A Call to Stop Vocal Pitch Correction Abuse in the Fox TV series "Glee"

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To: Ryan Murphy Productions, 20th Century FOX Television and Adam Anders

Vocal pitch correction has become a popular music production tool. By using software such as Auto Tune or Melodyne one can make a singer's vocals pitch perfect. But when overdone it can make a singer sound like a robot. This is the case with many of the musical numbers presented thus far on the television show "Glee."

A raw video of the cast was leaked to the internet and we heard an unproduced version of a song. It sounded beautiful so we feel the use of pitch correction is not only overdone but perhaps unnecessary altogether.

The songs "Keep Holding On", "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "No Air are particularly aurally offensive. You can view an example of how pitch correction affects vocals here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2c5CTf0Vs

You, the producers/executives of "Glee" may not think the audience can hear the pitch correction or care but if you do a web search for "glee auto tune" or "glee pitch correction" you will find otherwise.

We would love to see this problem rectified as soon as possible. And if Glee is put on DVD we would like remixed versions of the songs that don't have robotic vocalists. A lot of potential viewers are being turned off by this aspect of the show. Let high school student singers sound like high school students for crying out loud!

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  • Adam Reuter
  • Brad Collison
    • Comments
    • It has been fine in some songs, but it's prelevance in some makes the songs very annoying.
  • J. McBride
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    • I love the show just tone down the auto -tune. It is unfair to the gifted singers oyu have epsiecally Lea casue she is paired with Cory who if you left alone would be fine.
  • Jimmy C.
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    • Auto-tune has really gotten excessive... Such a shame. Hey, Petition Author, you said there were leaked versions of those titles... mind sending them my way? I've made my email available to you so you can go ahead.
  • Zelda V.
    • Comments
    • Natural vocal talent is rare. These kids have it. Let 'em show it off, for the love of Broadway!
  • Mr. Will-W.
    • Comments
    • http://mrwillw.blogspot.com/2009/09/glee-generation-autotune.html
  • Dee
    • Comments
    • STOP IT!
  • Jennifer W.
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    • Love the show but I agree the auto tone, mainly on Cory's character, is a bit overused. Just tone it down a bit where it sounds natural, like they are really performing it live or rehearsing it.
  • Tinkers
    • Comments
    • Don't fix something that ain't broken.
  • Marie
    • Comments
    • Please leave them as natural sounding as possible!
  • Irene Resendiz
    • Comments
    • I love this show. I know they can sing so i'm sad when i hear an over produced version of their voices. I know they can sing wonderfully with/without auto tone. PS more artie
  • Elizabeth MacKenzie
  • Lareesa Luper
  • David Brown
    • Comments
    • This is the only thing I don't like about "Glee." Please let the singers' voices stand on their own merits!
  • Brooke
    • Comments
    • In the first few episodes, their true voices (not recorded in a studio) were much better than the over-edited versions that are featured in the show presently.
  • Kristine Lang
  • Molly Chase
  • Kathryn Temple
    • Comments
    • please stop the abuse.
  • R.
  • Nick
    • Comments
    • I understand live singing would be tough to do, but at least make it sound a little less fake with the overdone autotune. A little is okay, but Glee sort of taks it way overboard and it is just way too noticeable when watching.
  • Katie Kuhar
  • Jaclyn
    • Comments
    • seriously, if they're good singers already -- why autotune their voices?
  • Jenny Wine
  • Cameron Harrie
  • Faye Anderson
  • Julie
  • Jessica
  • Amy Kuhar
  • Priti Mehta
    • Comments
    • A great show is being ruined unnecessarily.
  • Valerie Jones
  • Martin Spiess
    • Comments
    • Seriously put a stop to the vocal pitch correction. It is a great show with loads of talent. Fox you are better than that.
  • Jennifer Canning
  • Anne
    • Comments
    • Love the show but it needs to be more real and raw!
  • Katy Watkins
  • Bill
  • Evann Gastaldo
  • Denise Ehren
  • Steve
    • Comments
    • Yeah- make it sound "REAL", not overproduced
  • David Gooch
  • scott mehring
    • Comments
    • love the show! slight adjustment to music would be cool.
  • mary lou sinclair
  • Celeste Green
    • Comments
    • Let the talented people sing for themselves!
  • Grace Gheen
    • Comments
    • If they are singers, let them sing and show their talent!
  • Veronica Orozco
    • Comments
    • I love the show, but when they sing, it looks so fake.
  • Christine Neumann
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    • There are so many talented kids on this show, let THEIR voices shine, not the technology used to record it.
  • Dianne Ryan
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    • this will really improve the quality of the show
  • Jennifer Dies
    • Comments
    • The more "real" they sound, the better! Overproduction is not needed and not wanted.
  • Andrea Jшrgensen Lie
  • Gina Ross
    • Comments
    • Let them sing!!
  • Ambra Elmer