Singing cyborgs

In an article on lip-synching, the most disturbing technological development is this one:

They may have no choice: live pop performances rely on an ever-more-intricate mix of live music, prerecorded sound and high-tech tricks, including new programs that produce the same flawless sound as a lip-synched performance, even if the person singing is jumping around, hanging upside-down or just plain out of tune.
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According to Paul Liszewski, the project manager for the broadcast's audio operations, one performer's vocals — Mr. Liszewski wouldn't say whose — were electronically altered, in real time, to correct off-key notes just as they were coming out of the singer's mouth.

Perhaps sadder still is that fans could prefer the air-brushed to the real:

"Tell me, who can sing hanging on a harness upside-down?" said Nicholas Martinez, a high school senior from Espanola, N.M., talking on his cellphone during a year-book meeting... Mr. Martinez paid $91 for a ticket to Ms. Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and will drive six hours to Denver to see the concert. "I'd rather her not ruin my favorite song and just put on a good show," he said.

(sidenote: where do journalists get their sources? "Talking on his cellphone during a year-book meeting"?)

At the Superbowl and on TV I can understand the constraints that lead to lip-synching. But the question has to be asked: are you really a singer if you deem dancing more important than singing at your concerts? Then again, I guess that this doesn't really affect me, as these lip-synching and dancing extravaganzas are generally out of my price range.