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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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  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 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.

    2. 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. 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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