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Rewritable Song Lyrics
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."
New gems like, "Pownt, I owned your ass loser. You suck, I rock"
and "I love gay sex"
Neat idea, or more proof that the music industry has jumped the shark?
Between the falling angel and the rising ape
I can't imagine anyone paying someone a few hundred dollars to do somthing most people do for fun at work or at parties.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
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.
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.
while [ 1 ]; do echo -n -e "\xe2\x95\xb$((($RANDOM&1)+1))"; done
Hey there indie rockers!
Can't wait to sell out, but you don't have the talent to get a record company interested in mutilating your songs?
Well you're in luck!!
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Ultimately configurable, you can get a billion pop songs from it. The world's top hits have been made using it. It's called AlphaBet (TM) and I'll sell you it for only 19.99, send to the address below...
Naive expression of hope.... mp3
Reluctance to accept that this is wrong
I'm reminded of The Title Of The Song: http://www.neimeyer.org/schooling/Music/TitleSong
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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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.
khasim (12/9/06): In a blind taste test, more people preferred Coke over the Pepsi that I had previously pissed in.
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..
yush
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.
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.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
New gems like, "Pownt, I owned your ass loser. You suck, I rock"
It's not all going to be heavy metal
"I love gay sex"
Or country music, ya know.
And So....haveing thusly offended a significant portion of the Slashdot demographic...exit our hero through the front door...STAGE LEFT
A goal is a dream with a deadline
Props given for an obscure reference, however reversal of stance for lack of credit for group that wrote the song.
Offering of better reference in form of a wiki article and song lyrics.
Self-righteous closing
--Witty, yet non-relevant tagline
Acceptance of reversal of stance citing location of terminal as plausible cause for lack of appropriate research.
Mostly on-topic fanboi-ing of previously ascertained musical group.
Subtle meta-reference to non-sequiterish subject.
-- Overused lyric from mainstream ex-alternative band used with a completely inappropriate misunderstanding of subject