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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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.
Like Adam Sandler’s “Tollbooth Willie” character???
“That’ll be a dollah twenty-five for you, whore!”
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?
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.
So, as a fellow song-writer, what would you request?