Yesterday we posted a new video showing off the Auto-Tune The News guys and the master of the auto-tune himself, T-Pain. In the video, there is cool button on an iPhone that kicks off the song, allowing everybody to have the melodic and rhythmic styling of Mr. Pain. We thought it was fiction, but it turns out that the app is not only real, but is as amazing as it sounds.

From Smule, the developers of the highly popular Ocarina app, comes “I Am T-Pain”, a fully functional auto tuner for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app allows you to have perfect pitch and melody just like every other song you hear on top 20 radio today, by simply pushing a button!

You can choose to go A Capella and make your own music, or use some premixed instrumentals of popular auto-tuned songs like “Bartender”, “Kiss Kiss”, “I’m Sprung”, and “Dreamgirl”, all of which are free. For $0.99, you can buy a few other premium songs such as T-Pain’s hit “Buy U a Drank”, “Freeze” and more.

Continue Reading →

Though its a viable source of daily information, we all accept that watching the news can be pretty boring. Whether it’s C-SPAN, CNN, or Fox News, unless you’re really invested in the subject matter, it can put you to sleep in a matter of minutes. Back in April, a few clever college students found out that the news can be so much more, if only sung in the right key.

The first Auto-Tune the News started on April 11th, with a series of clips taken from news networks, cut up, and auto-tuned to a beat. The outcome was pretty impressive, and they’ve been cranking out new episodes on a nearly monthly basis.

Yesterday, the 8th episode went live, and it includes a range of topics from dragons to geese to Michael Vick. Take a look at the video below, buy the MP3 here, and you’ll probably never listen to Joe Biden the same way again.

Continue Reading →