
The kazoo falls into a category of musical
instrument that I would describe as “very easy
to make noise, deceptively hard to sound good.”
All you have to do to make a kazoo do its thing
is to hum into it! But in order to play in tune, you
have to hum in tune. In other words — you have to
be able to sing well.
I recently watched my 2-year-old figure out
how to get one buzzing and thought to myself:
“Given the ubiquity and accessibility of this little
plastic instrument, how could I make it easier to
sound good?” And then I thought: “Well, how do
we make it easier for singers to sound good?”
Autotune. In 2024, we use autotune!
Now, when I say