Thursday, January 29, 2009

Songsmith

Microsoft's newest software is Songsmith. It creates music after hearing a vocal. First came a very creepy commercial that I'm still having trouble believing was created by Microsoft.

Everybody seems to be writing about it, so this commercial was effective.
Now it has spawned a whole new YouTube industry. Isolate the vocals from one of your favorite songs say David Lee Roth's in Running With the Devil and play it back to Songsmith. What you get is a lounge version of Van Halen. Oasis' Wonderwall is a techno mess. Listen for 5 seconds and you must stop it or it will drive you mad. Looking for country-lounge? Creep by Radiohead is your track. One thing this proves: you can have all the toys and gadgets in the world, but without creativity and talent, it just doesn't work.

Radiohead - Creep
Oasis - Wonderwall
Van Halen - Running With The Devil

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