This is apparently an authentic ad for Microsoft’s Songsmith song-writing program, which I guess is supposed to compete with Apple’s less seizure-inducing GarageBand. If there’s a commercial out there that makes you want to incoherently spew obscenities more than this one, I haven’t seen it.
Microsoft says:
Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music videos.
The idea behind the software isn’t nearly as awful as the commercial, and you can even download the demo if you’re so inclined. But I wouldn’t. I need to scrub my face now.
Via Xander Bennett’s Childish Things.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Asher Vijay // Jan 21, 2009 at 6:55 pm
That’s the most appalling commercial ever. The programme is awful too. The idea behind it strikes me as a quick way to reduce music to slush, but maybe the designers had something more … musical in mind.
Did I really see two tools at the bottom of the screen for deciding how happy or jazzy one wants the tune?! What on earth does that mean?!?
Y’know, some of us actually care about making music that’s more than just a computer throwing idioms and kitchy clichés at you.
I feel sick.
2 Fattsimous // Jan 21, 2009 at 10:32 pm
man. they are desperate. That was the worst thing ever.
B Actors Cheese ASS fucking songs. god.
3 maya // Jan 23, 2009 at 6:48 pm
both the programme and the commercial are disgraceful.
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