Recorded Songs

Basic Awesome Song : $30
An Awesome Song is a carefully and thoughtfully composed 2-4 minute song, and the style of music will be based on the songwriter's own interpretation of the poetry. The basic awesome song will be recorded with strictly one instrument and voice (the one instrument, our choice, could be acoustic or electric guitar, or any number of possible keyboard settings).

Advanced Awesome Song : $60
For the extra $30, the song will be recorded with a fuller arrangement with more instruments. See "Example Songs". Requests for certain styles or quirks in the music are gladly accepted. For the amount of time and energy that goes into an one of these, $60 is a steal. If you buy an Advanced Awesome Song, consider yourself a thief.

Recorded Songs are emailed in mp3 and/or wav format (your choice), and will be sent in less than three weeks. For an extra $5, we can send an audio CD through the mail.

Rights

All songs will be entered into the Public Domain (lyrics, music, and all) two weeks after completion, unless rights are specifically purchased by the lyricist. For an extra $125, you can purchase the exclusive rights to both the composition and the recording. Lawyers and paperwork will not be involved (unless you provide them), but in the United States, a work is automatically copyrighted, and my sending an email (or written document) to you granting you the rights is in fact legally meaningful. Unless you purchase the rights yourself, sending us the lyrics to write a song signifies an agreement that the song with your lyrics will be entered into the Public Domain.

Sheet Music

$240 - Sheet music for a piano-and-voice arrangement of the song.

$140 - Sheet music consisting of only the melody and chord names (a.k.a. "fake music," or a piano "lead sheet").

If you may be interested in a recorded song plus sheet music, please let us know before paying for the recorded song.

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