Create Digital Music » Keyboard Maker CME Posts Bizarre Anthem/Music Video: “I am self-determined”

Aug 24 2006

Keyboard Maker CME Posts Bizarre Anthem/Music Video: “I am self-determined”

In a bizarrely, inadvertently awesome piece of marketing propaganda, Chinese keyboard maker CME (the Centrl Music Company, distributed here by Yamaha America) has posted a surreal music video of pop rockers singing a rock anthem.

The lyrics, at least from their translation, could well be the theme song of the music technology blogger / commenter / forum troll. And as if the stiff pop stars jamming on CME ‘boards weren’t strange enough, then a bunch of guys in gas masks show up to repaint their gear using white household latex paint. Things kind of getting stranger from there. (And to think, Tom of Music thing thought white synths jumped the shark during the Madonna tour. Now I think they may have eaten the shark, or the shark bought a keytar, or something.)

Tell me this is not the music technology blogosphere’s new revolutionary anthem. Together, we shall overthrow the tyranny of … something. Because we are sure we are always right. No body can stop us, or our revolution. Erm, but first we go to Home Depot — someone has to paint over those ridiculously ugly factory paint jobs on the CME synths.

I don’t care other people’s comments
I am self determined
I’m the ruler of my world
No one no body can stops me

Maybe other people like to follow but I do not
They let other people think for themselves
Anyway I am the self determined one
I am sure I am always right

I am self-determined and always true
Do not say that I am aggressive
I am assertive and have my own mind
I do not mind other’s eyesight
I am self-determined so be crazy with be
Do not say that I am aggressive
I am self-determined and that’s what I am
That’s what I am

In other news: we have yet more need for t-shirts. (”Create Digital Music: So be crazy with be!“)

If you want to try downloading this, head to the CME Pro website and click the MTV link. (That either means this is airing as an ad on MTV China, or they just use MTV to mean all music videos.) For faster access, YouTube video after the jump.

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14 Comments

groffhibbitz

God rock is never die!

August 24, 2006 @ 5:19 pm

Chris

I’m pretty sure that voids the warranty.

August 24, 2006 @ 11:28 pm

KTZNJMMR

It’s available on YouTube as well, no need to dl of the chinese site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7IE9jeJpUg

Hilarious.

August 25, 2006 @ 12:44 am

velocipede

Where did you find that CME were owned by Yamaha? According to their own site they used to distribute Yamaha in China (and of course, now Yamaha distributes them in the USA). Ironically, CME is distributed by MI7 Japan, who also distribute Novation here. Of course, MI7 is based in Sweden. I cannot think of a connection between Novation and Sweden. Anyway I am the self determined one. I am sure I am always right.

August 25, 2006 @ 5:31 am

Nasir

I’ve got a CME board– the manual (or some literature) mentions something about how they sprouted up as a research arm of Yamaha. The UF series keyboards have “chunky” transport controls and toggle buttons that smack of the ones on the Motif ES series. As in, they may as well have come from the same parts bins…

*Excellent* keyboard if you’re into the semi-weighted/synth-action/solid-feel thing.

August 25, 2006 @ 3:35 pm

kokorozashi

Weren’t these sorts of antics outlawed internationally over 20 years ago?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DGqeEpGRwY

August 26, 2006 @ 4:28 am

Rozling

That Freeze Frame video will be in my nightmares tonight…

August 28, 2006 @ 4:56 am

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