztecs? or were they really time travellers?…den den deeeeeeeeen!

DavecUK

Pompeyexile Giphy - Tin Foil Sparkle GIF by WENS

Cuprajake

Took the kids to see sonic 2 today, was really good

On a personal note ive just finished the first season of pickard,

Raised by wolves has just started a second season on sky but it ended in a mental way

LMSC

Watching Fracture - Anthony Hopkins

Pompeyexile

I liked the first Picard season and will catch up with the second series. Been looking forward to Raised by Wolves second series as I thought the first was very good. I thought the 1st new episode of seroes 2 was good, setting the scene for the Sun God worshiper to set a cat amongst the pidgeons and mother now without her destructive eyes, will she be able to protect her clan?

Now if you want a series ending in a mental way I’ve just finished watching the second series of Happy!….now that is mental…but I loved it!

DavecUK

Just finished Afterlife, by Ricky Gervais on Netflix.

Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and it was generally depressing, but compelling.

dfk41

DavecUK I really enjoyed Afterlife. The ending though, was ripped from the final episode of Still Game. SG is one of the best comedies I have ever seen. Set in Scotland it revolves around the lives of 2 pensioners, Jack and Victor. One of the episodes contains the best ever put down I have heard in my life. I think there were 9 series and I believe it is on Netflix. This link is a few clips of ‘banter’. It is the second clip that has the put down, but I am hoping that having heard the first one you will stop and watch it!

Pompeyexile

For me Still Game is a comedy classic. I’ve got every series on DVD and they hold up to repeat viewings. Very funny characters. A comedy about pensioners getting up to funny things people loved for years was Last of the Summer Wine…Still Game for me blows the socks off it. Victor, Jack, Isa, Winston, Tam, Baobby, Navid, Shug and Methadone Mick…Classic characters in a classic laugh out loud comedy.

dfk41

Pompeyexile Remember, this was a BBC Scotland production. I might be wrong but I think only the last series (9) was aired on BBC for English viewers. I have the full dvd collection as well as one or two of the specials they did.

SouthMark45

Just watched Reacher on Amazon Prime….. very good watch

dfk41

SouthMark45 The good news is that was the First Lee Childs Reacher book. I read somewhere that like the Amazon Bosch series, they are going to do one a year and in order. The even better news is there is 26 books! That said, Lee Childs passed the writing of the books over to his brother in law 3 years ago

DavecUK

SouthMark45 it is very good indeed. I liked the Tom Cruise films as well, I like Tom Cruise though.

Pompeyexile

dfk41 Remember, this was a BBC Scotland production. I might be wrong but I think only the last series (9) was aired on BBC for English viewers. I have the full dvd collection as well as one or two of the specials they did.

We definitely watched all 9 series on TV first before buying them. Like you, I have all the Series, specials and the two live shows they did on DVD too. Unlike some so-called ‘comedy’ programmes today, it certainly wasn’t pish.

Cuprajake

Cruise was good, i think the series is better,

DavecUK

Cuprajake I binge watched the series, it was that good, hopefully the new one will come soon.

Cuprajake

😂 i did the same, im terrible for that, did the full season in a week.

I did breaking bad, in a month all the seasons😱

I like altered carbon season 1 and also umbrella academy.

DavecUK

Cuprajake umbrella academy.

That’s very good my son likes that, have watched season one, waiting to watch season 2 with him.

Pompeyexile

Something completely opposite…‘Julia’ on SKY featuring our very own Sarah Lancashire telling the story of America’s equivalant of our (let’s see if the word police stop this one) Fanny Craddock. Shot in America and with David Hyde Pierce (Niles from Frasier) as her husband, I’ll be surprised if she isn’t up for an award for it. Nothing like she has played before and she is marvellous. I will say, if ever they bring back Keeping up Appearnces she would be a shoe-in for Hyacinth Bouquet (Bucket).

DavecUK

Amazon Prime: The Boys

Much better than it’s description, I thought I wouldn’t like it, but I must admit to being hooked. WWell worth a watch, it’s not your usual superhero film with bags of dark humour.

Rob666

DavecUK New series of “The Boys” coming soon. Looking forward to it!

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