http://www.averagebro.com/2008/04/abcom-multimedia-expos-vocoder.html
All I can say, is “AMEN!”
There was a comment at the AverageBro blog that infers that people who agree with this post are out of touch, and listen to NPR or are jazz fans. Many people who agree are not race-betrayers at all, just tired of how music, which once moved our souls and made us feel good has settled for a low-common denominator endeavor where folks with marginal or no-talent rule the day. And, for this person, I don’t even listen to NPR; while I know jazz, I’m not its biggest fan. But I grew up with R&B, and the best music makes its mark without losing respect for those who came before.
AverageBro makes a point to show the history of the instrument, and while he may leave out a few notables in rock music, the post primarily speaks to its use in R&B and how it has ruined R&B in the last decade. It is a post that he had threatened to make for a while; and many may have thought he was joking, but he did it. He has my everlasting thanks and gratitude for “exposing” the use of the vocoder.
