[NPMUG] Microsoft Songsmith... speechless

[Charles Firth]

Official site:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/

Oh yeah... Garageband is in serious trouble. :)

Microsoft's marketing lately has been all over the place, but "creepy"  
is the one constant they've held on to - this is no weirder then the  
Bill Gates & Jerry Sienfeld stuff, or the 'Mojave" stuff.

This is not a joke or parody - it's Microsoft.

On Jan 17, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Lois Drumheller wrote:

> Disturbing? I guess the feeling I got when watching it was that it  
> could be a joke. If MS came out with a real star, why did they use a  
> marketing approach a la Stepford-high school musical for a marketing  
> campaign? My reaction was, "you've got to be kidding, right?"
>
> One thing - this ought to appeal writers of a future SNL parody if  
> the product ever launches!
>
> Lois Drumheller
>
> On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:25 PM, R_Adams wrote:
>
>> Somebody please tell me that this is a joke... if not, it is  
>> disturbing.
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10141847-62.html?tag=mncol;txt
>>
>>
>> http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith
>>
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