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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. Re:I can see it now by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nope. Sweet Home Alabama becomes "Sweet Safeway Bananas."

    At least that's how I predict this sort of thing will go....

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  2. Call my cynical, but... by adona1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Neat idea, or more proof that the music industry has jumped the shark?

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    1. Re:Call my cynical, but... by Redlazer · · Score: 2, Insightful
      You must be new here.

      Everyone is close minded. Especially when it comes to *-bashing.

      And no, thats not asterisk bashing. One thing can all agree on - the asterisk rocks, and I absolutely refuse to accept any other input on the subject, as my opinion is final, and anyone who disagrees is an idiot.

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  3. There's a market for this ? by Joebert · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't imagine anyone paying someone a few hundred dollars to do somthing most people do for fun at work or at parties.

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    1. Re:There's a market for this ? by der'morat'aman · · Score: 1, Insightful

      But most people doing this, especially at parties, are absolutely pathetic at it. This way you can get someone who CAN sing to do it ... Maybe not a couple of hundred dollars though, particularly if they're American (it still beats the Aussie dollar, though we're catching up).

    2. Re:There's a market for this ? by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 4, Insightful

      At least they're trying to innovate. It's a lot better than sueing their fanbase or shutting down internet radio like mainstream music has been doing.

      Don't knock them for trying, I say. It's about time a music group tried to use the internet for something new.

    3. Re:There's a market for this ? by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I can't imagine anyone paying someone a few hundred dollars to do somthing most people do for fun at work or at parties.

      I can't imagine someone paying someone a few hundred dollars to draw a picture of my kid based on a photo I already have either.

      But I did it.

  4. Wookin Pa Nub by jomama717 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just in case there's anyone out there that thinks this will get them laid, be warned - she'll likely laugh you out of the room and reject you with extreme prejudice. If she doesn't, be warned again - she's too desperate to get involved with.

    Seriously though, this has to be one of the lamest ideas I've ever heard of. I know as little about women as the next guy (and I'm married), but I do know they can smell assembly line romance from a mile away - and they hate it.

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    1. Re:Wookin Pa Nub by jomama717 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Touché. I once strayed from the Valentine's day best practices and paid dearly for it. That's the time I learned "hockey tickets" don't exactly do it for them either...

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  5. Re:This is how it's always worked.... by syousef · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pity most settle for the red guitar, 3 chords and incoherent drug induced crapola. (Not saying that about Bono. He actually comes across as an intelligent guy in interviews and seems to have some kind of grip on issues like the envrionment...who knows if it's all part of the act or not though).

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  6. Music as a service by teebob21 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For once, TFA has nothing to do with the "piracy" of music or the RIAA or any of the news that we associate with digital music lately.

    It's some musicians with a few mediocre tracks providing a service to those sentimental enough for a customized song. Admit it, most people (read: women) are suckers for sweet songs with their names in it. They've realized that their product isn't going to bring in the cash, so they have taken what they've got and are reselling it as a personalized service. If they'd had a few more buzzword-loving execs, they'd be calling it Music 2.0.

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  7. Re:I can see it now by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, it's musicians making money, and I'm all for that. At least they're not recording an album of their lives' work for some label that gives them a 5000 dollar advance against future earnings and then touring for a year all so that they can end up owing the record company money and not even owning their own songs. Oh, and I've forgotten, even if they've sold 150,000 records, the label tells them they've lost a bundle and now they have to sell their instruments so they can give the 5k advance back.

    No, I give these guys credit for at least being a little creative about making a living as musicians. It's really not all about fame.

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