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Friday, January 9, 2009

Music Attention Musicians: Your Services Are No Longer Required

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:08 PM

Dear Musicians,
We have appreciated your effort and talent lo these many years, and can't thank you enough for pouring your heart and soul into music for us to enjoy. However, we have reached the end of that long road, and you have simply been rendered obsolete. Please do not take offense; such is the way of things. The Musician, regrettably, must now go the way of the Milkman, the Switchboard Operator, and the Print Journalist. You see, thanks to Microsoft Songsmith, we simply no longer require musicians to provide our music.


Thanks to Dane for the link.

End Hits: We also no longer require Smithies, Coopers, Sextons, and Town Criers.

 

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1
That's it... Game over, man. Game over.
Posted by Patrick A. Coleman on January 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM · Report
2
I don't want to panic, but Switchboard Operator was my fallback career.
Posted by ezra on January 9, 2009 at 1:33 PM · Report
3
I'm suspicious of this song"smith".

It sounds like an alias to me.

I'm going to do some digging around on the interworld and see what I can come up with.

Watch out song"smith"!

Your days of anonymity are numbered.
Posted by kiala on January 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM · Report
4
Wow! It's just like the Hammond organ my folks had in the 70s! Except for the "happy" setting.
Posted by Beer Batter on January 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM · Report
5
Perfect for my diarrhea jingle.
Posted by eljamez on January 9, 2009 at 3:10 PM · Report
6
bwahahaha! Spectacular, but I've been creating music when people sing into me for years.
Posted by braintoast on January 10, 2009 at 2:14 AM · Report
7
Thankfully it can't shred like me yet ;)
Posted by wkriski on January 10, 2009 at 4:34 PM · Report
8
This video is the end result of our culture. Sorry.
Posted by Will Radik on January 10, 2009 at 6:04 PM · Report
9
Well, I'm glad I can finally quit this songwriting gig and pursue my dream job as a glow-in-the-dark-towel salesperson.
Posted by Dr. Something on January 10, 2009 at 9:37 PM · Report
10
fuck you
Posted by jfk on January 12, 2009 at 2:58 AM · Report
11
I love this. I want it. Finally, I can be a STAR!!!
Posted by dddave on February 28, 2009 at 9:02 PM · Report

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