Maybe Songsmith isn’t Completely Useless after all

After the first round, I was convinced that Microsoft’s songsmith was at best, a way to produce mash-ups for the tonally impaired.

Kieran Healy has convinced me otherwise, with this piece: capitalism in action, set to music:

I believe this is what we meant when we talked about “creative destruction,” back in the days when economists weren’t just trying to eviscerate the safety net to “balance” the budget (and whose previous efforts worked so well we should certainly have faith in their current proclamations).