THE CONCEPT
Andrew makes songs based on your ideas.
And sometimes he just makes songs.
But anyway, suggest something?
News
February 2, 2012
2012 REMAINING TOUR DATES
5 more tour stops!
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FEB 6 AUCKLAND
FEB 11 SYDNEY
FEB 12 BRISBANE
FEB 14 MELBOURNE
FEB 15 PERTH
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August 10, 2011
NEW CHAPTER
It’s been a gradual transition that wasn’t always even apparent to me, but I can definitively say now that my work will be focused more on my YouTube channel than this website. (Though a redesign is on its way that will integrate the two a bit more anyway.)
Of course, all the songs here will stay up for your enjoyment – some might even be made into videos in the near future. :) I will also continue to do commissions.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the years. Things are getting bigger and better and I hope you’ll stay on this magic carpet ride with me forever!
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February 10, 2011
YOU BE THE VAMPIRE AND I’LL BE THE WEREWOLF
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I would like a song dedicated to my wife, Maddison. We are just Friends, but we love each other so we got married on Face Book. We are both girls.
The first verse should have these points:
-When we die she’s going to be a vampire and I’m going to be a werewolf.
-Logically, I have to wait at the oceans edge because wolves can’t swim, and even if I was in my human form I still can’t swim anyway.
-I can get past her bleach smell and she can get past my wet-dog smell.
In the second verse have these points:
Loveness Overload!
Got married on Face Book
Maddison likes Giraffes
And we both have zebra finches, hers are named Archibald and Alyssa, mine are Maddison Ashleigh and Susan Keithandra.
At the end of the song I would like to have
-I love you so much.
-You’re all I’ve got right now.
-keep breathing my love.
and for the end- If you die, I want to die with you.
I would like the structure to be
Verse 1.
Chorus
Verse 2.
Chorus X2
Guitar solo
A Capella verse
I want the song to sound kind of like this
I want it to be called You Be The Vampire And I’ll Be The Werewolf.
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TRAVELING TYRANT THEME
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I need a theme-song for a free flash-video game that will be used to advertise my upcoming novel. My book is about the Traveling Tyrant, a space merceanry who flits about the galaxy doing bad things for a price.
I thought Big Pimpn by Jay-Z had a nice tune to it, and I think the quasi white guy rapping approach would lead to the humor.
Mordid the Traveling Tyrant
The Traveling Tyrant is the ‘brand’ behind a space mercenary organization which Mordid leads as the ‘Tyrant’. Ladies man, so he thinks. On Fridays he doesn’t wear pants because it’s casual fridays at the ‘office’. He’s acidic with his tongue and brave for a price. He accidently invaded a planet filled with interpretive dancers, but offered them a discount on his services as an apology. He’s not the first Traveling Tyrant but aims to be the last and only. He’s mercenary ‘scum’ from a system of worlds that are lawless. Cover of book shows him and is found at worksofrichardmarsden.com Sayings: “Onwards, in the name of me!” and “For profit and fun!”.
Eryn of PR
The dark haired, leggy female beauty of the Tyrant’s brand. She films him and sets up propaganda pieces but also doubles as his chief interrogator and torturer. She giggles as she cuts people. She’s a bit OCD and likes to keep clean and is all smiles, but her best friend is a sharp knife and a camera lens.
General Thrask
A big burly man with a flat-top and too many scars. He’s the Tyrant’s general and bullies his way around. He’s good at killing people and organizing troops. He wants to be the Tyrant but lacks the skill to pull it off. Most his plans backfire.
Diplomat Mauss
The oldest member in the command staff, he’s a skeletal looking man whose made and broken Tyrants. He’s the man who finds Mordid work, mentors him, and occasionally threatens him.
Jenkins
A low-ranking soldier who takes every opportunity to move his way up the Tyrant’s corporate ladder. He’s young and bold but often gets in way over his head. His team-mate is a should-be-retired soldier by the name of Karlson who moans and groans but tags along regardless as the two seek their fortunes.
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TAGS: Paid Songs,Pop,Rap,Songs,Theme Songs
February 9, 2011
POSSESSED
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I’m an artist currently developing a webcomic. It’s about a girl, a boy, and another girl who just so happens to be possessing the first girl. I like to listen to music while I draw, but I can never seem to find the right song to set the mood now that I’m designing scenes.
On that basis I’d love it if you could compose me a theme song of sorts. Something to get me in the right mindset for drawing.
I’d prefer just an instrumental song, please. Maybe some violins, cellos and pianos, or even some lesser known instrument to give the song a characteristic sound?
If it helps, the song that seems to epitomise what I’m after is “Discombobulate” by Hans Zimmer, from the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack. Simple, brand-setting underlying tune, but otherwise dramatic, epic and ever so slightly disconcerting, giving the sense something is amiss.
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February 7, 2011
CLARA & MARK
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it’s for my friends mark and clara who are getting married. for their wedding i want to give them the gift of music and the gift of capital letters, which i am saving up for them. the theme of their wedding is ‘community’ – about how they’re called to love one another as they love god.
Mark’s a huge fan of pretty much all of your songs so as long as it sounds like Songs to Wear Pants To he’ll be happy. I don’t know what Clara likes but I know they’re marching in to Jens Lekman’s ‘You are the Light’ and Bright Eye’s ‘First Day of My Life’. Mark is dedicating Death Cab’s Passenger Seat to Clara because he’s always hoped and imagined that someday he and Clara would be doing this together. Mark is also dedicating Darwin Deez’s Radar Detector to Clara because they fall asleep inside mattress stores. It’d be great if you could also somehow incorporate elements of these songs and/or how they’re meaningful to Mark and Clara into your song!
Also, I’d like an announcement at the end of the song on how food waste goes into one receptacle and cornware dishware/cutlery goes into the other receptacle. Plus, a quick mention that donations into Mark and Clara’s wishing well go towards drilling a water well to improve the lives of developing communities. Mark and Clara are worried that their guests would miss the giant signs with ‘Plastics’, ‘Food Waste’, etc on them and I think they’d find it amusing that my solution to that problem is to get you to write a verse about it.
Finally, I turned to the couple themselves to tell me more about their love and their quirks on the pretext that I was preparing a quiz for their wedding guests with sweet prizes. Confusingly (but adorably), Mark answered on Clara’s behalf and Clara answered on Mark’s. Here are their replies (thanks for the list of questions!):-
Q: Tell me about where and how you grew up!
Mark (by Clara): mark grew up in boarding school in japan where he developed a love for skiing and er, slides and big open spaces. mark was shorter than everybody else until jc where he then became taller than everybody else.
Clara (by Mark): In primary school I used to catch lizards and err I still do. In secondary school I was embarrassed about how the pinafore shows off students’ armpits, so I would always wear the same jacket to school, despite it maybe being swelteringly hot. Smelly jacket.
Q: Tell me about how you met!
Mark (by Clara): mark’s version states that he became interested in me when i was talking to a friend about imogen heap. he was my vcf cell leader. he also started asking the cell during dinner one night about what they looked for in a partner, and paid close attention to my response :p that i wanted someone who would do missions with me someday. i suppose that is how the story begins. i have a different version though.
Clara (by Mark): I went down to some cell group in University because of my friend. After that cell group I kind of wanted not to go back but the irritating cell group leader called me and faked me into committing to the cell group by giving me a role to play in the cell group. The cell group leader was Mark.
Q: List your hobbies!
Mark (by Clara): rock climbing. music. wilderness and mountaineering pursuits. skiing and snowboarding.
Clara (by Mark): I enjoy listening to indie music and going to gig. I like to make cinammon rolls and make a mean potato salad. I like sleeping.
Q: Tell me about your achievements and aspirations!
Mark (by Clara): wants to be a ski bum. live in a car. save the world. give to community. made clara turn from a ramen hater to a ramen lover. aims to make her turn into a japanese curry lover.
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<3
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I would like something similar to the Our Love is Like Dungeons and Dragons song. Not in sound, but in lyrics. I want it full of nerdy references such as Joker and Harley Quinn, Dungeons and Dragons, Anime conventions or anime in general, internet memes, Firefly or other Joss Whedon’s work, Cosplay, Chess, Video Games.
There just needs to be more nerdy love songs. An up beat tune that would be fun to sing to and put a smile on my face. :D
I started dating a boy I’ve known for a few years now. We are both nerds so I wanted to surprise him with a custom song for us for the first year anniversary of our first date.
He was my DM in Dungeons and Dragons. We like to cosplay at anime conventions and in fact that is where we shared our first dance. We’re constantly making geeky references and high five when the other gets it.
I would… prefer it not have love in it because we haven’t told each other we love each other yet so that might make things awkward. But still cute. Or you can say I less than 3 you because we text each other <3 all the time.
I don't want names in the song because I want others who purchase it from your site to be able to use it in their nerdy relationships too. <3
Also, I LOVE puns. So if there are some cheesey puns in there with the references, that would be most acceptable. :3
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