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."

Comments

I can see it now

[BKX]

New gems like, "Pownt, I owned your ass loser. You suck, I rock"
and "I love gay sex"

Re:I can see it now

[dgatwood]

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

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

Re:I can see it now

[Redlazer]

Im pretty sure there are already numerous rap songs containing those lyrics.

Or, just as likely, covering up for either of those two situations.

-Red

Re:I can see it now

[PopeRatzo]

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.

Call my cynical, but...

[adona1]

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

There's a market for this ?

[Joebert]

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

Re:There's a market for this ?

[PhrostyMcByte]

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.

Re:There's a market for this ?

[suv4x4]

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.

This has been done

[vell0cet]

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.

A boon to mediocraty

[Smight]

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!!

I've got a billion pop song tool

[fantomas]

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...

Now hold on there....

[StressGuy]

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