Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
I could get rid of any artist that uses auto-tuning as a "style"....


Amen brother!

Auto-tune is the "mullet" of audio, and will be remembered accordingly.

Now, I would also add drum replacement software abuse. Locking beats to a grid and replacing badly recorded drum sounds with hyper modern generic drum sounds makes crappy bands "sound" somewhat competent but makes my head hurt.

And of course, over compressed, dynamic range killing mastering practices that seems to be "fashionable" currently.

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."
---Frank Zappa