Microsoft's Songsmith software, which "generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice" has become infamous for the creation of painful versions of classic tracks like Roxanne.

Now there emerges a more creative use of the tool: turning stock charts into music by assigning notes to points on a graph (above). With the tagline "Crisis sounds so cool", the compositions by Johannes Kreidler are an amusing commentary on the state of the economy...if a little painful on the ear.

How are you using Songsmith, and have you found a use that isn't pure comedy gold?