Who could believe such a seemingly harmless bit of software could go so badly awry. It’s like Agent Smith.

This could end the war on terror.

TechieNotTrekkie on January 16, 2009 at 10:49 PM

This just in:

North Korean freighter on way to Iran stopped in Indian Ocean with 2 copies of SongWriter discovered in Captain’s lavatory.

Shivers!

WOW an Apple product?!

Why have a PowerBook/MacBook in there?!

blatantblue on January 16, 2009 at 3:35 PM

1. This commercial is teh ghey so of course use a MacBook.

2. This product is just what little girls want and all mac users are little girls.

3. (real reason) This product is something developed (and I think more will be coming down the pipe) to win over Mac Users. The MacBook in the commercial is a subliminal hook.

- The Cat

Update: Want to hear what it does with one of David Lee Roth’s most famous vocals? Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Whisky Tango Foxtrot?!?!?!

Paging CodePink!!! Allahpundit is engaging in torture to HA loyalists…dammit…

Don’t let the guys at Gitmo hear about this.
posted by ardgedee at 4:34 AM on January 9

Haha.

Geez, what a dick. I never claimed to be a musician. I originally commented on your ridiculous attempt to connect the Mac with Songsmith. Get a life.

Splashman on January 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM

Ah, the time honored debating ploy of comparing your opponent to a piece of anatomy you don’t have. Good try.

I would damn you to Hell, but my personal damning will have to suffice.

Damn you.

They specialize in freaky-awful ads operating systems.

Fixed.

thirteen28 on January 16, 2009 at 3:36 PM

I second that motion!

I had been a M$ user since the days of old, and with the release of ME then Vista, I turned to linux…some of you may enjoy it, check it out! No spyware, malware, viruses, etc. It’s quite fast, needs little processing power ( but the more the better), and it is FREE (as in free beer)!

But AP, that link to the DLR dub cracked me up so hard I snarfed my worthy Heineken onto my laptop keyboard…who do I send the bill to??? lol

EVIL. This can’t be real. This can’t be real. This can’t be real. This can’t be real. EVIL, EVIL, EVIL.

I love Office 2003 and loath 2007. I love the dev apps and loath the OSs they support. I want to dump my shares of Microsoft stock. I want to delete MSNBC from my channel line-up. This new product is, and MS hates this description, this new product is a toy.

2) It has some very useful function as a tool for more serious, talented musicians. If for not other use than what the songsmith website itself says:

DaveS on January 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM

Okay, we’re in agreement on both points, then.

Thanks for the civil discourse.

My collie says:

Go ahead. Water-board me. Just don’t subject my sensitive ears to any more of THAT.

1) I agree with the entire first paragraph of what you said.

But that doesn’t change…

2) It has some very useful function as a tool for more serious, talented musicians. If for not other use than what the songsmith website itself says:

For songwriters, is Songsmith going to replace the craft of songwriting? Never. Could it be a super-useful “intelligent scratchpad” for exploring new melodies and ideas? Definitely. If you’re a songwriter, you’ve probably had the experience of coming up with a melody and finding the nearest object with a “record” button on it just to get your idea down. Imagine that first quick experience also letting you explore chord progressions, styles, even basic arrangement ideas. Then of course you’d work with other tools, other people, your instruments, and your own musical intuition to really develop a song. But Songsmith can be a great tool that lets you quickly explore new ideas in places where you couldn’t before…

DaveS on January 16, 2009 at 6:43 PM

Um . . .

No comment.

DaveS on January 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM

Thanks again for the explanations. You’re welcome to your opinion re: serious creative work, but I’ll stick with mine, thanks. I see Songsmith as good family fun, with the same effect on the musical culture as the advent of desktop publishing on the design world. To wit, it will allow a lot more people entry into the world of writing/recording music, will increase the number of talented songwriters by approx. 0.3%, and will increase the number of people who think they’re talented songwriters by approx. seven orders of magnitude.

Perhaps that sounds condescending, but tools are a teensy part of an artist’s ability. Always have been, always will be. As the folks at Pixar say, their computers are big, dumb, expensive pencils.

Any rational person would think so, but if true how do you explain this?

You have better internal videos where you work? I think it’s hilarious.

Jdripper on January 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM

Any rational person would think so, but if true how do you explain this?