but the b*stards made such a good funny advert that i’m posting it anyway
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/index.html
microsoft have created “songsmith”.
You sing, and it automatically creates a tinny, childish background track
that would get bottles hurled at you in any open mic in America. It’s all
part of Bill Gates’ plan to destroy cool things-in this case, music-with
computers, resulting in global nerd domination. The Times points out that
the ultimate proof of this can be found in all the YouTube videos by brave
pioneers who fed classic songs into Songsmith and taped the results. What
monster could promote something such as this?:
Radiohead – Creep
Oasis – Wonderwall
The Eagles – Hotel California