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Rewritable Song Lyrics

Posted by kdawson on from the moon-june-soon dept.

JimCricket writes "A new kind of record company, Tailored Music Group, is selling user-customizable songs. Each song is distributed in its 'default' (generic) form, and the customer can change any (or all) of the lyrics. For a few hundred bucks, the original indie musician will re-work the song with the custom lyrics. Neat idea."

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  1. This has been done by vell0cet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only, the artist will write a completely original song based on your instructions/lyrics.

    www.songstowearpantsto.com

    Some of the stuff he writes is hilarious. I don't think anyone here would doubt his talent.

  2. Title of the Post by WobindWonderdog · · Score: 2, Informative

    Naive expression of hope...
    Reluctance to accept that this is wrong
    I'm reminded of The Title Of The Song: http://www.neimeyer.org/schooling/Music/TitleSong. mp3

  3. Been done for ages in ... by rasjani · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is nothing new. Since 50-60s, jamaican soundsystems aka dj's have been recording customized versions of hit tunes that are unique to them in one way or the other. Either the lyrics have been changed, tune is recorded to different background or both. Since then, this type of recorded custom music has moved to different genres and is very typical also in electronic music like drumnbass and such types which have influences from caribbean music. Dj's use to outshine other because they can play tunes that other dj's dont have.

    There's a also a sort of a "sport" revolving around this phenomenon and its called soundclash. 2 different dj's or dj groups "battle" against each other with custom tunes..

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  4. Has already existed and thrived for a long time ! by BigJim.fr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Those of you who listen to African, and particularly Congolese music are familiar with that scheme. Songs are peppered with praise for individuals who paid for it. Actually it is so big that some artists pre-finance their albums production that way ! It is like embedding advertising in the songs. In a country where piracy makes album sales almost irrelevant, live performance and embedded advertising are important ways to make money.

  5. Re:Has already existed and thrived for a long time by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Exactly. It's one manifestation of the patronage economic model.

    Look at the extended editions of lord of the rings movies - people paid to get their names in the credits. Personally, not my thing, but considering just how long those credit rolls go for, obviously A LOT of people thought it was valuable to them.

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