If your not familiar (warning: irritating singing ahead) with Microsoft Songsmith, it’s an application that adds background music to any song (or any spoken word for that matter).
Overall, the instrumentation is mediocre for a human, yet impressive enough for a completely automated process. I don’t think it’s going to put any musicians out of business, but it’ll enable scores of teenagers and emo-kids to record their “music” without running it through the filter of public scorn first. I fear for us all.
Soooo, how does it compare to the real thing? Some intrepid youtubers are trying to find out. Crazy Train sounds ridiculous. White Wedding actually makes a very interesting blue-grass murder ballot. Eye of the Tiger sounds like Against the Wind. Johnny Cash’s Hurt is ruined forever. And there are more…
Original report and more information from the Christian Science Monitor.
