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"Death Cab For Cutie have launched a spoof political campaign to stop &amp;quot;autotune abuse&amp;quot; in music. The US indie band wore blue ribbons on their jackets at last night&amp;#039;s Grammys in a bid to raise awareness of their campaign. Frontman Ben Gibbard said: &amp;quot;Autotuning is affecting literally thousands of singers today and thousands of records that are coming out.  &amp;quot;So we just want to raise awareness while we&amp;#039;re here and try to bring back the blue note... The note that&amp;#039;s not so perfectly in pitch and just gives the recording some soul and some kind of real character. It&amp;#039;s how people really sing.&amp;quot; Autotune technology, which has been used by artists including Britney Spears and Kanye West, is used to correct vocal pitch and instrumental performances. Death Cab For Cutie&amp;#039;s LP Narrow Stairs was nominated in Best Alternative Album category at the Grammys, losing out to Radiohead&amp;#039;s In Rainbows. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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