Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Gregory Brothers


 The Gregory Brothers


 By: Bekah and Olivia

          Sorry for making you guys wait so long, but I was planning a big article this week! I decided to write my article about the Gregory Brothers. The Gregory Brothers are a group of musicians who all work together to auto-tune different videos. In their band they have three guys, and 1 girl. Their names are Michael, Sarah, Evan, and Andrew. Some of their most popular videos include auto-tuning the news and songifying funny clips. We emailed them to ask them a couple questions for our interview and here are their responses.
1.     What made you want to start auto-tuning video clips?
It turns out that the news is really boring, and we had always had trouble staying awake while watching it, because it was impossible to dance to.  We decided to remedy this situation by adding a bass line & a beat.
2.     How old was your group when you first started out?
We all started making music when we were young but we first started playing music together around the time we finished college (though we are all different ages).
3.     What was your favorite un-intentional singer?

Joe Biden, Katie Couric, & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are all fantastic unintentional singers.  That said, Antoine Dodson is the only unintentional singer to ever enter the BillBoard charts.

4.     What was your first auto-tuned video?
It was the 2008 vice presidential debate, pitting Joe Biden against Sarah Palin.

5.     Are you thinking of making any more videos?
Yes!  We are almost always working on videos.  We're putting out a video in the next week or so with The New York Times, which we're quite excited about, and also working on a new video for our YouTube channel.

6.     What was it like at the Comedy Award?
It was nerve-wracking, fun, and, well, very funny!is perfectly suited to our meme-crazed times, and — most difficult to replicate — is incredibly well made. Their skills are obvious and their ears perceptive, as evidenced by the way in which they mimic pop music tropes to perfection.” – Wired.com
This group is touring New York doing solos, and coming to Anaheim, California as a group. If you want more information on this amazing group, then you can look on their website posted below.
Olivia and I would like to thank the Gregory Brothers for answering our questions and providing amazing entertainment through their videos. We will also post the one of their videos with the link to their website.








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