Custom song

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Custom songs, or personalized songs consist of a non-songwriter providing information to a songwriter so that the information can then be turned into a piece of music. Unlike the Song poem of the 1960s and 1970s, these songs are more often than not purchased as gifts and do not claim any commercial intentions. The consumer demographic consists mostly of Generation Xers who are trying to be creative in their gift giving. With the Internet, songs can be written, recorded, and sent via email so that the whole process can take very little time.

The spectrum of services provided in this field are broad. Some agencies merely offer a song with a certain theme (e.g. an anniversary or birthday) on a CD with a personalized label. Others are a step up and provide a pre-recorded song with the name of the recipient inserted into the song. The most popular sites, however, offer completely original songs written and recorded from start to finish based on information provided by the customer.

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TailoredMusic.com offers custom love songs for as little as $99. Customers can preview the music and change the lyrics. The song is then re-recorded by the original artist.

  • Momus wrote thirty songs about every person or group who commissioned a song at the price of $1,000, compiling Stars Forever (1999).

Customserenade.comis a custom song website maintained by Billy Sugarfix, a singer/songwriter from Carrboro North Carolina.

SongsMadeForYou.comis a custom song website run by Theodore Didday, a multi-talented musician from California.

Anthems4Kids.com is a custom song website specializing in songs for children.

Minor2Major.com offers personalized custom named greetings to mobile phones (cellphones) and also MP3s and ecards. Customers can order all formats through the website. UK customers can order directly through their mobile phones. Profits are shared with the artists of www.ethicalmusic.com.

SongSqueeze.com offers personalized custom gifts of song for any occasion, including birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, birth announcement, soldiers serving, proposals, reunions, weddings and the like. Prices start at an affordable $99! Talent musicians work closely with you to make sure you're completely satisfied with your custom gift of song.