微软雇佣摇滚艺人录制Vista系统的曲子

微软雇佣摇滚艺人录制Vista系统的曲子

AMTeam.org消息：近期微软雇用了上世纪英国60年代摇滚艺人Robert Fripp，用来录制将在Windows Vista系统中要使用的曲子。

就微软MSDN 第九频道的网站上的视频资料显示，Fripp曾经是富有影响力的乐队King Crimson的创建者之一，也曾与乐队Peter Gabriel和Talking Heads一起工作，他最近为微软工作了一段时间，用以录制将在Vista系统中使用的各类曲子。

Fripp是一个电子吉他乐手，以善于创造未来派的电子音乐而闻名。这不是微软第一次采用这种方式录制音乐，电子摇滚先驱Brian Eno创造了Windows 95系统使用的很多曲子；而且微软为了使用滚石的歌曲《Start Me Up》以进行95系统的促销而支付了数百万的美元的版税。

JupiterResearch机构的高级分析员Joe Wilcox表示“从一个摇滚人的角度来看，雇佣Fripp确实显示了为这个项目工作的一些人的年龄”。

Microsoft Hires Rocker To Record Windows Vista Sounds

British 1960s art-rocker Robert Fripp has been tapped by Microsoft to record the sounds which will be used in Windows Vista.

Fripp, who was a co-founder of the influential band King Crimson and has also worked with Peter Gabriel and Talking Heads, recently spent some time at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash.campus "recording the various sounds we'll all hear in Windows Vista," according to a video posted on Microsoft's MSDN Channel 9 Web site.

Fripp is an electric guitarist noted for his ability to generate futuristic, electronic sounds from his instrument. This isn't the first time Microsoft has aimed at cutting edge sounds. Electronic rock pioneer Brian Eno created many of the tones used in Windows 95. Microsoft also spent millions of dollars to license the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" for use in its ads promoting Windows 95.

"From a rocker perspective, it [hiring Fripp] does show the age of some of the people working on this project," said Joe Wilcox, senior analyst at JupiterResearch.