Alistair normally does the pretty graphics you see on this site, but Songsmith doesn’t deserve that effort.

I’ve known for a long time that there are machines that can tell if a song will be a hit or not (accurately predicting Mika’s awful Grace Kelly among others), and have been awaiting the day that a machine can write a hit song from scratch, and we’re sadly nearly there.

You see, in principle Songsmith is shit. In practice Songsmith is shit. I don’t think this one requires much explanation, so just check out these clips to get the idea.

The first is the original commercial which really has to be seen to be believed (but at least you can watch it in the dark if need be)….

Next are some well known vocal tracks put into the machine. I know these videos are an easy way to make it look shit, but it IS shit. It’s the beginning of the end so pick up your guitar and write me a hit, you HUMAN.

Greg

PS; if you made it to the end of Take On Me, get some new ears.