No matter what type of music we listen to, I’m almost positive that everyone has heard of T-Pain. Almost everyone has heard his voice. So how does this man come to the scene out of nowhere in 2005 and become one of the most popular musicians of all time. The vocoder is an instrument which alters the voice to make a synthesizing affect. Now T-Pain doesn’t exactly use this. The instrument he uses for the change in his voice is the auto-tune effect (ATE). Some people may say he is using this to enhance his voice, but I will explain how he changed the music industry with this effect and also how the auto-tune effect is not enhancing his voice, but rather it is just a new twist which attracts listeners more. There are many T-Pain songs where he doesn’t use this auto-tune effect (ATE). His voice on those songs sound as good as his voice with the ATE. He is one of the most sought after R&B singers to be requested to feature on hip-hop/rap/R&B songs and remixes. Another reason why he is a revolution is because many other singers have tried it but has not had success as much as T-Pain. Even the originator of this sound, Cher, didn’t have as much an impact as Mr. Teddy-Pain. Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and many others have also tried this recently, however, still not producing as big of an impact. The two facts that T-Pain is much as popular without the ATE and that other musicians have not had a greater success with this technology proves that T-Pain’s career is not solely dependent upon the ATE. If it was, then almost everyone could and would have used this method to send their record sales through the roof. Lastly, T-Pain is also known for his ability to feature and produce a variety of songs. Some label T-Pain with his own genre: PopRap. T-Pain’s success can be shown with his single “Buy You A Drank” reaching number one on the U.S. Hot 100 Chart. Also his effect on other artists’ music is shown through Flo-Rida’s single “Low” and Chris Brown’s single “Kiss Kiss” both reaching number one on the U.S. Hot 100. It has only been 3 years since he has been gaining this much success. He still has a lot more years left to leave a lasting mark on the music industry.Here’s some links to some of his music video’s if you have not heard his voice yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvEsCUj0xQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6rURKhZmA&feature=userhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy-nqyfR_w4&feature=usermOE wADUD