Irreverent music fans used a new piece of software from Microsoft to transform the Billy Idol hit White Wedding in a banjo-picking country song. On Today's show we a look at the program called Songsmith and the culture of music 2.0. Also: Singer-songwriter Erin McCarley performs live in our studio.
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Erin McCarleyFrom Classic Song to Classic Trainwreck
With the release of Microsoft's Songsmith, seasoned songwriters and amateurs alike can generate canned accompaniment to their own voice (or those of others) with the touch of a button – often to comic effect. Today, Brian Raftery, author of "Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World," and Mike Keller, ...
Picks of the Week
This week’s CD haul included a solo effort from one of the Black Keys, a Scottish disco nugget, and an Indo-Pakistani-American jazz group.
Dan Auerbach, "Keep It Hid" (Nonesuch)
--picked by John Schaefer
Franz Ferdinand, "Tonight" (Domino/Epic)
--picked by Joel Meyer
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, "Apti" (Innova) ...
Dan Auerbach, "Keep It Hid" (Nonesuch)
--picked by John Schaefer
Franz Ferdinand, "Tonight" (Domino/Epic)
--picked by Joel Meyer
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, "Apti" (Innova) ...
Erin McCarley
The singer-songwriter Erin McCarley sparked a frenzy across the music industry when she performed her philosophical and eloquent pop compositions at the South by Southwest Festival last year She joins us to perform live from Love, Save the Empty, her recently-released debut album written about her search for authenticity.
Picks of the Week
This week’s CD haul included a solo effort from one of the Black Keys, a Scottish disco nugget, and an Indo-Pakistani-American jazz group. First, Dan Auerbach is the singing/guitar-playing half of the blues-punk duo The Black Keys. His solo album is called "Keep It Hid." The song "Whispered Words" was ...
Songsmith Examples
Microsoft Songsmith commercial
Is "Songsmith" another sign of the apocalypse?
You almost have to feel sorry for Microsoft. (Wow. There's a sentence I never thought anyone would write. Key word is 'almost' though...) Here they are, developing a fun piece of software that will allow anyone with a PC to sing a melody into their computer and have it turned ...
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