Billy Corgan thinks Pro Tools lets People who cant play guitar sound like they can [Video]

Although Billy Corgan recently used AI to create a recent online advert for Smashing Pumpkins‘ latest album, he doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of tech in music.

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In a new interview with Goldmine Magazine, Corgan decried the effects of modern in-the-box digital recording and “Pro Tools-type software” on the music industry:

“In many ways, [Pro Tools] has made music much worse. It brought a lot of people into the music business that really have no business being in the music business,” Corgan says. “…Pro Tools, as a sort of way of making music, on some level, has levelled the playing field that allowed people who can’t sing to sound like they can sing. And people who can’t play guitar now sound like they can.”

Corgan also discussed …