Microsoft Songsmith

This is one of my best finds. I don't like to post Youtube videos, but this is really great. Sometime in the recent past Microsoft developed and released a program called Songsmith. It creates music to go with user generated vocals and melodies. I'm guessing they thought this would be a big hit with the American Idol crowd.

Needless to say, it creates cheesy music beds that no one should ever want to use in a real song. Along the line, someone got the great idea to take acutal songs and put them back through Songsmith with only the melodies. The Police's Roxanne is the best result, but searching "Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith" should keep you entertained for quite some time.