20. "because he wasn't the first to use voice distortion doesn't mean he" In response to In response to 17 Mon May-07-12 03:59 PM by vee-lover
wasn't ahead of his times...because while others have sparingly used the talk box before, he is the most known for using the voice distortion tool because he used it in ALL of his songs..
(Allen Iverson wasn't the 1st NBA basketball player to have tattoos either, Dennis Rodman was, but Iverson popularized that image and that's when everybody began doing it, no one copying after Rodman.)
or better yet, As I said above in reference to Jimi Hendrix, he wasn't the 1st guitarist to use sound distortion in his music but he put his own personal touch to it and that's when other guitarist really started doing it as well.
>he wasn't the 1st to do what he did w/the TalkBox and he >wasn't the precursor to the current AutoTune era. > >just...no. > >voices had been distorted on record before Zapp. check out >Stevie's 'Love Having You Around' for just one example from >1972. > >and most singers don't abuse AutoTune like T-Pain. A-T wasn't >intended to produce the sort of sounds T-Pain produces w/it. >it's intended to make singers like Janet or Mariah sound more >perfect. it's to help them hit notes they missed or to fill >in 'gaps' in their voice. T-Pain played w/it to produce his >sounds. > >but, of course, Troutman was the bomb. and i love several >Zapp records. the man made some great stuff.