Saturday, February 7, 2009

Songsmith Smackdown

I am having so much fun with this:

Microsoft has recently released music software called Songsmith. What Songsmith does is create a musical accompaniment track for a person’s previously-recorded vocals. Users can influence the outcome by adjusting mood and tempo settings.

What people have begun doing, however, is isolating the lead vocal tracks from popular songs and running them through the software. Then the creators post their “new” songs on YouTube, often entitled, “Songsmith vs. [title of original song or artist here]”. Because of the incredibly high cheese factor of the software, the results are often hilarious.

Below are my Top 3 Favorites. (If the videos do not show up on your browser, just click on the links provided.)

Shout out to my friend Travis, who was the first to alert me to the fun!



Songsmith vs. The Eagles’ “Hotel California”




Songsmith vs. Queen’s “We Will Rock You”




Songsmith vs. The Police’s “Roxanne”

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