This is a blog for the community of Rhetoric 108—On the Philosophy of Music: "Music to Hear"—in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2011 and Fall 2011.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Real talent vs. what an artist "should" look like...
Here is Milli Vanilli, the band I mentioned in class who was caught for lip syncing all of their songs, claiming it was their own voices. Is the image of an artist really so important that their true talent does not matter? Or, was the band so publicly scrutinized because it is generally considered unacceptable to simply disregard musical ability in exchange for a "pretty face"? Nowadays with auto tune, it seems that the first option is starting to gain more influence over society- whereas before the 1980's it was unheard of for a musical artist to become famous by using someone else's (or a highly altered) voice.
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