Musical Themes / Constraint-Driving Songwriting

June 20, 2007 4:38 AM

I posted an idea here a few weeks ago, and I was just wondering if people were still up for it.
posted by chuckdarwin to MetaFilter Music at 4:38 AM (15 comments total)

There are several talented mefite songwriters around.
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:38 AM on June 20, 2007

Yeah, and that post you linked to was right before Music opened, I think a lot more people came out of the closet as musicians here after that.

I'm up for it. It would be great to have something to revive Music, it's been twitching lately, I think.
posted by micayetoca at 5:56 AM on June 20, 2007

The original idea as firmed up in 14180 got about half built at the time, and then some other things started eating up mefi-dev time and attention (TravelFilter, primarily).

So don't despair, it's a-coming. I'm still pretty excited about the idea myself.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:16 AM on June 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

If I can find a microphone, I might be up for it. =D
posted by Zephyrial at 6:16 AM on June 20, 2007

You da man, Josh.
posted by chuckdarwin at 7:14 AM on June 20, 2007

YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES!
posted by ORthey at 11:10 AM on June 20, 2007

PS - thanks chuckdarwin, and cortex, for not letting this die.
posted by ORthey at 11:11 AM on June 20, 2007

Yes! Do it.
posted by umbú at 1:12 PM on June 20, 2007

very cool idea--start with a one-off contest and see whether it sells?
posted by amberglow at 4:00 PM on June 20, 2007

(and i'll do lyrics if someone else does the music part--can teams enter?)
posted by amberglow at 4:01 PM on June 20, 2007

Sounds like quite a hoo haa! And that's good.
posted by snsranch at 4:06 PM on June 20, 2007

0Rthey - I was trying not to being annoying about it... but cheers.
posted by chuckdarwin at 4:18 PM on June 20, 2007

I'm not a musician, but I would love for one of you incredibly talented people to create a song about, say, the McDonald's site that answers every question.
posted by misha at 7:48 PM on June 20, 2007

Aaaaaand scene!
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:24 PM on June 21, 2007

cortex: Friggin' Water? Ha, just kidding! This is right on and so much better than having to produce an entire album or novel. Woo Hoo!

Ooh, sidebar on the front page even!
posted by snsranch at 4:01 PM on June 21, 2007