Buy a Custom Song to Wear Pants To
My photographer and perpetual traveller friend Taylor told me to check out Andrew, a songwriter taking song requests at SongsToWearPantsTo.com. You can make either a "free request" or a "paid request". Andrew reads all free requests and writes 1:11 songs for the ones that interest him most. He guarantees to fulfill all paid requests for $40-400 based on length, subject, genre, and deadline.
Kinda interesting. I love the "free request" idea...it's fun for readers, but also a blast for the songwriter. There's no need to impress with a fully-structured, well thought-out and arranged composition. Just pump out some audio when you're inspired...that's what all songwriters should be doing anyway, no? (..as my guitar slowly gathers dust, sigh)
Fun stuff, and a great idea. Where do the pants come in? I have no idea.
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Comments
So, as a fellow song-writer, what would you request?
Posted by: Taylor | May 4, 2007 09:04 AM
Good question. But a wierd one to answer...ater all, if I thought of a song idea I really liked, would I really want to give it away? :)
That said, how about one about a lonely toll booth operator? Perhaps several, from various bridges in the NYC metropolitan area? There aren't enough songs about those poor guys/gals.
Posted by: mike | May 4, 2007 08:14 PM
Like Adam Sandler's "Tollbooth Willie" character???
"That'll be a dollah twenty-five for you, whore!"
Posted by: Jay | May 4, 2007 09:26 PM
Ha! You know, I forgot about Tollbooth Willie...(probably because I haven't seen it yet). Perhaps another character, one that hasn't seen its day in the sun (i.e. in a movie or song) would be better?
Posted by: mike | May 5, 2007 01:44 PM
Yeah, but I'm sure tons of people with no songwriting ability would LOVE this. "Hey, write a song for my wife's 50th birthday" and whatever. Lots of "gift songs", I can imagine.
Posted by: Tara | May 12, 2007 12:52 PM
Or advertising songs. That seems to be the other big market. But I went to the site and it is interesting that people do just throw out random things that would be unique in a song--"A song about people who eat snails" etc.
Posted by: Tara | May 12, 2007 12:54 PM
True... The funny/random requests are usually the "free" ones. The "paid" ones tend to be "gifts" like you mentioned. I like the Tetris rap, personally...
Posted by: Mike | May 13, 2007 01:33 AM