Hibernum Creations has just released Hum A Song, a mobile multiplayer game that tests your musical abilities. Hum A Song asks players to hum a song (oh, now I get the title) into their phone and send that recording to their friend. If their friend is able to correctly guess the song, it means you are not completely tone deaf, and you can earn some coins.
I can see this game starting a good deal of fights and difficult conversations. There’s nothing worse than having to sit a friend down and tell them that you don’t invite them to karaoke on purpose because they are absolutely awful at singing. Sometimes, people need to know the truth, and sometimes that truth can end friendships. I’ve seen families torn apart by bad games of Draw Something, where someone screams, “It was a clown! How could you not see that? I can’t be a part of this family anymore!” A musical version of that game does not bode well for civilization.
Hum A Song is a free download on the app store, and it draws its music from iTunes, which could add to the confusion of the game. Can you hum a version of Gangnam Style? What about the 1812 Overture? Good luck with that cannon bit. The developer behind the game promises that there is “no talent required,” so that’s great. It’s just what the music world needs: more people who aren’t actually good musicians. You know that this game will just create the next generation of terrible musicians, where they don’t even have the decency to sing to Autotune and instead prefer to hum their songs. We’ll look back on the likes of T-Pain and Cher and think that those were real musicians.
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