As we discovered in the previous two posts Ms Dewey was a pretty funny (fair enough) viral marketing stunt by Microsoft to promote their own search engine, called Live. However, it apparently needs more than a hot, sassy chick of indeterminate race to lure people away from Google. You can imagine the desperation at MS HQ. If love doesn’t win them over what will?
Anyway, back to Have You Met Ms Dewey. It’s a short song (under 3 minutes) that exists in two versions. Version 1 features Ms Dewey herself (actually, I just recorded some audio snippets of the Ms Dewey website and synched them up with my recording). In Version 2 all the Ms Dewey audio samples have been replaced and some additional lyrics were added the complete the story. Excuse me for my vocals. I didn’t have time to process them properly, so they don’t find their place in the mix too well. Also, when you listen closely, you can hear me turning the lyric sheet (yeah, I know, I’m a lazy ass…).
Version 1
Version 2
For those who are curious to find the original samples, go to the website and keep reloading it a few times. One of the intros is the bridge. Also, try searching for “music” for the cowbell section. And while you’re at it I’m sure you’ll be able to come up with a few juvenile searches yourself.
A final note of interest on this song is that the bass is recorded with a Squier Precision Bass. The Dude bought a new bass guitar and when I was joyriding it, I ended up using it for this song.
Okay, that’s that for Ms Dewey. Next week something completely different. Stay tuned…
