in-class interview #3

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Holly Stadel

In class on Sept. 29 we discussed innovation in the music industry, and how artists sometimes become less of performers because of it. I asked my interviewee whether or not she felt innovation in music was a good thing, and she gave a really in-depth response about how performing has changed with new technology. She believed that technology like autotune changes people's voices too much, and fans would be disappointed if you could not perform to the same extent when live because people don't really sound like that. She also thought that when artists use recordings in their concerts so that they can dance instead is wrong, that people would rather hear you sing than see you dance. We then briefly discussed how genres have stereotypical fans, but had to end because of time constraints.