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

Pompeyexile

Second series of Your Honour with Brian Cranston… excellent. The Last of Us is very good too.

Just discovered Ted Lasso. I held off because, well to be honest, there are very few American comedies I find funny. However, this is bloody brilliant! Written by the same crew that wrote Scrubs I believe, which I loved too.

Cuprajake

liking the last of us,

mandolorian is back today too

Jony

Snowfall back on so on this right now and your Honour

Rob666

Binging (slowly) on “Ray Donovan”

Elcarajillo

Having read the “Harry Bosch.” books, I am now watching the series on freevee👍

gordy53

Ozric Tentacles -Afterswish on the stereo at the moment

Nightrider_1uk

I’m enjoying tranquility of my Tinnitus, after 4 days of great loud rock music last weekend. Mostly Tribute/Cover bands but some original. Before anybody mocks Tribute bands, these are exceptional bands, I saw a Rush Tribute that is the nearest thing you will ever get. The singer even looks like Geddy Lee, Both the singer and guitarist of the Stones tribute looked like Jagger / Richards. Superb weekend….. Going again next year

Waitforme

Aussie Floyd are brilliant, never saw the real McCoy but 2nd best are very good.

Alpesh

Just started Jack Ryan season 3 and enjoying the twisted plot line.

Reminds me of ‘24’ which was one of my favourite tv series. Late into the night usually ‘watching just one more episode’.

Nightrider_1uk

Alpesh Just started Jack Ryan season 3

What platform is that on?

Pompeyexile

The Servant on Apple TV (SKY were offering it free for 6 months so it seemed rude not to take up the offer) an M Night Shylaman offering a psychological horror so yes it is weird but I like it. Just finished watching the 4th series whihc I think is its last.

Cuprajake

I watched reacher a while back enjoyed that, I also remember one called the i-land which was quite good

And for giggles the good place

DavecUK

Cuprajake Reacher was excellent, can’t wait for the next series.

Alpesh

Nightrider_1uk

On Amazon Prime

LMSC

Happy Valley on BBC iPlayer. It’s awesome.

Cuprajake

app the new luther film is good

Cuprajake

ive been watching the last of us and now madolorian, but theres nothing else that floats my boat atm, bar naked and afraid haha

LMSC

Just started watching Luther : The Fallen Sun on Netflix.

DavecUK

LMSC Just started watching Luther : The Fallen Sun on Netflix.

I watched it last night, it was very good.

Pompeyexile

Thought Luther was very good but the only disappointing thing for me (apart from the villain’s dodgy mullet) was the way the villain died. I could see that cominging a mile off as soon as they showed the bodies under the ice when Luther and the woman detective were tramping to the abandoned hotel. Thought they could have been a bit more imaginative.

Something I laugh my head off at but just have to watch are the two documentaries The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. As ever with these programmes the people in it will shout ‘did you see that?!’ and the camera rarely if ever fails to catch anything as it is pointing in the opposite direction. Plus the ineptitude of so-called experts is beyond belief.

DavecUK

Pompeyexile the only disappointing thing for me (apart from the villain’s dodgy mullet)

I read up on that as soon as I saw him…in an interview Serkis was saying “oh no, it was real hair, spent hours having it coloured and washed”. Real hair my arse….I reckon they borrowed it from Elton John.

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