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Friday Videos - Jan. 16, 2009
yewknee.com —
Eight Friday Videos
It's been a long week, you deserve a load of videos to watch. Be sure to check the bottom for some non-Youtube bonus content.
Cool Cat playing the keys - I can watch this on repeat. I don't care how played out cat memes get, this is just a good time.
Woman ...
This Week's Top 12: Remixed Gallaghers, R & B Royalty, And (Surprise!) Ida Maria [The Idolator Dozen]
Idolator —
Welcome to the inaugural version of The Idolator Dozen, our new weekly countdown of notable-slash-positive happenings in the music world as decided by me. To answer your questions: "Why?"; "Ranking things is fun, duh." "Why 12?"; "Because I like the number, and always have." "What's on the list?"; "Whatever I say, plus maybe a few things that I neglected to get to during the week." "Why now?"; "Why not now?" "When will then be now?"; "Soon." The top 12 after the jump!
1. Ida Maria at the Mercury Lounge, NYC. Like this wasn't going to top my week. The Norwegian singer's East Coast debut could definitely be described as "chaotic," but her dedicating ...
De la merde à la chaîne
LA BLOGOTHEQUE —
Microsoft vient de sortir Songsmith, un logiciel qui compose automatiquement des arrangements Bontempi sur une mélodie que vous lui chantez. C'est une horreur : la preuve, avec ce qu'il fait de 'What's Going On', 'Wonderwall' ou (le meilleur) 'Sgt Pepper'. Le premier qui nous fait un test avec Pavement, Joy Division ou Elliott Smith aura notre gratitude ...
Radiohead News: WTF: Radiohead /Van Halen / The Police / The Cars / Oasis / The Doobie Brothers: Microsoft Songsmith Remixes [Videos]
XL Recordings —
Update: Shortly after this went up, Stereogum pointed to a Microsoft Songsmith remix of Radiohead's "Creep", which was too twisted not to include. Check the video below the intro.
If you follow internet memes, you've probably heard about a new computer application called Microsoft Songsmith, which, according to its maker, "generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you." You present it with a vocal, and the software analyzes the voice and adds chords, dinky-sounding digital ...
