Let's talk about those viral singing influencers on TikTok and Instagram. Are they misleading people with the amount of post-processing and pitch correction they use?
This is really directed at the guys who do the kitchen videos, but I hear it all the time from so many others.
I didnt even have to bother trying to find a specific video that you can hear the pitch correction in, this was literally the first one that showed up when I searched. I was an uber-dorky choir/acapella kid growing up, and to my ears this is simply not how harmony EVER sounds.
https://www.tiktok.com/@anthony_gargiula/video/7673214770979376414
I dont think I would have as much of an issue with it if they weren't singing in the kitchen. The environment tells a viewer that this is a raw take, that these people are just casually murdering their vocals and are just incredibly talented.
The reality is that after this was recorded, every note has been pitch corrected so that the performance is perfect. To me that feels very deceptive.
And its not just the influencers that are doing it. Take this viral performance of 'Blackbird' by The New York Vocal Collective -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ot2MyW2w0
Anyone who has sung in a choir would know instantly that this is not possible. And if you're presenting yourselves as an elite-level choir, it feels again just very dishonest to be using this amount of pitch correction on EVERY singer (that's why everyone is mic'd individually, you'll notice.)
If you havent had the experience of knowing what a top level choir sounds like, compare that video with this performance by Next Generation Varsity Chorus for the Barbershop Harmony Society. This is what elite level harmonies sound like -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4M3rQ6cg7E
Even if they ARE using some pitch correction for this video, my ears arent picking it up
Am I just a hater, or is this kind of tomfoolery a cheap way to make yourself sound better than you really are?