Has anyone else noticed that there are a small number of "post-autotune" singers around who have the technical ability to sing a glissando as a series of discrete pitches rather than a continuous slide?
I was watching Michael Buble on TV last night and it is clear that he can do this at will, as well as reproducing Sinatra's scoops and sweeps when needed.
This was a live performance, and for this to be the result of real time processing would be beyond the powers of the fastest sound engineer in the west.
I have heard Craig David do a similar thing, and Celine Dion is reputed to be able to copy the Cher "Believe" pitch jumps just by vocal technique.
It is clear that the sound is interesting and attractive enough to some singers that they spend time learning to sing that way.
I wonder if there are any singers in the Folk world who can do it.
Cheers
Dave