[NPMUG] Microsoft Songsmith... speechless

[Dave Sevick]

Please someone help me find a way to "help me get my groove on ...."

LOL

Now thanks to Songsmith I am singing all the time ....

That's it.  I'm sold.  I'm trashing my Macs and going to go buy a Dell.



On Jan 17, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Charles Firth wrote:

> 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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