Microsoft launches Songsmith, its GarageBand killer, with lame ad

Analysis
Jan 13, 20091 min

If you have five minutes to kill (and we mean really, really kill) and you have an interest in glow-in-the-dark towels (don’t ask), we invite you to preview this new ad from Microsoft Research for Songsmith. Songsmith is Microsoft’s answer to the Mac’s GarageBand app — which allows you to create your own music easily on your PC. Let’s hope that the Songsmith app is a whole lot less lame than this never ending ad for it.

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