User generated content is the catch phrase of our time, behind sites like YouTube, MySpace, and now Midomi.com, a website that recognizes songs as you sing them. On today’s show, we look at the upsides and downsides of democratically produced content. Also: South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela performs live.
Sing A Song With Me
A new Web site called Midomi.com gives you a whole new avenue for showing off your vocal prowess. All you need is a computer, a microphone and a song that you can sing or hum a few bars of. The site is designed to recognize that song and cross-reference it ...
Wide Web of Exhibitionists
User generated content is the catch phrase of our time, behind sites like YouTube, MySpace, and now Midomi.com, a website that recognizes songs as you sing them. But is all this democracy such a good thing? Jeff Howe, contributing editor at WIRED, weighs in on the upsides, and downsides, of ...
South Africa's Vusi Mahlasela
Singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela was one of the big voices of South African music during Apartheid. His latest album is called "Guiding Star" and he performs live in the Soundcheck Studio.